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|subject="the Son of" added to 1 Nephi 11:18, 1 Nephi 11:21, 1 Nephi 11:32, and 1 Nephi 13:40 | |subject="the Son of" added to 1 Nephi 11:18, 1 Nephi 11:21, 1 Nephi 11:32, and 1 Nephi 13:40 | ||
|summary=The earliest edition of the Book of Mormon referred to Jesus as "God." Joseph Smith later changed some, but not all, of these to "the Son of God." It is claimed by some that this is evidence that Joseph Smith changed the Book of Mormon to conform to his changing beliefs about the Trinity, claiming that Joseph was originally a solid Trinitarian (perhaps even a Modalist), and as he later began to teach that the Father and Son were two separate beings, he had to change the Book of Mormon to support his new doctrine. | |summary=The earliest edition of the Book of Mormon referred to Jesus as "God." Joseph Smith later changed some, but not all, of these to "the Son of God." It is claimed by some that this is evidence that Joseph Smith changed the Book of Mormon to conform to his changing beliefs about the Trinity, claiming that Joseph was originally a solid Trinitarian (perhaps even a Modalist), and as he later began to teach that the Father and Son were two separate beings, he had to change the Book of Mormon to support his new doctrine. | ||
+ | |sublink1=Question: What changes were made to the 1837 edition of the Book of Mormon? | ||
+ | |sublink2=Question: Why did Joseph Smith make changes to the Book of Mormon? | ||
+ | |sublink3=Question: Were any of these changes made in reaction to sectarian criticism? | ||
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Contents
- 1 Book of Mormon textual changes
- 1.1 Textual changes
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2 Why were textual changes made to the Book of Mormon over the years after it was first published?
- 1.1.3 "the Son of" added to 1 Nephi 11:18, 1 Nephi 11:21, 1 Nephi 11:32, and 1 Nephi 13:40
- 1.1.4 "or out of the waters of baptism" added to 1 Nephi 20:1
- 1.1.5 "white" changed to "pure" in 2 Nephi 30:6
- 1.1.6 "Benjamin" changed to "Mosiah" in Mosiah 21:28 and Ether 4:1
- 1.1.7 "Words missing in Alma 32:30"
- 1.1 Textual changes
Book of Mormon textual changes
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.