Snow.Īs the Church has been able to learn more and more about its early history through the Joseph Smith Papers project and more, they have learned more about the context in which the revelations of the Doctrine & Covenants took place. Reply via email or via office hours next postĬontent licensed under CC BY 4.0 unless otherwise noted."We've found things that have added to the context to better help us understand those revelations," said Church historian Elder Steven E. The study guides are, of course, as are the chapter headings, but I don’t include those in my editions (mine are based on pre-1923 editions so that I’m positive it’s public domain). You know, I haven’t decided - mostly because I’m not sure whether the changes are covered by copyright or not. I’ve gotten some questions as to whether I’ll be updating my reader’s editions with these changes. And yes, of course I’ll be getting the print edition. The 2013 edition is already available at and in Gospel Library, and the print edition will come out in August. I haven’t checked them out yet, but I’m looking forward to it. Larger typeface on the JST section at the back.The Harmony of the Gospels (in the study guide section) now uses a portrait layout instead of a landscape layout.D&C 135 is no longer attributed to John Taylor.The first three verses of D&C 89 (the Word of Wisdom) are no longer attributed to Joseph Smith but are part of the revelation itself.
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That section heading explanations page has the details. The D&C 13 heading no longer mentions the banks of the Susquehanna River as being the site of the restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood.
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“Rereward” in the Bible is now “rearward” (so hurray, it now no longer looks like “re-reward”).Standardization of things like “house of Israel” and “firstborn” in the Book of Mormon.It’s a small change, but it’s nice, since some people don’t realize that most of the book headings are part of the original and not a later addition. In the Book of Mormon, they’re now using roman text for anything that was on the original plates and italics for the extracanonical additions (like the chapter headings).Standardized formatting on title pages across the standard works.Here’s a quick overview of the changes I found interesting (keep in mind that I’m a typesetting/editing geek and so most of what I find interesting is dreadfully dull to ordinary folk): Instructions on updating Gospel Library to the 2013 edition (PDF, LDS.org).Royal Skousen’s analysis of the Book of Mormon changes (Interpreter).Explanations for the 78 D&C section heading changes (Joseph Smith Papers).Explanation of the adjustments (LDS.org).Side-by-side comparison of 19 section headings in the Doctrine & Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price (PDF, LDS.org).The full, delicious list of changes, small though they may be (PDF, LDS.org).Nothing exceedingly groundbreaking - no new or changed doctrine, for example - but still exciting, at least to scripture nerds like me (especially since it’s been over thirty years since the last major edition came out). As many of you already know, yesterday morning the Church announced a new 2013 edition of the LDS scriptures.