Reference Guide
How References Are Used In This Blog
Throughout this blog, you will see all references in parentheses ( ) or
footnotes, but some references within the parentheses will also be embedded in brackets
[ ]. Here is a quick guide and rational to references herein.
- Parentheses ( ) - Scriptures referenced within parentheses are the references to the sources chosen for quoting scriptural texts.
- Brackets [ ] - Embedded within some references will be additional references in brackets. These refer to contemporary scriptures you may currently be using.
See below for additional details on referencing. References to
books, websites, or other sources follow traditional structures.
Scripture Sources
Book of Mormon: All
quotations from the Book of Mormon are taken from the 1830
publication of the Book of Mormon. This source was chosen because it
reflects the original publication of Joseph Smith’s translation of the Book of
Mormon. Though there were some scribal errors in that edition that Joseph later
corrected, the majority of those errors were grammatical.
[ ] References found in brackets correlate to the current
edition of the Book of Mormon published by the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints and revised in 2013 to provide ease of
reference for those with contemporary copies of the Book of Mormon.
Doctrine and
Covenants: All quotations from the Doctrine and Covenants (D&C), including
the Lectures on Faith, are from the 1835 publication of the Doctrine and
Covenants. This source was chosen because it reflects the last publication
of Joseph Smith’s revelations prior to his death and contains no alterations or
changes made in later years by other individuals or church organizations after
his death.
[ ] References found in brackets correlate to the
current edition of the Doctrine and Covenants published by the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints and revised in 2013 to provide ease of reference
for those with contemporary copies of the Doctrine and Covenants.
Holy Bible: The base scriptural text from the Bible was obtained
from the Joseph Smith Inspired Version of the Old and New Testaments. This
source was chosen because I believe it reflects to most accurate version of the
Bible as revealed through the prophet Joseph Smith.
[ ] References found in brackets correlate to the
current edition of the King James’ Version of the Bible when chapter or verse
numbers deviate from the Joseph Smith Inspired Version to provide ease of
reference for those who primarily use that version of the Bible.
Other Sources
Other sources occasionally used in this blog include the following:
Septuagint: The text of the Septuagint translations
of the Book of Isaiah from the Old Testament comes from the English translation
of the Septuagint, translated by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, published in
1854. Transcription was found online courtesy of eBible.org at the following
website: https://ebible.org/eng-Brenton/.
Masoretic Text: The text for the Masoretic English
translation of the Book of Isaiah comes from the New Translation of the
Masoretic text in English published in 1917 by The Jewish Publication Society
of America and found at the following website: https://jps.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/
Tanakh1917.pdf.
Hebrew Text: All Hebraic quotes and references were obtained from
the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia published in 1997.