Episode 90: Plain and Precious Parts in The Book of Moses (Aaron Schade)

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🗓️ 15 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

After translating and publishing The Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith was inspired to embark on a Bible translation project to restore “many plain and precious parts” (see 1 Nephi 13:28) that had been lost throughout time. But how was this work accomplished? How has this translation of Genesis 1:1—Genesis 6:13 been received by early and modern Church members? In this episode, professor of ancient scripture Aaron P. Schade discusses his recent publication The Book of Moses: From the Ancient to the Latter Days, co-authored with Professor Matthew L. Bowen. Professor Schade describes the revelatory translation process, highlights its historicity in the Doctrine and Covenants, and examines how the Book of Moses transcends time and continues to influence Church members today.

Publications:

The Book of Moses: From the Ancient of Days to the Latter Days (RSC/Deseret Book, 2021)

Summary write up of The Book of Moses: From the Ancient of Days to the Latter Days (Review Magazine, 2022)

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0:00.0	Hi, my wife, religion, friends, Professor Anthony Swet here from B.O.E. Church History and
0:03.9	Doctrine.
0:04.9	Welcome to another fabulous episode of the podcast.
0:08.2	In the summer of 1830, the young prophet Joseph Smith was at a crossroads.
0:13.4	He was only 24 years old, and he had already translated the Marvel and Wonder that we
0:18.4	call the Book of Mormon, finishing the translation work the year before in the summer of 1829.
0:24.6	During the next year, from 1829 to 1830, Joseph helped shepherd the publication process
0:30.4	of the Book of Mormon.
0:31.9	And then, in April of 1830, he officially organized the Church of Christ, sustained as
0:37.1	it's leading out there.
0:38.5	Now it was the summer of 1830.
0:42.1	Where should he devote his time?
0:44.3	A revelation found today in Doctrine and Covenant, section 26, gave divine direction.
0:49.9	It said, quote, behold, I say unto you, that you shall let your time be devoted to
0:55.7	the studying of the Scriptures and to preaching and to confirming the Church.
1:02.0	That line, studying the Scriptures, wasn't merely a devotional, hey, be sure to reach
1:07.4	the Scriptures every day kind of direction.
1:09.9	It seems like it was more of a divine injunction for the young prophet to dive deeply into
1:15.5	the Scriptures, specifically the Bible.
1:18.6	The previous year, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdry had purchased a large, beautiful, brown
1:24.6	leather-covered, or neatly illustrated, pulpit-style, finnian suns edition of the King James
1:31.1	Bible.
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