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	|subject=Relationship of the Joseph Smith Translation to the Book of Mormon		|subject=Relationship of the Joseph Smith Translation to the Book of Mormon
	|summary=Some passages from the Bible (parts of Isaiah, for example) were included in the Book of Mormon text. However, the same passages were later revised for the Joseph Smith Translation of the Holy Bible. In some cases these passages are not rendered identically. It is claimed that if the JST was an accurate translation, it would match the supposedly more 'pure' Isaiah text possessed by the Nephites.		|summary=Some passages from the Bible (parts of Isaiah, for example) were included in the Book of Mormon text. However, the same passages were later revised for the Joseph Smith Translation of the Holy Bible. In some cases these passages are not rendered identically. It is claimed that if the JST was an accurate translation, it would match the supposedly more 'pure' Isaiah text possessed by the Nephites.
		+	|sublink1=Question: Why does the Book of Mormon match the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible so closely?
		+	|sublink2=Question: Why are many of the quotes from Isaiah in the Book of Mormon identical to those in the King James Bible?
		+	|sublink3=Question: Do academic translators copy translations of other documents to use as a "base text"?
		+	|sublink4=Question: If the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) is Joseph Smith's 'correction' of Biblical errors, why do these corrections not match known Biblical manuscripts?
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The "Joseph Smith Translation" of the Bible

The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

Summary: A collection of articles responding to criticisms related to the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.

Joseph Smith Translation as a restoration of the original Bible text

Summary: If the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) is Joseph Smith's 'correction' of Biblical errors, why do these corrections not match known Biblical manuscripts?

Use of the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible

Summary: Why don't Latter-day Saints use the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible as the "official" Bible instead of the King James Version.

Relationship of the Joseph Smith Translation to the Book of Mormon

Summary: Some passages from the Bible (parts of Isaiah, for example) were included in the Book of Mormon text. However, the same passages were later revised for the Joseph Smith Translation of the Holy Bible. In some cases these passages are not rendered identically. It is claimed that if the JST was an accurate translation, it would match the supposedly more 'pure' Isaiah text possessed by the Nephites.

Why isn't plurality of gods mentioned in the Joseph Smith Translation

Summary: When Joseph Smith dictated the creation account in the Book of Abraham, it indicated a plurality of gods. Why didn't Joseph modify the Bible to account for this?

Was the Joseph Smith translation of the Bible ever completed?

Summary: Some ask if the Joseph Smith "translation" of the Bible was ever completed. If it was not, then why didn't God have subsequent prophets complete it?