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| − | =Translation of the Book of Mormon=
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| − | '''Summary''': What do we know about the translation of the Book of Mormon?
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| − | *[[#How were seer stones and the Urim and Thummim used?|How were seer stones and the Urim and Thummim used?]]
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| − | **[[#Nephite interpreters|What are the Nephite interpreters?]]
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| − | **[[#Joseph Smith's seer stone|Which stones did Joseph use to translate the Book of Mormon?]]
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| − | **[[#Into a hat|Did Joseph ever place the Nephite interpreters into his hat?]]
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| − | **[[#Biblical parallels|Are there any Biblical parallels to Joseph's use of the seer stone?]]
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| − | **[[#"The Spectacles, the Stone, the Hat, and the Book: A Twenty-first Century Believer’s View of the Book of Mormon Translation"|"The Spectacles, the Stone, the Hat, and the Book: A Twenty-first Century Believer’s View of the Book of Mormon Translation"]]
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| − | *[[#What do we know about the gold plates?|What do we know about the gold plates?]]
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| − | **[[#Description of the gold plates|What descriptions do we have of the gold plates?]]
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| − | **[[#Weight of the gold plates|What do we know about the weight of the gold plates?]]
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| − | **[[#Question: Why were the gold plates needed at all if they weren't used directly during the translation process?|Why were the gold plates needed?]]
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| − | *[[#Was the translation dictated to Joseph Smith?|Was the translation dictated to Joseph Smith?]]
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| − | *[[#What is the relationship between the Bible and the Book of Mormon?|What is the relationship between the Bible and the Book of Mormon?]]
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| − | **[[#Question: How can text from the New Testament appear in the Book of Mormon?|How can text from the New Testament appear in the Book of Mormon?]]
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| − | **[[#What Biblical passages were modified?|What Biblical passages were modified?]]
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| − | **[[#How does the Joseph Smith Translation relate to the Book of Mormon?|How does the Joseph Smith Translation relate to the Book of Mormon?]]
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| − | *[[#Artistic depictions of the translation|Artistic depictions of the translation]]
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| − | ==How were seer stones and the Urim and Thummim used?==
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| − | <h5 style="color:white">Nephite interpreters</h5>
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| − | {{:Question: What are the Nephite interpreters?}}
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| − | [[#Translation of the Book of Mormon|Back to top]]
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| − | <h5 style="color:white">Joseph Smith's seer stone</h5>
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| − | {{:Question: Did Joseph Smith use the Nephite interpreters to translate? Or did he use his own seer stone?}}
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| − | <h5 style="color:white">Into a hat</h5>
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| − | {{:Question: Did Joseph ever place the Nephite interpreters ("Urim and Thummim") into his hat?}}
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| − | <h5 style="color:white">Biblical parallels</h5>
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| − | {{:Question: Are there any Biblical parallels to Joseph's understanding of the use of seer stones?}}
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| − | [[#Translation of the Book of Mormon|Back to top]]
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| − | =="The Spectacles, the Stone, the Hat, and the Book: A Twenty-first Century Believer’s View of the Book of Mormon Translation"==
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| − | Roger Nicholson, Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, (June 7, 2013)
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| − | This essay seeks to examine the Book of Mormon translation method from the perspective of a regular, nonscholarly, believing member in the twenty-first century, by taking into account both what is learned in Church and what can be learned from historical records that are now easily available. What do we know? What should we know? How can a believing Latter-day Saint reconcile apparently conflicting accounts of the translation process? An examination of the historical sources is used to provide us with a fuller and more complete understanding of the complexity that exists in the early events of the Restoration. These accounts come from both believing and nonbelieving sources, and some skepticism ought to be employed in choosing to accept some of the interpretations offered by some of these sources as fact. However, an examination of these sources provides a larger picture, and the answers to these questions provide an enlightening look into Church history and the evolution of the translation story. This essay focuses primarily on the methods and instruments used in the translation process and how a faithful Latter-day Saint might view these as further evidence of truthfulness of the restored Gospel.
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| − | ==What do we know about the gold plates?==
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| − | <h5 style="color:white">Descriptions of the gold plates</h5>
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| − | {{:Book of Mormon/Translation/Description of the plates}}
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| − | <h5 style="color:white">Weight of the gold plates</h5>
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| − | {{:Book of Mormon/Translation/Weight of the gold plates}}
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| − | [[#Translation of the Book of Mormon|Back to top]]
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| − | <h5 style="color:white">Why were the gold plates needed?</h5>
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| − | {{:Question: Why were the gold plates needed at all if they weren't used directly during the translation process?}}
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| − | [[#Translation of the Book of Mormon|Back to top]]
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| − | ==Was the translation dictated to Joseph Smith?==
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| − | Research conducted by Royal Skousen and Stanford Carmack on the original text of the Book of Mormon evidences a "tight translation," meaning Joseph simply read the words that appeared in the stones.
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| − | *Royal Skousen, "[https://criticaltext.byustudies.byu.edu/translating-book-mormon-evidence-original-manuscript Translating the Book of Mormon: Evidence from the Original Manuscript]," in ''Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins'', 1997.
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| − | *Stanford Carmack, "[https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/joseph-smith-read-the-words/ Joseph Smith Read the Words]," ''Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship'' 18 (2016): 41–64.
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| − | ==What is the relationship between the Bible and the Book of Mormon?==
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| − | <h5 style="color:white">How can text from the New Testament appear in the Book of Mormon?</h5>
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| − | {{:Question: How can text from the New Testament appear in the Book of Mormon?}}
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| − | <h5 style="color:white">What Biblical passages were modified?</h5>
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| − | <h5 style="color:white">How does the Joseph Smith Translation relate to the Book of Mormon?</h5>
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| − | {{:Mormonism and the Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/Relationship to the Book of Mormon}}
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| − | ==Artistic depictions of the translation==
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| − | {{:Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?}}
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