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|sublink1=Question: Was the Joseph Smith Translation intended to be a restoration of original Bible text?
 
|sublink1=Question: Was the Joseph Smith Translation intended to be a restoration of original Bible text?
 
|sublink2=Question: If the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) is Joseph Smith's 'correction' of Biblical errors, why do these corrections not match known Biblical manuscripts?
 
|sublink2=Question: If the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) is Joseph Smith's 'correction' of Biblical errors, why do these corrections not match known Biblical manuscripts?
|sublink3=Question: How is the Joseph Smith Translation best understood?
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|sublink3=Matthews: "To regard the New Translation...as a product of divine inspiration given to Joseph Smith does not necessarily assume that it be a restoration of the original Bible text"
|sublink4=Question: Was Joseph Smith's translation of the Bible ever completed?
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|sublink4=Question: How is the Joseph Smith Translation best understood?
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|sublink5=Question: Was Joseph Smith's translation of the Bible ever completed?
 
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The "Joseph Smith Translation" of the Bible


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.

Relationship of the Joseph Smith Translation to the Book of Abraham