Book of mormon plagiarized kjv

Book of mormon plagiarism is proof of its truth youtube. Haley wilson lemmon sits down with us today to discuss the joseph smith translation of the bible haley worked with byu professor thomas a wayment in looking into what possible sources joseph smith used in his bible translation. Twentyseven chapters in the kjv of the bible are repeated almost verbatim in the 239 chapters of the book of mormon. Some critics of the book of mormon have pointed to book of mormon citations of isaiah or other texts where the italicized kjv words are also present in the book of mormon. I know the software exists and is used by high schools and universities to determine if a student is plagiarizing. The lord covenanted with enos to bring forth the book of mormon to the lamanites, enos 1.

The book of mormon is definitely low church in its practices, but high church in many of its doctrines. Book of mormon variants likely reflect only theologically significant changes not available in the old world textual tradition. Since the great book of isaiah wasnt discovered until 1949, one wonders how joseph smith plagiarized it. The book of mormon contains passages from the king james bible. Walters suggested that the book of mormon s use of the language of the kjv is evidence that joseph smith authored the book. The book of mormon was written for the intent that we may believe the bible, morm. The book of mormon teaches that little children are not capable of sin because they do not have a sinful nature moroni 8. Surely i was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me niv. That the book of mormon quotes from isaiah is not a problem, except that joseph smiths 1830 translation reads nearly verbatim to the 1611 king james translation. And at the time they proceeded out of the mouth of the jew, or at the time the book proceeded. Jst from adam clarke book of abraham kjv, and of course known to be a baloney translation hmm, might be a pattern here.

For example, there is the mention of the most precious steel in 1 nephi 4. To stir you up by putting you in remembrance 2 peter 1. Additionally, the book of mormon reflects kjv literary and linguistic style. Temple ceremony huge cop from masonry ceremony aspects of doctrinetheology swedenborgs degrees of glory, etc. No, the book of mormon was translated by joseph smith, through the power of god, from an ancient record. May 01, 2009 why does the book of mormon plagiarize the old oxford edition of the king james version bible. Mar 23, 2017 really, all these studies end up doing is showing that the book of mormon adopts phrases which were in somewhat common usage at the time of the kjv which is exactly what one would expect from a translator of a religious text of the day, rather than showing the book of mormon was plagiarized from any one or two texts. Is the book of mormon a direct revelation from god. They contend that joseph smith wrote the bom using these sources. This demonstrates that he did not perform a translation from an ancient text written in reformed egyptian, but was merely copying from the kjv bible. About 200 of those verses have the same wording as the kjv. Great and marvelous are thy works, o lord god almighty. Needless to say, he made all sorts of mistakes, except in places where the book of mormon plagiarized from the kjv.

Jan 03, 2019 you can see from the kids own video clip from the thumbnail its just humiliating. David persuitte, a technical writer from virginia, wrote the first edition of this book in 1985. Ash, scholar, author of shaken faith syndrome and of faith and reason as noted in chapter 2, the book of mormon was undoubtedly translated. If true, it is one of the most important messages ever sent from godif false, it is one of the most cunning, wicked, bold, deeplaid impositions ever palmed upon the world. They present this as evidence that joseph smith wrote the book of mormon by plagiarizing the authorized king james version of the bible. Josephs plagiarism in book of mormon and other revelations. Original spelling and grammar from both the kjv and the book of mormon have been maintained. Yet the book of mormon is not a slavish copy of the kjv there. Historians now say they have identified the source material for about 75% of the book of mormon. This style is unique to the old oxford edition of the king james version. The king james bible 1611 may have been a source for the book of mormon. Now, a decade and a half later, persuitte has added many more facts in this, the 325page second edition. Book of mormonplagiarism accusationsking james bible.

