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Guide Home > Scripture and Influential Writings > Bible > History and Manuscripts

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"Genealogy of the King James Bible," Ensign, September 1982.

S. Kent Brown and C. Wilfred Griggs, "The Messiah and the Manuscripts," Ensign, September 1974, 68. What Do Recently Discovered Documents Tell Us about Jesus?

Richard D. Draper, "Judah between the Testaments," Ensign, October 1982, 36. What happened in the interim between the Old and New Testament writings?

Victor L. Ludlow, "Are there things we are learning or can learn from contemporary biblical criticism?," Ensign, April 1985.

John M. Lundquist, "The Value of New Textual Sources to the King James Bible," Ensign, August 1983, 42. Many ancient texts and sources discovered in recent decades permit us to double-check the texts used by the King James translators.

Robert J. Matthews, "A Bible! A Bible!," Ensign, January 1987, 22. A short article on the history of the Bible.

Robert J. Matthews, "Question: Why are there no books in the Old Testament from Malachi (about 400 B.C.) to the time of Jesus Christ?," Ensign, October 1973.

Lenet H. Read, "How the Bible Came to Be: Part 1, A Testament Is Established," Ensign, January 1982, 36.

Lenet H. Read, "How the Bible Came to Be: Part 2, The Word Is Preserved," Ensign, February 1982, 32.

Lenet H. Read, "How the Bible Came to Be: Part 3, A New Word Is Added to the Old," Ensign, March 1982, 15.

Lenet H. Read, "How the Bible Came to Be: Part 4, The Canon Becomes an Unread Relic," Ensign, April 1982, 43.

Lenet H. Read, "How the Bible Came to Be: Part 5, Glimmers of Light in Darkness," Ensign, June 1982, 38.

Lenet H. Read, "How the Bible Came to Be: Part 6, No Price Too Great," Ensign, July 1982, 43.

Lenet H. Read, "How the Bible Came to Be: Part 7, The Sweet and Ripened Fruit," Ensign, August 1982, 49.

Lenet H. Read, "How the Bible Came to Be: Part 8, The Power of the Word," Ensign, September 1982, 64.

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Gerald Smith, King David, Biblical Minimalists and the Book of Mormon.

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