Joseph Smith and the Polyglot
April 16, 2012 5 Comments
Joseph Smith had a polyglot New Testament, probably Elias Hutter’s 1602 imprint. Here’s an excerpt that figures in one of Joseph’s sermons:
The Latin and German panels for opening verses of Matt. 4.
Cool. Has anyone published an argument as to which polyglot bible he used?
Google reveals! http://valsederholm.blogspot.com/2010/03/joseph-smiths-polyglot-new-testament.html
I’ve looked around for the original, but if anyone has it, they aren’t talking.
Ah, yes. I now seem to remember an older post of yours that linked to that or something.
I agree – this is cool. So, just two languages? I know he liked the German. Could he read the Latin? Could he actually read either one?
On facing pages there are four columns, from left to right, Hebrew, Greek then Latin, German. I think his capabilities were roughly like you would expect from a first semester student, but I think it’s difficult