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analysis of textual variants of the book of mormon
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analysis of textual variants of the book of mormon [ i ] the critical text of the book of mormon
Volume One The Original Manuscript
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Volume Two The Printer’s Manuscript part one Copyright 3 1830 Preface 1 Nephi 1 – Alma 17:26 part two Alma 17:26 – Moroni 10:34 Testimony of Three Witnesses Testimony of Eight Witnesses
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Volume Four Analysis of Textual Variants part one Title Page 3 Witness Statements 1 Nephi 1 – 2 Nephi 10 part two 2 Nephi 11 – Mosiah 16 part three Mosiah 17 – Alma 20 part four Alma 21–55 part five Alma 56 – 3 Nephi 18 part six 3 Nephi 19 –Moroni 10 Addenda Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon
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library of congress cataloguing-in-publication data
Skousen, Royal. Analysis of textual variants of the Book of Mormon / Royal Skousen. p. cm. — (The critical text of the Book of Mormon ; v. 4) Includes bibliographical references.
1. Book of Mormon—Criticism, Textual. I. Title. II. Series. BX8627.S56 2004 289.3Ⱥ22—dc22 2004010131
ISBN: 978–0–934893–07–1 [Part One] ISBN: 978–0–934893–08–4[Part Two] ISBN: 978–0–934893–11–4 [Part Three] ISBN: 978–0–934893–12–1 [Part Four] ISBN: 978–0–934893–13–8[Part Five] ISBN: 978–0–934893–78–7 [Part Six]
printed in the united states of america Table of Contents
ᔢ Introduction 3 Principles of Textual Criticism The Original Text Textual Variants Conjectural Emendations 9 Publishing the Critical Text Project 10 Discussion of the Readings Scriptural Citations Bolding and Italics Spellings Punctuation Versification Manuscript Transcriptions Quotations Pronunciations Variables Constant References 14 Citing the Textual Variants Standard Textual Sources Early Sources for the Title Page Variant Specifications Adding and Deleting Words Indicating Whether the Original Manuscript Is Extant Changes within a Textual Source Ambiguities in the Manuscripts Additions and Deletions in the Manuscripts Types of Manuscript Changes Changes Made by Different Scribes Lemmatized Variants Special Symbols 23 Acknowledgments
ᔢ Analysis of Textual Variants 27 Title Page 37 Witness Statements 41 1 Nephi 1–22 469 2 Nephi 1–33
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933 Jacob 1–7 1071 Enos, Jarom, Omni 1121 The Words of Mormon 1133 Mosiah 1–29 1573 Alma 1–63 2873 Helaman 1–16 3177 3 Nephi 1–30 3557 4 Nephi 3583 Mormon 1–9 3713 Ether 1–15 3889 Moroni 1–10
3963 Addenda
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[ 2 ] analysis of textual variants of the book of mormon Running Head
Introduction
Principles of Textual Criticism