King James Version Bibles

Collection ID

BIB.005009

Type

Bible - Printed Book

Date

1979

Geography

Salt Lake City, Utah (United States)

Language

English

Medium

Printed on Paper

Dimensions

9.4 × 6.5 × 1.9 in. (24 × 16.5 × 5 cm)

Exhibit Location

Not on View

Prior to 1979 there was not an official Bible translation for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A grassroots movement led to a desire to have a “Bible of [their] own,” and, in 1972, a committee was formed by the approval of Joseph Fielding Smith, then president of the church. The committee’s task was “to prepare a King James Bible which would include a standardized concordance, dictionary, atlas, and index and . . . have footnotes, ready references, and cross references related to other LDS scriptures.” The committee operated with the purpose of “assist[ing] in improving doctrinal scholarship throughout the Church.”

Printed in 1979 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Acquired prior to 2016 by a private owner, Oregon; Purchased in 2016 at an estate sale by private owner; Purchased in 2016 by Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.[1]

Note: [1] Museum of the Bible purchased this Bible through eBay.

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