Publication of the 1840 Nauvoo edition of the Book of Mormon
1840
PublicationDescription
Joseph Smith published the 1840 edition of the Book of Mormon, which notably changed the descriptor in 2 Nephi 30:6 from "white" to "pure."
Significance
Represents an early textual modification regarding race and divinity, which would later be reverted and then restored in 1981.
Location: Nauvoo, Illinois
Themes
LDS ScriptureRacial LanguageTheologyTHEOLOGY