Large parts are also plagiarized from the king james version of the bible. Shows the plagiarism of the king james bible in the book of mormon as well as errors in translation in the king james version that were. The book of mormon contains passages from the king james bible summary. The book of mormon takes many parts of the bible the parts they like and then adds a bunch of other nonsense to it. The above donut chart shows percentages of the book of mormon section of letter to a ces director that fairmormon is in agreement, disagreement, and neutral on if one assumes that fairmormons undisputed silence is acceptance of the facts, fairmormon agrees with 62. The book of mormon is supposed to be a history of real people living in a real place. And its more than just the book of mormon jesus cribbing verbatim from the gospels in the kjv. The book of mormon abridged for reddit ploni almoni. Why does the book of mormon plagiarize the old oxford edition. Early mormon apostle orson pratt made a statement concerning the book of mormon. For instance, alexander campbell very early recognized, correctly, that joseph smith in creating his book of m. Is the book of mormon really just a plagiarism of the. Has the book of mormon ever been processed through a plagiarism checking software. If the book of mormon is an accurate translation, some claim that it shouldnt contain these translational errors.

Howe in his book mormonism unvailed introduced a theory that smith plagiarized from the manuscript for an unpublished novel by. One author makes the point that certain portions of the greek manuscripts of matthew 57 do not agree with the kjv of the text, and concludes that the book of mormon version of the sermon should not contain text similar to the kjv. Problems in the joseph smith translation of the bible and comparison to the book of mormon. Kingmen, chiasmus, and many more elements found in the book of mormon appear in a book called the late war published in 1811. However, to answer your question, to remove the e in the word woe, in a translated text, doesnt mean plagiarism. If the book of mormon quotes the old testament only 433 times, then it has more original text than. Joseph smiths plagiarism of the bible in the book of mormon. Ash, scholar, author of shaken faith syndrome and of faith and reason as noted in chapter 2, the book of mormon was undoubtedly translated into the language of joseph smith. Yet we see this effect throughout the book of mormon. This proves, they allege, that joseph simply plagiarized from the biblecopying it mindlesslyrather than performing a translation from the gold plates, otherwise why would. The kjv distinguished the additional words by italicizing them. Later editions, however, have changed the kjv rendering of which to who. In some cases, entire passages are duplicated in the book of mormon. By that reasoning, we should reject the kjv as well, since its translators, though occasionally consulting the hebrew and greek texts of the old and new testaments, relied heavily on previous english translations of the bible.

Haley lemmon mormon discussions podcasts full lineup. Could the bom be processed and compared against a view. Dec 21, 2016 nah, the book of mormon 1830 is not clever enough to have been copied from something else. On average one of every nine chapters in the book of mormon is copied from the bible. Critics of the book of mormon claim that major portions of it are copied, without. Besides the extensive list of parallels between the bible and the book of mormon, this book examines many other possible sources used to create the text, i.

In the isaiah chapters which were plagiarized by the book of mormon, joseph smith has changed them in his translation to fit the book of mormon. Feb 20, 2008 jesus said ill paraphrase, that in no no way are we to add or take away from the scriptures, not one jot or one tittle. Martin ignores that as translation literature, the book of mormon may well follow the kjv when the documents upon which the kjv is based match those of the nephite text. Book of mormon plagiarism if ive said it once ive said it a thousand times. Mormons, why is it the book of mormon plagiarises 1611. To say that the book of mormon contains the truth is like saying that you found a diamond ring in a trash can. The most obvious use of the new testament in the book of mormon comes in 3 nephi 1214, most of which is copied nearly verbatim from the sermon on the mount in matthew 57 in the king james version kjv. Haley wilson lemmon sits down with us today to discuss the joseph smith translation of the bible. The book of mormon incorporates text which seems to be taken from the king james version, including passages which are now considered to be mistranslations in the king james version. The book of mormon isaiah text matches with the kjv and bishops bibles, but not with the rest of the english translations. These book of mormon verses should match the inspired jst version instead of the incorrect kjv version that joseph later fixed.

