Comments on: A Book I Would Like to See http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2004/10/a-book-i-would-like-to-see/ Truth Will Prevail Tue, 22 May 2012 21:07:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kevin Barney http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2004/10/a-book-i-would-like-to-see/#comment-24311 Kevin Barney Sat, 09 Oct 2004 15:48:12 +0000 /?p=1428#comment-24311 Clark, help is on the way. The Religiouis Studies Center has just now published its critical edition of the JST. It's quite pricey--about $90. I'ive ordered a copy and should have it in my hands shortly. FARMS eventually will publish a critical text of the BoA, prepared by John Tvedtnes. And Brent Metcalfe is working on a critical text of the Kirtland Egyptian Papers, which might be out in 2005. So these things are in the pipeline. Clark, help is on the way. The Religiouis Studies Center has just now published its critical edition of the JST. It’s quite pricey–about $90. I’ive ordered a copy and should have it in my hands shortly.

FARMS eventually will publish a critical text of the BoA, prepared by John Tvedtnes. And Brent Metcalfe is working on a critical text of the Kirtland Egyptian Papers, which might be out in 2005. So these things are in the pipeline.

]]> By: Clark Goble http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2004/10/a-book-i-would-like-to-see/#comment-24277 Clark Goble Sat, 09 Oct 2004 05:55:43 +0000 /?p=1428#comment-24277 I think to really do the task justice, as you alluded, you not only need to have the changes, but explain <i>why</i> the changes were made. i.e. context for the changes. That really is a big job, and is slightly different from what Skousen was doing. Let's be honest, most of the changes Skousen dealt with are minor printer issues with little doctrinal significance. The big changes were with the first couple editions and not the later editions. That's different with the D&C where there was many more changes - especially between the Book of Commandments and the D&C. Of course the <i>real</i> text that needs a critical edition is the JST. There the differences are fairly significant and often there are <i>very</i> different texts. Further, like the D&C, the earlier variations are often fairly significant. I'd also like to see a general reference text of the Book of Abraham and related texts. (i.e. the Kirtland Egyptian papers, the Grammar, and related texts) I think to really do the task justice, as you alluded, you not only need to have the changes, but explain why the changes were made. i.e. context for the changes. That really is a big job, and is slightly different from what Skousen was doing. Let’s be honest, most of the changes Skousen dealt with are minor printer issues with little doctrinal significance. The big changes were with the first couple editions and not the later editions. That’s different with the D&C where there was many more changes – especially between the Book of Commandments and the D&C.

Of course the real text that needs a critical edition is the JST. There the differences are fairly significant and often there are very different texts. Further, like the D&C, the earlier variations are often fairly significant.

I’d also like to see a general reference text of the Book of Abraham and related texts. (i.e. the Kirtland Egyptian papers, the Grammar, and related texts)

]]> By: Aaron Brown http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2004/10/a-book-i-would-like-to-see/#comment-24269 Aaron Brown Sat, 09 Oct 2004 04:59:29 +0000 /?p=1428#comment-24269 Are there any good BYU Studies or Dialogue articles dealing with these textual issues? Does anyone know? I'd be interested. I recall Quinn talking about some of this in passing somewhere, but I'm imagining there is something else published out there that is relatively easily accessible and that you all haven't yet mentioned. Am I wrong? Aaron B Are there any good BYU Studies or Dialogue articles dealing with these textual issues? Does anyone know? I’d be interested. I recall Quinn talking about some of this in passing somewhere, but I’m imagining there is something else published out there that is relatively easily accessible and that you all haven’t yet mentioned. Am I wrong?

Aaron B

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2004/10/a-book-i-would-like-to-see/#comment-24226 Kevin Barney Fri, 08 Oct 2004 18:48:17 +0000 /?p=1428#comment-24226 Oops, I just reread the post and saw that you already mentioned these two sources. Somehow I had missed that when I first read it. I agree that a critical edition of the D&C would be a great tool, but also very difficult to produce. Oops, I just reread the post and saw that you already mentioned these two sources. Somehow I had missed that when I first read it.

I agree that a critical edition of the D&C would be a great tool, but also very difficult to produce.

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2004/10/a-book-i-would-like-to-see/#comment-24225 Kevin Barney Fri, 08 Oct 2004 18:46:12 +0000 /?p=1428#comment-24225 I think Michael Marquardt does at least some of this in his book, the Joseph Smith Revelations: http://www.signaturebooks.com/js.htm I don't have the book so I can't give a direct report. There is also the Robert Woodford dissertation on the textual history of the D&C, which was never published but is available from UMI (at their normal flat rate fee for a dissertation, which is a steal inasmuch as this one fills three large looseleaf notebooks). It might actually be published someday, but not in the near future, so anyone really interested in this should go ahead and spring for it now. I think it would be good for our people to see these changes, which might prove to be a corrective to some of our fundamentalist ideas about the production of scripture. I think Michael Marquardt does at least some of this in his book, the Joseph Smith Revelations:

http://www.signaturebooks.com/js.htm

I don’t have the book so I can’t give a direct report.

There is also the Robert Woodford dissertation on the textual history of the D&C, which was never published but is available from UMI (at their normal flat rate fee for a dissertation, which is a steal inasmuch as this one fills three large looseleaf notebooks). It might actually be published someday, but not in the near future, so anyone really interested in this should go ahead and spring for it now.

I think it would be good for our people to see these changes, which might prove to be a corrective to some of our fundamentalist ideas about the production of scripture.

]]> By: danithew http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2004/10/a-book-i-would-like-to-see/#comment-24206 danithew Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:49:14 +0000 /?p=1428#comment-24206 Sounds like a great idea and quite a project. Thanks for sharing some insights as I've never thought much about this possibility. Sounds like a great idea and quite a project. Thanks for sharing some insights as I’ve never thought much about this possibility.

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