''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith'' is a book compiling selected sermons and portions of sermons and sundry teachings of

Joseph Smith Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805June 27, 1844) was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. When he was 24, Smith published the Book of Mormon. By the time of his death, 14 years later, ...

, the first

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of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The title page reads as follows:

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Joseph Fielding Smith Joseph Fielding Smith Jr. (July 19, 1876 – July 2, 1972) was an American religious leader and writer who served as the tenth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1970 until his death in 1972. He was t ...

is generally given credit for editing the book, although he had extensive help from fellow researchers. The book is published by

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and is a widely used reference work among membership of

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(LDS Church). In 1993, Deseret Book issued a revised edition of the work edited by Richard C. Galbraith entitled ''Scriptural Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith''. This revised work retains the basic text of the work but supplements it with extensive footnoted references to

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of the LDS Church.

References

*Smith, Joseph (1938), Joseph Fielding Smith (ed.). ''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith''. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. *Smith, Joseph (1976), Joseph Fielding Smith (ed.). ''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith''. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. . *Smith, Joseph (1993), Joseph Fielding Smith & Richard C. Galbraith (eds.). ''Scriptural Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith''. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book. .

External links

The book published online by the Book of Abraham Project
1938 non-fiction books 1938 in Christianity Deseret Book books LDS non-fiction Works by Joseph Smith {{LDS-book-stub

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