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|summary=It is claimed 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. | |summary=It is claimed 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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|link=Book of Abraham | |link=Book of Abraham | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith/Translator/Greek psalter | |link=Joseph Smith/Translator/Greek psalter | ||
|subject=Joseph Smith and the Greek psalter | |subject=Joseph Smith and the Greek psalter | ||
|summary=It is claimed that an ancient text of Greek psalms (a "psalter") was misidentified by Joseph Smith as a containing "reformed Egyptian" hieroglyphics. | |summary=It is claimed that an ancient text of Greek psalms (a "psalter") was misidentified by Joseph Smith as a containing "reformed Egyptian" hieroglyphics. | ||
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|link=Forgeries related to Mormonism/Joseph Smith and the Kinderhook Plates | |link=Forgeries related to Mormonism/Joseph Smith and the Kinderhook Plates | ||
|subject=Kinderhook Plates | |subject=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? | |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? | ||
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|link=Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/Relationship to the Book of Mormon | |link=Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/Relationship to the Book of Mormon | ||
|subject=The Joseph Smith "translation" of the Bible and its relationship to the Book of Mormon | |subject=The Joseph Smith "translation" of the Bible and its relationship to the Book of Mormon | ||
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Joseph Smith as a translator
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It is claimed 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
Summary: It is claimed 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.