Annotated Edition of the Five Books of Moses
The Annotated Edition of
the Five Books of Moses
(The Joseph Smith Translation)
COMPILED and EDITED BY
David R. Hocking
EDITOR
Annotated Edition of
THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES
Edited by David Hocking
418 Pages with Insights, Illustrations, Old Testament Artwork and Reformatted Text.
The Annotated Edition of the Five Books of Moses (JST 1867 Edition) combines multiple Biblical-era texts to the Book of Genesis. Revelations give to the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. have been incorporated within the Genesis text enhancing and clarifying one’s understanding of the history of the Hebrew Patriarchs.
From the gorgeous cover to the gilded pages filled with annotations, insights and a comprehensive Index, the book’s unique appeal stems, in part, from the fact that it is the first edition to incorporate the Vision and Writings of Moses, the Book of Abraham and selections from the books of Jasher and Enoch within the text of the Book of Genesis. Another aspect is the changing font colors throughout the text: red for Deity, blue for angels and italicized blue for the voice of Satan and quoted scripture.
The familiar texts have been treated in three unique dimensions:
1st, LITERARY treatment of the text;
2nd, addition of “INSIGHT” pages;
3rd, use of vast amounts of COLOR in a variety of forms.
The Annotated Edition of
The Five Books of Moses
COMPILED and EDITED BY
David R. Hocking
EDITOR
The texts have not been altered, but the formatting and literary presentation of the text has, (e.g., verses are combined into coherent paragraphs; new descriptive headers appear within chapters over each new thought). Verse numbers are superscripted; poetical stanzas shown in their Hebraic forms; quotation marks, indentation and BOLD text identify voices of speakers, and much more; Ancient Hebraic writing forms such as psalms, parallelisms, etc. are shown in-context along with font colors which identifies the voice of the speaker.
The Annotated Edition of the Five Books of Moses gives powerful testimony to the Prophet Joseph Smith and the revelations he received that enhances the history of the founding the Hebrew Patriarchs and of the House of Israel. The Editor has seamlessly incorporated Joseph Smith’s Book Moses he received by revelation in 1830-31 and the Book of Abraham he translated from Egyptian papyrus in 1835 within the Book of Genesis. Included are the inspired translations of all five Books of Moses that Joseph was called to perform as a branch of his prophetic calling from God. Insight pages and footnotes are added to enhance and clarify specific passages. Passages from the books of Jubilees, Jasher and Enoch provide additional insights and testimony to the inspired Joseph Smith Translation text.
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WHAT IS THE ANNOTATED EDITION?
The Annotated Edition of the Five Books of Moses is more like a textbook for those that want more in-depth understanding of the people, places and events that shape the narrative. There are annotations, research articles, diagrams, charts and maps that are very helpful to understanding this ancient text that supports the Old Testament scripture.
EASY TO READ
You’ll find it easier (and much faster) to read and understand in its non-verse format. You can immediately tell by colors, indentations, paragraphs and quotations who is speaking.
ENLIGHTENMENT
The annotations, “Insight pages,” and comprehensive Appendix are all enlightening and testimony strengthening.
INTRODUCTION TO FORMATTING STYLE ELEMENTS
THE ANNOTATED EDITION OF THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES has been formatted to enlarge our understanding of and give reverence to this unique and sacred volume of ancient Biblical history of the early Hebrew nation. The reader will immediately note that the text is structured and formatted differently from the versions currently in print.
THE ANNOTATION OF THE TEXT utilizes several style elements:
- Use of quotations when there is speech.
- Use of paragraphs for complete thoughts.
- Use of color for clarity of voice spoken: Red for Deity; Blue for angels and quoted scripture; italicized Blue for Satan.
- Use of italics for paraphrased quotes.
- Use of capitalized references to LORD, i.e. Thou, Thine, Thy, Thee, Me, Mine, He, Him, etc.
- Use of style elements for emphasis, i.e., prophecies are indented.
- Use of capitalized nouns.
The original content of The Five Books of Moses has not been altered, reduced or revised; only the formatting of the text and its literary representation has been revised, altered and enhanced quite extensively.
The literary treatment combines verses into coherent paragraph structures then adds descriptive headers within chapters. Verse numbers are superscripted; poetical stanzas are shown in their Hebraic forms; quotation marks and indentation identify voices of speakers; Ancient Hebraic writing forms and word-patterns are shown in-context along with font colors which are used to establish textual hierarchy (importance).
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