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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
Pauline teachings
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	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? The Flood (includes Question: How do Latter-day Saints reconcile scriptural accounts of the Flood of Noah with scientific evidence of continuous human habitation on the earth? Question: Why does the Church teach that the flood was a global event? Question: Are Church members required to believe in a global flood? Question: How could the Garden of Eden have been in Missouri if the Flood was local? Question: Doesn't the Bible say that the continents were divided immediately after the Flood?) The Creation (includes Question: How did the mainstream Christian view that God created the universe out of nothing originate? Question: What were the early Christian beliefs about the creation? Question: How was the doctrine of creation altered to "creatio ex nihilo"? Question: Does Colossians 1:16 teach that Jesus created all things out of nothing? Question: What is the Church's stance on the theory of organic evolution? Statements made by Church leaders regarding evolution)
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