Since to plagiarize means to appropriate and use, without acknowledgment, the words of another, one must here use the term-as harsh as it may sound-to characterize Smith’s dependence on the KJV. Certainly the Book of Mormon should not have the same errors which displaced the original and crept into the text over the centuries. "In terms of attempting to pinpoint the origin of the Book of Mormon, even more significant than Book of Mormon revisions are places where it follows the KJV into error, echoing mistranslations or including translations of late and derivative Greek texts. We do not know the reason for this."įairMormon's Response to presence of 1769 KJV errors in Book of Mormon the only conclusion that we can reach to explain the presence of Bible passages which match the King James Version is that the Lord revealed them to Joseph in that manner. 1769 KJV Errors in Book of Mormon Sources and notes on presence of 1769 King James Version edition errors in the Book of Mormon - a supposed ancient text
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