Summary
The Pearl of Great Price brings together five short writings: the Book of Moses (visions of Moses, the Creation, and the city of Enoch), the Book of Abraham (Abraham’s record, the council in heaven, and the Creation), Joseph Smith—Matthew (the Savior’s prophecy on the Mount of Olives), Joseph Smith—History (Joseph’s own account of the First Vision, the angel Moroni and the plates), and the thirteen Articles of Faith.
The book
- Author
- Joseph Smith Jr.; first gathered for publication by Franklin D. Richards
- Date of the work
- First published 1851; recorded from the 1913 edition
- Edition recorded
- 1913 edition (Salt Lake City), with chapters and verses added by James E. Talmage in 1902
- Listening time
- 2 h 42 min
- Chapters
- 16
Where this text comes from
Franklin D. Richards first published a selection of these writings in Liverpool in 1851, as a pamphlet for members and missionaries in Britain. The Church accepted the collection as scripture in 1880.
The 1913 edition printed Joseph Smith—Matthew and Joseph Smith—History as “Writings of Joseph Smith” I and II. The text here is the 1913 edition as transcribed at Wikisource, with dashes and letters lost in the transcription restored after a word-by-word comparison with the current edition; the 1913 wording is kept.
Public domain
Public domain, free to share. The text of The Pearl of Great Price is in the public domain in the United States. It was first published in 1851, and the edition recorded here appeared in 1913. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright there.
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