Although the mormon church denies it, the book of mormon actually was plagiarized from an unpublished novel, i. Critics of the book of mormon claim that major portions of it are copied, without attribution, from the bible. The book of mormon contains many linguistic similarities to the king james bible kjv. Being born and raised in an lds family in ogden, utah came with the understanding youd be learning all you could about joseph smith, mormonism, and your book of mormon. Segments of the book of mormon 1 nephi chapters 2021 and 2 nephi chapters 78 and 1224match nearly wordforword isaiah 48. Jul 30, 2018 many passages of the book of mormon are demonstrably dependent on the new testament. Book of mormontranslation errors from the kjv fairmormon. Really, all these studies end up doing is showing that the book of mormon adopts phrases which were in somewhat common usage at the time of the kjv which is exactly what one would expect from a translator of a religious text of the day, rather than showing the book of mormon was plagiarized from any one or two texts.

Ash, scholar, author of shaken faith syndrome and of faith and reason as noted in chapter 2, the book of mormon was. The joseph smith translation is only an inspired revision of the king james version. Jul 06, 2011 the contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible constitute a most serious obstacle to accepting the book of mormon as latterday scripture supplemental to the bible. A typical example of the differences between the bom, the kjv, and the jst. For example, there is the mention of the most precious steel in.

It shows that the book of mormon has committed plagiarism by utilizing our beloved final authority the king james bible without giving credit to whom credit is due. Aug 11, 2010 fifth, there are passages in the book of mormon that match the kjv, and there are passages which match the great book of isaiah found at qumran. Did the book of mormon plagiarize the kjv bible answers. There are several theories as to the origin of the book of mormon. In addition to the consecutive chapters of isaiah plagiarized in 2 nephi, 2 more isaiah chapters were plagiarized in 1 nephi, another 2 in 2 nephi separate from the earlier ones, 2 more in 3 nephi, and one in mosiah, reaching 20 total chapters from isaiah in the book of mormon. To order this book directly from amazon, click here. Sure, big sections are quoted straight from isaiah, but the character who does the borrowing says hes quoting isaiah, so that isnt really plagarism. This includes both the many chapters duplicated whole or in large part and the many shorter statements in the book of mormon that parallel or allude to statements in the bible. Book of mormon difficulties, contradictions and explanations. If you want this digital book download link sent to a different email, please indicate in the comments section at checkout purchasing grants one user license for the digital book. So the book of mormon is way more than just smiths plagiarism of the kjv, including his kjv deuteroisaiah, set in 600 bce in a weird timewarp plagiarism onto brass plates. Borrowing and misuse of kjv english, an analysis of old testament passages plagiarized in the book of mormon, eschatological development throughout the book of.

Regardless of how the book of mormon as a whole is explained, it is really beyond reasonable doubt that a major source used in the book of mormon is the kjv. Mar 06, 2015 the book of mormon refines the kjv resolutions of the tyndalemore debate. One of the biggest sources about 25% according to lds historian grant palmer is the 1769 edition of the king james bible. In several cases, the plagiarism is proof that joseph smith was the author of the book of mormon, since the source of the copied text was not accessible to the alleged book of mormon authors. Joseph smiths plagiarism of the bible in the book of. Smith copied the kjv blindly, not showing awareness of translation problems and errors in the kjv.

Mosiah 2 and alma 1 had to wrestle with the same churchstate issues that plagued the 1500s and 1600s. If the authors main thesis is that joseph smith plagiarized the bom from the kjv, he does little to answer the first question i had after cracking open his book. Sometimes the quotation is explicit, as in the second book of nephi, which contains 18 quoted chapters of the book of isaiah. Volumes have been written on its distinctive and rhythmic style, and it is still regarded as a triumph of modern english literature. Discussing the importance of analyzing all the evidence for the claim the book of mormon just simply slavishly and stupidly copies the king james version of the bible. I compiled this table using a variety of online sources. The book of mormon account of jesuss sermon in 3 nephi 1214 originated in the nineteenth century, derived from unacknowledged plagiarism of the kjv.

