JS discusses Gen. 1:1 as referring to plural deity.

Date
Apr 7, 1844
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Joseph Smith, Jr.
LDS
Hearsay
Scribed Verbatim
Reference

Thomas Bullock, Speech Transcript, April 7, 1844, The Joseph Smith Papers website, accessed August 11, 2021

Scribe/Publisher
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
People
Thomas Bullock, Joseph Smith, Jr.
Audience
Latter-day Saints
Transcription

I shall go to the first Hebrew word in the Bible the 1st. sen[tence]: In the beginning— Berosheet— In by thro[ugh] & every thing else Roshed the head when the Inspd. man wrote it he did not put the 1st. pt. to it a man a Jew with[ou]t. any authy. tho[ugh]t. it too bad to begin to talk about the head of any man— “The Head one of the Gods brought forth the Gods” is the true mean[in]g. of the word— if you do not believe it you do not believe the learned man of God— no man can tell you more than I do thus the H[ead] God bro[ugh]t. forth the Gods in the Head council

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