1828 Phinney Bible
In 1829 Oliver Cowdery purchased an 1828 Phinney edition of the King James Bible, also called a Cooperstown Bible, for Joseph Smith.1 In 1830, Joseph began making inspired changes to the Bible. He would make corrections to the text, and sometimes added entirely new revelations.2 Joseph first began in the book of Genesis, but the next year he received a revelation to work on the New Testament.3 About this time Joseph began marking these changes in his Phinney Bible, and Oliver Cowdery record these changes in a separate document.4 Emma, his wife, and later Sidney Rigdon also assisted Joseph as scribes.
