LDS edition of the Bible are included in footnotes, with longer excerpts included in an appendix. Lastly, the edition contains bible maps and a gazetteer. In 1999, color photographs from the Holy Land were added. None of the LDS-specific supplements in the edition claim doctrinal authority: only the text of the King James Version (and the other standard works) is considered canonical by the LDS Church. The publication of the English-language LDS edition of the Bible was overseen by apostle Thomas S. Monson, who later became the President of the Church. The English-language edition has been described as portraying a "strongly conservative" version of Mormonism
The Holy Bible (album) cut deeper." Upon its re-release ten years later, Dan Martin of "NME" described "The Holy Bible" as "a work of genuine genius". Joe Tangari of Pitchfork wrote: "In a way, the story of Edwards' spiral into some unknown oblivion is tied to the experience of "The Holy Bible", which in retrospect has become a sort of horror-show eulogy for a man who couldn't live with the world around him." David Fricke of "Rolling Stone" wrote that "even the pall of [Edwards'] absence can't cancel out the life-affirming force that hits you with the very first song". Mark Edwards of "Stylus