Tight vs Loose Translation of the Book of Mormon | Ep. 1599 | LDS Discussions Ep. 06

John, LDS Discussions and ‪@NEMOTHEMORMON‬ go over the tight and lose translations of the Book of Mormon.

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Show Notes:

LDS Discussions website: https://www.ldsdiscussions.com/
LDS Discussions essay on Tight vs. Loose: https://www.ldsdiscussions.com/tight-...
Earlier MS episode on BOM Translation with LDS Discussions:    • Book of Mormon Translation | Ep. 1585...  
John Larsen’s Tight vs Loose Translation video: http://johnlarsen.org/podcast/Archive...
CES Letter: https://cesletter.org/
Gift of the Mormon Faith Crisis/How to talk to believing family and friends: https://www.mormonfaithcrisis.com/com...
Sandra Tanner polygamy episode on MS. D&C 132: https://mormonstories.org/podcast/the...
LDS Discussions episode on 116 Pages: https://www.ldsdiscussions.com/116pages
Michael Coe episodes: https://mormonstories.org/podcast/mic...
FairMormon essay on Translation: https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/a...
Nemo the Mormon Podcast:    / @nemothemormon  

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Timecodes:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:06:03 Talking with believing family and friends
00:07:58 Defining a Tight or Loose Translation of the Book of Mormon
00:13:11 How we’re defining a tight translation
00:24:05 What did Emma Smith witness?
00:25:09 What did David Whitmer witness?
00:28:50 The witnesses all describe a tight translation
00:33:08 Why the translation method matters
00:33:45 The King James Bible insertions need a loose translation
00:39:53 An example of translation issues between the KJV/BOM?JST
00:45:34 Anachronisms require a loose translation
00:49:42 Literal Biblical stories in the Book of Mormon require loose
00:53:51 Changes to the BoM require a loose translation
01:01:04 Surrounding influences require a loose translation
01:06:08 Hebraisms require a tight translation
01:08:07 Names of plants, animals and money require tight translations
01:10:35 An example of needing it both ways
01:15:57 Some apologetic answers to the tight vs loose question
01:32:22 Conclusion on the tight vs loose debate

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