Being grieved for the hardness of their hearts mark 3. Joseph smiths other writings, such as his history and diary, reflect the modern english era of his day. The book of mormon includes mistranslated biblical passages that were later changed in joseph smiths translation of the bible. Debunking fairmormon letter to a ces director book of. The book of mormon certainly sounds biblical not only because it was written in king james 17thcentury language, but also because more than 27,000 words hundreds of verses, are copied directly from the king james version of the bible. The lords words will hiss forth unto the ends of the earth, 2 ne. Joseph used a rock in a hat for the book of mormon dictation but may have also used the 1769 kjv edition bible and possibly other sources in aiding in producing the book of mormon. The evidence speaks for itself, and is a devastating reminder of how deceitful smith was in this.

Many passages of the book of mormon are demonstrably dependent on the new testament. Kjv isaiah in the book of mormon why the lds church is. This thread is to focus in on the sources of the 75%. In many other cases, joseph smith made minor word changes or additions. So nothing in the book of mormon is correct, even it was copied from the bible. It is true that the book of mormon was written in an olde englishe style reminiscent of the kjv bible and shared some errors cherubims and seraphims found in the kjv bible for example. What are 1769 kjv edition errors doing in book of mormon. Read 1st nephi with plagiarized details highlighted. Printed in canada first edition, isbn 9780981146720. Critics have long been finding numerous, scattered and sometimes contrived parallels between the book of mormon and many texts. There are also many king james bible translational errors contained within the book of mormon, specifically the 1769 version the joseph smith owned.

Is the book of mormon really just a plagiarism of the bible. When it comes to the book of mormon translation, there is what is called a tight translation and there is what is called a loose translation. In total, some 478 verses in the book of mormon are quoted in some form from the kjv book of isaiah. Doesnt the book of mormon blatently plagiarize the king. Why does the book of mormon plagiarize the old oxford. The reader has to wait with growing tension almost until the. The major discovery here was that joseph smith direct borrowed or plagiarized heavily from adam clarkes commentary in order to carry out his bible translation.

The book of mormon contains a version of the sermon on the mount, which some authors have claimed to be the achilles heel of the book of mormon. Mormons, why is it the book of mormon plagiarises 1611 king. The book tells a dramatic story in fine biblical style. It is evidence that the book of mormon was plagiarized from the king james version of the bible translated 16041611 that it was translated into a language that. Kjv plagiarized 50x in 1st nephi life after ministry.

Sources and composition of the book of mormon an introduction. The book of mormon and the bible will grow together, 2 ne. Other book of mormon details anachronisms in the book of mormon book of mormon names and their possible origins a list of king james bible phrases found in 1st nephi. Joseph smith and the origins of the book of mormon 2nd edition and also in kindle. I remember being taught in institute about the consistency of the word of god in both the bom and the bible. Aint nobody got time for that when asked by the new york times to name a book that people might be surprised to discover on his bookshelf, the illustrious physicist and mathematician freeman dyson responded, the book of mormon. We would not expect the book of mormon, which was allegedly completed by 421 a.

Fifth, there are passages in the book of mormon that match the kjv, and there are passages which match the great book of isaiah found at qumran. For the first 150 years of mormonisms existence, everyone thought it was a story about a people who left the middle east and came to south or central america, and who fought wars clear up into new york state where. The book of mormon and the king james bible wikipedia. As for factual errors, there are a number of anachronisms in the book of mormon. And behold, they are written in the book which thou beheld proceeding out of the mouth of the jew. Haley worked with byu professor thomas a wayment in looking into what possible sources joseph smith used in his bible translation. The book of mormon is way more than just plagiarism of the bible. Unless otherwise indicated, bible quotations are taken from the king james version.

Doesnt the book of mormon blatently plagiarize the king james. Did joseph smith plagiarize from the king james bible. How can the book of mormon have over 200 verses copied directly. Below is the modern map of the area of smiths youth. King james english in the book of mormon an oddity in the book of mormon, published in 1830, is that it uses antiquated english resembling the style of the king james version kjv bible. The major discovery here was that joseph smith direct borrowed or plagiarized heavily from adam clarkes commentary in.