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Contents
- 1 Book of Mormon textual changes
- 1.1 Jump to Subtopic:
- 1.2 Reasons for textual changes made to the Book of Mormon over the years after it was first published
- 1.3 "God" changed to "Son of God" in the Book of Mormon
- 1.4 "White and delightsome" changed to "pure and delightsome"
- 1.5 "Benjamin" was changed to "Mosiah" in later editions of the Book of Mormon
- 1.6 Words missing in Alma 32:30
Book of Mormon textual changes
Summary: The claim is often heard that there are more than 4000 changes to the Book of Mormon text. The majority of these are typographical. Few of the changes are significant. We examine the more noteworthy changes.Jump to Subtopic:
- Reasons for textual changes made to the Book of Mormon over the years after it was first published
- "God" changed to "Son of God" in the Book of Mormon
- "White and delightsome" changed to "pure and delightsome"
- "Benjamin" was changed to "Mosiah" in later editions of the Book of Mormon
- Words missing in Alma 32:30
Reasons for textual changes made to the Book of Mormon over the years after it was first published
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- Question: Why were textual changes made to the Book of Mormon over the years after it was first published?
- Question: Why was the phrase "or out of the waters of baptism" added to 1 Nephi 20:1?
- Ensign, "Great and Marvelous Are the Revelations of God"
- Royal Skousen, "Do We Need to Make Changes to the Book of Mormon Text?"
"God" changed to "Son of God" in the Book of Mormon
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- Question: What changes were made to the 1837 edition of the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith make changes to the Book of Mormon such as modifying "God" to read "the Son of God"?
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith change the wording in Mormon 7:7 from "is one God" to "are one God"?
- Question: Were any of these changes made in reaction to sectarian criticism?
"White and delightsome" changed to "pure and delightsome"
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- Question: Why was the phrase "white and delightsome" changed to "pure and delightsome" in the 1840 edition of the Book of Mormon?
- Royal Skousen, "Changes in the Book of Mormon"
- Royal Skousen, "Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon"
"Benjamin" was changed to "Mosiah" in later editions of the Book of Mormon
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- Question: When and where was the name "Benjamin" changed to "Mosiah" in the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon contain mistakes?
- Question: What does the Book of Mormon actually say about the finding of the record of the Jaredites, and the name of the king who could translate it?
- L. Ara Norwood, "Benjamin or Mosiah? Resolving an Anomaly in Mosiah 21:28"
Words missing in Alma 32:30
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