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Part I — The Pentateuch (1895)
Appendix
Julia Smith and her translation
Frances Ellen Burr's portrait of Julia Evelina Smith — the only person, man or woman, ever to translate the whole Bible alone, and the committee's ultimate authority on the Greek, Latin and Hebrew text — with the story of the Glastonbury sisters who let their cows be seized rather than pay taxes without representation.
Julia Smith's 1876 translation of the BibleThe Smith sisters of GlastonburyAbby Smith and the taxation protestThe committee's textual authority