Joseph Smith’s Revelations: A Doctrine and Covenants Study Companion from the Joseph Smith Papers
Joseph Smith Papers editors
This Joseph Smith Papers companion presents early revelation texts with historical introductions and source notes. Its D&C 88 chapter distinguishes the December and January revelations and the combined printed edition.
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These closing instructions were added in 1835 · commentary →
The January revelation begins here · commentary →
Reported in 1843, collected as scripture in 1876 · commentary →
Edition and location
Church Historian’s Press, 2020; official HTML chapter on Doctrine and Covenants 88. Source notes, historical introductions and note 94 consulted for dating, combination of the revelations and the added ending. Rainbow Watch supplies brief editorial paraphrases; no modern prose quotation is reproduced.
Doctrine and Covenants 88 chapter: source notes, introductions and note 94