Scott Lloyd Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Interesting new display at the Church History Library in Salt Lake, including a portion of the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon. Read my story here. The Church History Library, by the way, should not be confused with the Church History Museum. They are separate buildings, separate institutions, separate addresses, though both are located downtown and both are under the auspices of the Church History Department. 2
Scott Lloyd Posted September 4, 2014 Author Posted September 4, 2014 Rick Turley made an interesting observation in comparing the Book of Mormon manuscript with Joseph Smith's personal journal. The manuscript amounts to an uninterrupted flow of content as dictated by the Prophet to his scribes. The journal page, written in his own handwriting, is done in fits and starts, with scratch-outs and less than optimal writing as he apparently struggled to find the right words. Turley sees this as evidence of the Book of Mormon coming forth by the gift and power of God. 2
drums12 Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Brother Val Sederholm had a wonderful blog post about this exhibit the other day http://valsederholm.blogspot.com/ 1
Paddy Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Scott. One of my weird hobbies is to view old manuscripts. Some people like art. I like old writings. I wish that they could travel these documents around the world so people like me could seem them. There is the obvious concern about the loss or destruction if they were to travel. You are lucky to have the opportunity to see that king of history. Very jealous.
Scott Lloyd Posted September 4, 2014 Author Posted September 4, 2014 Scott. One of my weird hobbies is to view old manuscripts. Some people like art. I like old writings. I wish that they could travel these documents around the world so people like me could seem them. There is the obvious concern about the loss or destruction if they were to travel. You are lucky to have the opportunity to see that king of history. Very jealous.Please note from my story that you can get a virtual tour of the exhibit online at history.lds.org In fact, here is a link. 2
Paddy Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 Please note from my story that you can get a virtual tour of the exhibit online at history.lds.orgIn fact, here is a link.Great stuff. Thanks again.
bcuzbcuz Posted September 5, 2014 Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Scott. One of my weird hobbies is to view old manuscripts. Some people like art. I like old writings. I wish that they could travel these documents around the world so people like me could seem them. There is the obvious concern about the loss or destruction if they were to travel. You are lucky to have the opportunity to see that king of history. Very jealous.I look for similar documents that someone has written a paper about at Academia.edu. You enter your interests and then they email lists of papers along with a brief synopsis. I also use AWOL-Ancient World On Line for viewing documents of Ancient Egypt or Mesopotamia, my particular area of interest, but they have documents in Greek and Latin and articles written in German, Italian, French, Spanish and English, of course. Very often AWOL have complete documents on display.If books have been written about your favourite area, you might find them copied and available at Scrib'd, an extremely useful resource program...but it costs, of course. Look for it on iPad or PC software. Edited September 5, 2014 by bcuzbcuz
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