The Book of Mormon (historical English edition)
Joseph Smith Jr. (historical English edition)
Historical English Book of Mormon from Project Gutenberg eBook #17, 15 books, 239 chapters and 6,604 source verse references, with separate source front matter. This is not the modern official Church text.
Book & edition details
- Original language
- English
- Original publication
- —
- Edition
- Historical English Project Gutenberg #17 text
- Publisher
- Historical source text digitized by Project Gutenberg
- Length
- 282,687 words · about 1414 min
- Reader typography
- standard
Authenticity notes: Project Gutenberg #17 historical English transcription, October 2025 source-file update. The edition has 15 named books, 239 chapters and 6,604 source numbered verses, independently checked against the text before import. Not claimed to be the 1830 first edition or the Church's current edition. Source punctuation and verse labels preserved; CRLF normalized for display. Book-title, witnesses and introductory preface stored as front matter.
Authentic source provenance
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- Source / authority
- Historical Book of Mormon English text via Project Gutenberg #17, pinned 2025 eBook text download.
- Source edition / identifier
- gutenberg:book-of-mormon:17
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