Tag: KJV
It Depends on What the Meaning of “It” Is: Reconsidering the “Burning in the Bosom” and “Studying It Out” in Doctrine & Covenants 9
For years many of us have read about the “burning in the bosom” in Doctrine and Covenants 9:7-9 and interpreted it to mean that Oliver Cowdery, in a failed attempt…
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A Surprise in Alma 7:11
Thomas Wayment’s “The Hebrew Text of Alma 7:11” in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14/1 (2005) makes a surprising observation (the link is to the PDF file — there…
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Why Does the Book of Mormon Seem to Quote Acts 3 in the New Testament When Supposedly Quoting Deuteronomy 18?
The latest question added to my LDSFAQ (Mormon Answers) page on “Plagiarism and the Book of Mormon” involves an interesting instance of New Testament language being curiously present in Book…
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Easy Way to Disprove the Book of Mormon? Joseph Smith’s “Blunder” in Following the KJV in Equating Lucifer with Satan
Though I am opposed to off-topic comments and sometimes delete them, there’s one example recently posted on this site that was at least interesting enough to inspire me to respond….