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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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Interpreter : A Journal of Mormon Scripture
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Orem, UT
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The Interpreter Foundation
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121-190
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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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A Brief History of the Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints (Commonly Called Mormons)
A New Prophet and a New Scripture : The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon
A New Witness for Christ in America
Defense of the Faith and the Saints
Doctrines of Salvation : Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith
Early Mormon Documents : Volume I
Early Mormon Documents : Volume II
Early Mormon Documents : Volume IV
Early Mormon Documents : Volume V
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
Francis W. Kirkham : A 'New Witness' for the Book of Mormon
Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History
Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism
Joseph Smith : 'The Gift of Seeing'
Mormonism Unvailed : Or, a Faithful Account of That Singular Imposition and Delusion From Its Rise to the Present Time
Origin, Rise and Progress of Mormonism
Plates of Gold : The Book of Mormon Comes Forth
Temples to Dot the Earth
The Alvin Smith Story : Fact and Fiction
The Birth of Mormonism
The Gift and Power : Translating the Book of Mormon
The Manner of Translating The Book of Mormon
The Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother
The Story of the Latter-day Saints