By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 Joseph Smith claimed that all Bible translations including the King James Version (KJV) were not fully reliable because of translation errors and because “many important…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 Our last article discussed the Sermon on the Mount through Matthew 5:28 in all Bibles with the exception of the Joseph Smith Translation where the…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 Even though Joseph Smith claims that his translation was revealed by God, the content he added to the text usually does nothing to clarify it.…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2011 Joseph Smith made changes in the King James Version of the Bible and copied some of them into his original 1830 Book of Mormon. He…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 The Joseph Smith Translation of Genesis 50 added 12 verses that are not in any authentic ancient manuscripts of the Bible. In those 12 verses…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 LDS historical records show that Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith compiled the Joseph Smith Translation [JST] of the Bible between June 1830 and July 2, 1833.…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 Mormons often boast that the LDS Church has “so much more than other Christians.” LDS do have more laws, ordinances, commandments and even scripture. But…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 In this series about the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) of the Bible we have discussed only a few of the changes in the first seven…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible is one of four LDS books of scripture that LDS have in addition to the King James Version…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2010 All true translations of Genesis 1-3 in the Bible speak of God in the third person singular: “God said…,” or “God did….” But the Joseph…
