Book of Mormon/Text

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Book of Mormon textual issues

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• Descriptions of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon
• Textual structure in the Book of Mormon

Descriptions of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon

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• Question: Why is the name of Christ mentioned in the Book of Mormon before Christ's birth when it isn't mentioned in the Bible until the New Testament?

Textual structure in the Book of Mormon

Summary: Is the fact that the Book of Mormon has chapters evidence that it is a modern production? The table of contents was a modern insertion; it had no counterpart in the dictated text of the Book of Mormon. It was added just as it is in modern Bibles. However, the first edition of the Book of Mormon did contain chapters (though much longer than the modern chapters), and chapter markers were part of Joseph's dictated text.

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• Question: Does the fact that the Book of Mormon has chapters demonstrate that it is a modern production?