The Pearl of Great Price contains a selection from revelations, translations and narrations of Joseph Smith, who is the first prophet, seer, and revelator to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The Pearl of great Price chapters include the Book of Moses, the Book of Abraham, Joseph Smith on Matthew and History and the Articles of Faith. This book is a must read for those of the mormon faith, or those studying mormon or religious history.
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A curiosity,
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This curiosity, written in a turgid style, will be of interest to the student of Mormonism, and to the student of the esoteric and the bizarre. With regard to the Book of Abraham, for those who refuse to accept the new translation of the papyrus, let me say that the third illustration shows a crowned figure seated on a throne, with a female behind him, and three figures facing him, one of whom is a female. Joseph Smith in his caption identifies the two female figures as male. It is evident that (a) Smith didn't know the difference between male and female costumes in Egypt, and (b) the caption is patently false, and (c) therefore we may suppose, on the basis of this caption alone, that the document as Smith presents it is a fraud.
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The Word of God,
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I have read a lot of criticisms of the Pearl of Great Price, mainly on the Book of Abraham (Charles Larson and the Tanners, for example). Notwithstanding, the main trust of anti-Mormon charges are based on a fault assumption that the Book of Breathings was the source material the prophet Joseph Smith emploiyed for the text. However, the charges of fraud have been dealth a blow since Tvedtnes et al published "Traditions about the early life of Abraham" that provide over-whelming evidence for the Book of Abraham's authenticity.
As for the text itself, the PGP contains a portion of Joseph Smith's redaction of the Bible, the Book of Abraham (as afforementioned), redaction of Matthew, the 13 articles of faith and Joseph Smith - History, containing the story of the First Vision, Moroni's visitation to thr young prophet and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. Study the PGP with an open mind, as with the more foundational Book of Mormon, and "test all things," (Acts 17:11) to discover the texts truthfulness.
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First, to clear a couple of things up:
The 1851 edition of the Pearl of Great Price was published independently by followers of Joseph Smith in England--after he died, you understand (in 1844). He couldn't possibly have been telling two different stories from 1823 to 1851 because by 1851 he was dead. The original PoGP was actually a pamphlet put together by people in England who wanted to remember some of Joseph Smith's teachings. I haven't actually read the original document so I can't know if the words "angel Nephi" appear there as "MAN OF TRUTH" claims, but if they do and he has been lucky enough to read them, then he should be enough of a scholar to know the stacks and stacks of other sources attesting to Joseph Smith's testimony regarding his Moroni visitation. "Angel Nephi" in a first edition independent missionary pamphlet can safely be seen as a simple typo by an ethusiastic printer. 2) Joseph Smith was convicted of "glass looking, fortune telling or prophesying"? Yes he was. And yes God forbid the Israelites in Deuteronomy from fortune telling, but what do those two things have to do with each other? Just because some local preachers tried persecuting Smith under a catch-all law in 1826 does that mean he really did something so terrible if he broke the fortune telling commandment from the Law of Moses (2000 B.C.)? Didn't Jesus say that in him the Law of Moses was done away? Even so, I believe the fortune telling was looked at as still wrong (see Peter and the book of Acts) but that wasn't what Joseph Smith was doing or convicted for under that catch-all law in my mind--he was prophecying, and that was something that may have been a no no under some 1826 law, but is a-OK with the Lord. See the Bible. Now, all I have left to say is, see this book. I love it. It clears up a lot in the Bible and fits into it quite nicely (quite literally).
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1. The words of God, which he spake unto Moses at a time when Moses was caught up into an exceedingly high mountain, Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord God, Only Begotten, Holy Ghost, Garden of Eden, Jesus Christ, Joseph Smith the Prophet, New York, Almighty God, Compare Mos, Spirit of God, Oliver Cowdery New!
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