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==The Pearl of Great Price==
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The Pearl of Great Price is a selection of material produced by Joseph Smith and deals with many significant aspects of the faith and doctrine of the church.  Many of these materials were initially published in church periodicals in the early days of the church.

The Pearl of Great Price contains five sections:
* Selections from the Book of Moses: portions of the Book of Genesis from the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible.
* The Book of Abraham: a translation from [[papyrus|papyri]] acquired by Smith in 1835, dealing with [[Abraham]]'s journeys in [[Egypt]].  The work contains many distinctive [[Mormon]] doctrines such as [[Exaltation (Mormonism)|exaltation]].
* Joseph Smith–Matthew: portions of the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and [[Gospel of Mark]] from the [[Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible]].
* Joseph Smith–History: a first-person narrative of Smith's life before the founding of the church. The material is taken from ''[[Documentary History of the Church]]'' and is based on a history written by Smith in 1838.
* The Articles of Faith: concise listing of thirteen fundamental doctrines of Mormonism [[Wentworth letter|composed]] by Smith in 1842.