Restoration Scripture Critical Editions Project [logo]

Researching, developing, and publishing critical text editions of Latter Day Saint scriptural works

  • Manuscript of D&C 1
  • About the Project

    Original Sources of Scripture

    All surviving manuscripts responsible for the earliest texts and all the texts’ published editions are identified.

  • Revelation Book 1

    Book of Commandments (1833)

    The Evening and the Morning Star

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    Variations

    Each unit of text (lemma) is compared against all other sources.

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    Apparatus

    An apparatus for noting all variants is built from tracking the differences across sources.

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    Layout

    A readable version enhances textual research and source-critical analysis—a critical edition of Restoration scriptures.

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  • Meet the Team


    General Editors

    • Robin Scott Jensen Portrait

      Robin Scott Jensen

      Historian, Joseph Smith Papers

    • David Golding Portrait

      David Golding

      Historian, Church History Library

    • Colby Townsend Portrait

      Colby Townsend

      PhD Student, Indiana University Bloomington


    Advisory Board Members

    Philip Barlow

    Neal A. Maxwell Research Associate, Neal A. Maxwell Institute

    Richard Lyman Bushman

    Gouverneur Morris Professor Emeritus, Columbia University

    Elizabeth Fenton

    Professor of English, University of Vermont

    Kathleen Flake

    Richard Lyman Bushman Chair of Mormon Studies, University of Virginia

    Nick Frederick

    Associate Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

    David J. Howlett

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion, Smith College

    Janiece Johnson

    Willes Center Research Associate, Neal A. Maxwell Institute

    Robert A. Rees

    Director of Mormon Studies and Visiting Professor, Graduate Theological Union

    Joseph M. Spencer

    Assistant Professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University

    Richard E. Turley Jr.

    Former Assistant Church Historian, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints


    Sponsors

    Bay Area Council for Latter-day Saint Studies

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  • This project is sponsored by the Bay Area Council for Latter-day Saint Studies, a 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.


    Your gift, no matter how small, supports the research, publication, and maintenance of our critical editions. Contact David Longhurst (davelonghurst@msn.com) to send a check, wire transfer, or Zelle digital payment, or donate publicly traded securities.

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