The Lost Prologue: Reading Moses Chapter One as an Ancient Text
Title
The Lost Prologue: Reading Moses Chapter One as an Ancient Text
Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2020
Authors
Johnson, Mark J. (Primary)
Pagination
145-186
Volume
36
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Abstract
The character and complexion of the Prophet Joseph Smith’s translation of the Bible (JST) is often a puzzle to students and scholars. One text in particular, the first chapter of the Book of Moses, claims that its very words would be lost and later restored to the believing. As this bold claim has not yet been verified by the discovery of an ancient copy of this text, clues to the antiquity of this document will need to be discovered within the text itself. This study investigates Moses 1 with the tools of biblical and literary criticism to discover if the text has the characteristics and content of an ancient religious document.
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