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Articles about the Bible

Latter-day Saints and the Bible	The Bible as the word of God The King James Version The 8th Article of Faith Question: Do Mormons believe that the Bible has less value because it contains errors? Question: Is Mormonism in error because Christianity requires a "closed canon" instead of the Church's "open canon"?
Reliability of the Bible	Question: Do Latter-day Saints consider the Bible to be untrustworthy? and Question: Is any book of scripture perfect? Question: Is the Bible without error? and Question: Does the Bible itself claim to be inerrant? Textual variants in the Bible (includes Question: What evidence demonstrates that the Bible has been altered? Question: Are the Biblical textual variants theologically significant?) Textual criticism of the Bible (includes Question: What can textual criticism tell us about the Bible? Question: Is textual criticism of Biblical texts superior to receiving revelation on that text through a prophet of God? Doctrinal completeness of the Bible (includes Question: Does the Bible alone contain all necessary or essential knowledge to assure salvation, thus making the Book of Mormon and modern prophets unnecessary? Question: What does the Book of Mormon mean when it says that "plain and precious" things have been taken out of the bible? Question: Do Latter-day Saints consider the Bible "insufficient?"
Interpreting the Bible
The Bible and the Book of Mormon	Question: Does the fact that the Bible states that nothing should be "added to" or "taken away" from the book mean that the Book of Mormon is false? Bible passages in the Book of Mormon The New Testament and the Book of Mormon KJV italicized text in the Book of Mormon KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon Joseph Smith Translation and the Book of Mormon The Apocrypha and the Book of Mormon Isaiah and the Book of Mormon The documentary hypothesis and the Book of Mormon
The Joseph Smith Translation	Question: How is the Joseph Smith Translation best understood? Question: Was the Joseph Smith Translation intended to be a restoration of original Bible text? Question: If the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) is Joseph Smith's 'correction' of Biblical errors, why do these corrections not match known Biblical manuscripts? Matthews: "To regard the New Translation...as a product of divine inspiration given to Joseph Smith does not necessarily assume that it be a restoration of the original Bible text" Question: Was Joseph Smith's translation of the Bible ever completed? Question: Why don't Mormons use the "Joseph Smith Translation" as its official Bible? Question: Is the Church "embarrassed" by the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible? Question: What have Church leaders said about the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible? Question: What is the Adam Clarke Commentary and what do critics of Mormonism claim about it as it regards the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible?
The Bible and Science	The Creation The Flood Question: How did the authors of the Bible view the earth and the universe? Question: Does the biblical story of Peleg describe the separation of the continents? Question: What’s the best way to understand the Tower of Babel scientifically? Question: What’s the best way to understand the ages of antediluvian patriarchs scientifically? Question: What’s the best way to understand the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot turning into a pillar of salt scientifically? Question: What is the best way to understand the story of Jonah and the Whale scientifically? Question: How would an archaeologist distinguish a Christian's pot from that of a non-Christian?
Other	Question: How do Latter-day Saints approach authorship of New Testament books? Question: How can a Latter-day Saint approach responding to criticism of the Church on biblical grounds? Pauline teachings Mormonism and the Bible/Scripture interpretation Mormonism and the Bible/Old Testament practices Violence in the scriptures