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Revision as of 11:37, 12 December 2009
Contents
Introduction
Origin and historicity
Story of the golden plates
- Story
- Background
- Finding the plates
- Unsuccessful retrieval attempts
- Receiving the plates
- Translating the plates
- Reputed location of the plates during translation
- Returning the plates
Descriptions of the plates
- Witness accounts
- Described format, binding, and dimensions
- Described composition and weight
- "Sealed portion"
- Claimed engravings
- The significance of the golden plates in the Latter Day Saint tradition
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