Royal Skousen’s Book of Mormon Critical Text Project

Authors

Roger Terry

Keywords

Book of Mormon, Royal Skousen, critical text

Abstract

Between 1984 and 1986, the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) published a critical text of the Book of Mormon. While this early publication was useful in certain ways, it was also woefully inadequate. It was, for instance, based on a computerized text of the 1830 printed edition of the Book of Mormon rather than on the remnants of the two handwritten manuscripts.1 Recognizing its inadequacies, Brigham Young University linguistics professor Royal Skousen began in 1988 what would become a thirty-seven- year endeavor and his life’s work: a fully professional critical text of the Book of Mormon.2

Recommended Citation

Terry, Roger (2025) "Royal Skousen’s Book of Mormon Critical Text Project," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 64: Iss. 1, Article 13.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol64/iss1/13