Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Kevin Graham" <kevlds AT hotmail.com>]

Peter,

== It might also be worth researching whether there were any highly literal
translations of the Old Testament in circulation which used this
construction, which Joseph Smith might have known and copied.

I had been thinking the same thing. I looked up several translations 
available to Smith like Wycliffe, Geneva, et cetera, but so far no examples 
of the if-and clausal.

== From  http://www.bible-researcher.com/versbib8.html, I might suggest 
considering:
> *1764*. Anthony Purver, /A new and literal translation of all the books of 
> the Old and New Testament; with notes critical and explanatory./ 2 Vols. 
> London: W. Richardson and S. Clark, 1764. Often called "The Quaker Bible," 
> because Purver was a Quaker.
Could Smith have had a copy of this? Did this use the "if...and"
construction? Some leads for possible research.

Good idea! Thanks.



> From: Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org>
> To: Kevin Riley <klriley AT alphalink.com.au>
> CC: B Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew "If-and" construction and the Book of Mormon
> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:08:12 +0100
>
> On 16/08/2006 06:37, Kevin Riley wrote:
> >  Maybe it would pay to ask an English dialectologist whether this
> > construction was found in spoken English around 1830. ...
>
> It might also be worth researching whether there were any highly literal
> translations of the Old Testament in circulation which used this
> construction, which Joseph Smith might have known and copied. From
> http://www.bible-researcher.com/versbib8.html, I might suggest considering:
> > *1764*. Anthony Purver, /A new and literal translation of all the
> > books of the Old and New Testament; with notes critical and
> > explanatory./ 2 Vols. London: W. Richardson and S. Clark, 1764. Often
> > called "The Quaker Bible," because Purver was a Quaker.
> Could Smith have had a copy of this? Did this use the "if...and"
> construction? Some leads for possible research.
>
> --
> Peter Kirk
> E-mail:  peter AT qaya.org
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