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[[es:Pregunta: ¿José Smith sabía qué las itálicas en la Biblia significaba?]] | [[es:Pregunta: ¿José Smith sabía qué las itálicas en la Biblia significaba?]] | ||
[[pt:Pergunta: Será que Joseph saber o que o itálico na Bíblia quis dizer?]] | [[pt:Pergunta: Será que Joseph saber o que o itálico na Bíblia quis dizer?]] | ||
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Just as there is no evidence that Joseph owned a Bible, there is even less that he had any knowledge of what the italicized words in the translation meant. Emma made Joseph's early ignorance crystal clear:
If Joseph didn't know this, how do the critics expect that he knew what the italics in a Bible (which he likely did not own) meant? This is something which many modern Bible readers do not know. However, one cannot conclude with certainty that Joseph did not understand what the italicized words meant. Some LDS scholars believe that he did.
Furthermore, italicization patterns varied between Bibles, and an analysis of Joseph's Book of Mormon "changes" to the KJV concluded that changes to the italics were not a determining factor.[2]
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