This is the second book to be released in the comprehensive Joseph Smith Papers project. However, it is NOT Volume 2 in the "Journals" series, rather it is the first volume in the "Revelations & Translations" series within the larger overall Papers collection.It is entitled: Revelations and TranslationsVolume 1: Manuscript Revelation Books.
The Joseph Smith Papers puts into one comprehensive collection the writings attributed to this religious leader, offering information and insight about Joseph Smith, early Mormonism, and nineteenth-century American religion. The next volume to release (late summer 2009) is the first volume of the Revelations and Translations series. It will present a transcription and photographic reproduction of each page of the two manuscript revelation books used by early scribes of Joseph Smith. This unprecedented access the first publication of one of the revelation books allows readers to own some of the earliest copies of the revelation manuscripts, including those used to print the Book of Commandments and 1835 Doctrine & Covenants. The book will include an introductory essay with the balance of the book showing reproductions of the manuscripts.
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