{"id":15570,"date":"2018-08-01T09:40:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T15:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairmormon.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture"},"modified":"2020-12-26T11:50:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T18:50:14","slug":"textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/","title":{"rendered":"Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation (Contemporary Studies in Scripture)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Smith\u2019s July 12, 1843, revelation on plural marriage was the last of his formal written revelations and a transformational moment in Mormonism. While acting today as the basis for the doctrine of eternal nuclear families, the revelation came forth during a period of theological expansion as Smith was in the midst of introducing new temple rituals, radical doctrines on God and humanity, a restructured priesthood and ecclesiastical hierarchy, and, of course, the practice of plural marriage. In this volume, author William V. Smith examines the text of this complicated and rough revelation to explore the motivation for its existence, how it reflects this dynamic theology of the Nauvoo period, and how the revelation was utilized and reinterpreted as Mormonism fully embraced and later abandoned polygamy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Smith\u2019s July 12, 1843, revelation on plural marriage was the last of his formal written revelations and a transformational moment in Mormonism. While acting today as the basis for the doctrine of eternal nuclear families, the revelation came forth during a period of theological expansion as Smith was in the midst of introducing new temple rituals, radical doctrines on God and humanity, a restructured priesthood and ecclesiastical hierarchy, and, of course, the practice of plural marriage. In this volume, author William V. Smith examines the text of this complicated and rough revelation to explore the motivation for its existence, how it reflects this dynamic theology of the Nauvoo period, and how the revelation was utilized and reinterpreted as Mormonism fully embraced and later abandoned polygamy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15571,"template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"_eb_attr":"","inline_featured_image":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1030,31],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15570","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-2021-course-of-study","7":"product_cat-miscellaneous","8":"pa_writer-smith-wiliam-victor","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation (Contemporary Studies in Scripture) - FAIR Bookstore<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation (Contemporary Studies in Scripture) - FAIR Bookstore\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Joseph Smith\u2019s July 12, 1843, revelation on plural marriage was the last of his formal written revelations and a transformational moment in Mormonism. While acting today as the basis for the doctrine of eternal nuclear families, the revelation came forth during a period of theological expansion as Smith was in the midst of introducing new temple rituals, radical doctrines on God and humanity, a restructured priesthood and ecclesiastical hierarchy, and, of course, the practice of plural marriage. In this volume, author William V. Smith examines the text of this complicated and rough revelation to explore the motivation for its existence, how it reflects this dynamic theology of the Nauvoo period, and how the revelation was utilized and reinterpreted as Mormonism fully embraced and later abandoned polygamy.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FAIR Bookstore\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-26T18:50:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/51uWGGrWa6L.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\\\/\",\"name\":\"Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation (Contemporary Studies in Scripture) - FAIR Bookstore\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\\\/spai\\\/q_lossy+ret_img+to_webp\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/51uWGGrWa6L.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-08-01T15:40:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-26T18:50:14+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\\\/spai\\\/q_lossy+ret_img+to_webp\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/51uWGGrWa6L.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\\\/spai\\\/q_lossy+ret_img+to_webp\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/51uWGGrWa6L.jpg\",\"width\":333,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/product\\\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Browse by Category\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/browse\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation (Contemporary Studies in Scripture)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/\",\"name\":\"FAIR Bookstore\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"FAIR Bookstore\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\\\/spai\\\/q_lossy+ret_img+to_webp\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/cropped-Logo-Bookstore-cropped-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\\\/spai\\\/q_lossy+ret_img+to_webp\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/cropped-Logo-Bookstore-cropped-3.png\",\"width\":450,\"height\":105,\"caption\":\"FAIR