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	Critics claim that Joseph Smith claimed to translate other texts or items, which can be checked against modern academic translations.  They claim that this "cross-checking" proves that Joseph could not have translated the Book of Mormon or other ancient texts.		Critics claim that Joseph Smith claimed to translate other texts or items, which can be checked against modern academic translations.  They claim that this "cross-checking" proves that Joseph could not have translated the Book of Mormon or other ancient texts.
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Joseph Smith as a translator

Questions

Critics claim that Joseph Smith claimed to translate other texts or items, which can be checked against modern academic translations. They claim that this "cross-checking" proves that Joseph could not have translated the Book of Mormon or other ancient texts.

Topics

Book of Abraham

Joseph Smith and the Greek psalter

Summary: Critics claim that an ancient text of Greek psalms (a "psalter") was misidentified by Joseph Smith as a containing "reformed Egyptian" hieroglyphics.

Kinderhook Plates

Summary: Given the evidence that the Kinderhook plates were fraudulent, how can one explain the following things: Why did William Clayton claim that Joseph Smith had translated a portion of the plates? Where did the translation described by Clayton come from if the plates were actually fake? By what means did Joseph attempt to translate the plates?