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Originally Posted by Just_A_Guy
Worried, Beefche? 
I'm not sure we can make that claim. The Book of Moses was translated in 1831. Abraham was published for the first time in 1842, but Smith had been working on it since about 1836. Abel was ordained in 1836 and re-ordained in 1841. |
Portions of the JST were published before the martyrdom of the Prophet, 12 although the entire translation was not made available until 1867, when the RLDS Church printed the first edition of the JST. Some of the New Translation was available through the Evening and Morning Star in Independence, Missouri (1832-33). In the Lectures on Faith, a collection of seven theological lectures delivered by the Prophet to the School of the Prophets in Kirtland (1834-35), Joseph quoted a number of scriptural passages according to the New Translation. The Lectures on Faith was contained in the first edition (1835) of the Doctrine and Covenants. In addition, what is now known as Joseph Smith-Matthew (the JST of Matthew 24) was published sometime between 1832 and 1837, while the visions of Moses (Moses 1) was published in the Times and Seasons in 1843.
Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Things, by Monte S. Nyman, Robert L. Millet