Bookstore\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\\\/store\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation (Contemporary Studies in Scripture) - FAIR Bookstore","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation (Contemporary Studies in Scripture) - FAIR Bookstore","og_description":"Joseph Smith\u2019s July 12, 1843, revelation on plural marriage was the last of his formal written revelations and a transformational moment in Mormonism. While acting today as the basis for the doctrine of eternal nuclear families, the revelation came forth during a period of theological expansion as Smith was in the midst of introducing new temple rituals, radical doctrines on God and humanity, a restructured priesthood and ecclesiastical hierarchy, and, of course, the practice of plural marriage. In this volume, author William V. Smith examines the text of this complicated and rough revelation to explore the motivation for its existence, how it reflects this dynamic theology of the Nauvoo period, and how the revelation was utilized and reinterpreted as Mormonism fully embraced and later abandoned polygamy.","og_url":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/","og_site_name":"FAIR Bookstore","article_modified_time":"2020-12-26T18:50:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":333,"height":500,"url":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAzMzMgNTAwIiB3aWR0aD0iMzMzIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjUwMCIgZGF0YS11PSJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmZhaXJsYXR0ZXJkYXlzYWludHMub3JnJTJGc3RvcmUlMkZ3cC1jb250ZW50JTJGdXBsb2FkcyUyRjIwMTglMkYwOCUyRjUxdVdHR3JXYTZMLmpwZyIgZGF0YS13PSIzMzMiIGRhdGEtaD0iNTAwIiBkYXRhLWJpcD0iIj48L3N2Zz4=","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/","url":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/","name":"Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation (Contemporary Studies in Scripture) - FAIR Bookstore","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAzMzMgNTAwIiB3aWR0aD0iMzMzIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjUwMCIgZGF0YS11PSJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmZhaXJsYXR0ZXJkYXlzYWludHMub3JnJTJGc3RvcmUlMkZ3cC1jb250ZW50JTJGdXBsb2FkcyUyRjIwMTglMkYwOCUyRjUxdVdHR3JXYTZMLmpwZyIgZGF0YS13PSIzMzMiIGRhdGEtaD0iNTAwIiBkYXRhLWJpcD0iIj48L3N2Zz4=","datePublished":"2018-08-01T15:40:30+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-26T18:50:14+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/#primaryimage","url":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAzMzMgNTAwIiB3aWR0aD0iMzMzIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjUwMCIgZGF0YS11PSJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmZhaXJsYXR0ZXJkYXlzYWludHMub3JnJTJGc3RvcmUlMkZ3cC1jb250ZW50JTJGdXBsb2FkcyUyRjIwMTglMkYwOCUyRjUxdVdHR3JXYTZMLmpwZyIgZGF0YS13PSIzMzMiIGRhdGEtaD0iNTAwIiBkYXRhLWJpcD0iIj48L3N2Zz4=","contentUrl":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAzMzMgNTAwIiB3aWR0aD0iMzMzIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjUwMCIgZGF0YS11PSJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmZhaXJsYXR0ZXJkYXlzYWludHMub3JnJTJGc3RvcmUlMkZ3cC1jb250ZW50JTJGdXBsb2FkcyUyRjIwMTglMkYwOCUyRjUxdVdHR3JXYTZMLmpwZyIgZGF0YS13PSIzMzMiIGRhdGEtaD0iNTAwIiBkYXRhLWJpcD0iIj48L3N2Zz4=","width":333,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/product\/textual-studies-of-the-doctrine-and-covenants-the-plural-marriage-revelation-contemporary-studies-in-scripture\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Browse by Category","item":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/browse\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Textual Studies of the Doctrine and Covenants: The Plural Marriage Revelation (Contemporary Studies in Scripture)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/","name":"FAIR Bookstore","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/#organization","name":"FAIR Bookstore","url":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTAgMTA1IiB3aWR0aD0iNDUwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwNSIgZGF0YS11PSJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmZhaXJsYXR0ZXJkYXlzYWludHMub3JnJTJGc3RvcmUlMkZ3cC1jb250ZW50JTJGdXBsb2FkcyUyRjIwMjMlMkYwMyUyRmNyb3BwZWQtTG9nby1Cb29rc3RvcmUtY3JvcHBlZC0zLnBuZyIgZGF0YS13PSI0NTAiIGRhdGEtaD0iMTA1IiBkYXRhLWJpcD0iIj48L3N2Zz4=","contentUrl":"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA0NTAgMTA1IiB3aWR0aD0iNDUwIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjEwNSIgZGF0YS11PSJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmZhaXJsYXR0ZXJkYXlzYWludHMub3JnJTJGc3RvcmUlMkZ3cC1jb250ZW50JTJGdXBsb2FkcyUyRjIwMjMlMkYwMyUyRmNyb3BwZWQtTG9nby1Cb29rc3RvcmUtY3JvcHBlZC0zLnBuZyIgZGF0YS13PSI0NTAiIGRhdGEtaD0iMTA1IiBkYXRhLWJpcD0iIj48L3N2Zz4=","width":450,"height":105,"caption":"FAIR Bookstore"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/15570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/15570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=15570"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=15570"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fairlatterdaysaints.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=15570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}