Bible Review

From a private letter signed by both Abby and Julia Smith to an unnamed gentleman, July 20, 1875 (Smith, Abby Smith and Her Cows, p. 57).

The Woman’s Journal (January 29, 1877), p. 20.

Smith, Abby Smith and Her Cows, p. 18.

Letter from Abby Smith to the Springfield Republican (January 12, 1874) (Smith, Abby Smith and Her Cows, p. 14).

Smith, The Holy Bible, preface.

In her second translation of the Hebrew Bible, Smith used the standard procedure with the waw consecutive. This results in a much smoother reading, with no disconcerting leaps of tense. Unfortunately, this translation was never published.

See the interview “The Bible in a New Dress,” in the New York Sun, reprinted in The Woman’s Journal 7:1 (January 1, 1876).

Julia Smith, The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Literally from the Original Tongues (Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1876), preface.

This quotation comes from a letter written by Julia Smith to the Smithfield Union (November 27, 1875). It is contained in one of the best primary sources available (Julia Smith, Abby Smith and Her Cows, with a Report of the Law Case Decided Contrary to Law [Hartford, CT: American Publishing Co., 1877; reprint: New York: Arno Press, 1972], p. 62, [page citations are to the reprint edition, which contains letters and articles compiled by Smith]).