A Look at Some "Nonstandard" Book of Mormon Grammar

Title

A Look at Some "Nonstandard" Book of Mormon Grammar

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2014

Authors

Journal

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Pagination

209-262

Volume

11

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Abstract

Much of the earliest Book of Mormon language which has been regarded as nonstandard through the years is not. Furthermore, when 150 years’ worth of emendations are stripped away,1 the grammar presents extensive evidence of its Early Modern English character, independent in many cases from the King James Bible. This paper argues that this character stems from its divine translation.

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