Item Detail
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28846
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3
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14
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English
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The Anthon Transcripts and the Translation of the Book of Mormon : Studying It Out in the Mind of Joseph Smith
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Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
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1996
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5
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2
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Provo, UT
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Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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57-81
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"Prophesying of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, Nephi foretold that an unlearned man would be asked by God to read the words of a book after a learned man had failed to do so. The unlearned man was initially unwilling, claiming, 'I am not learned' (2Nephi 27:19). One interpretation of Nephi's account is that Joseph Smith could not translate the Book of Mormon before the meeting of Martin Harris and Charles Anthon. Early historical accounts are consistent with this interpretation. However, according to Joseph Smith-History 1:64, Harris did take a translation to Anthon. Although this translation has not been found, evidence exists of similarities between this document and documents produced during the preliminary stages of the translation of the Book of Abraham. These similarities suggest that the document taken to Anthon was a preliminary and unsuccessful attempt to translate the Book of Mormon, during which Joseph Smith studied the translation problem out in his own mind as he qualified himself to receive the revealed translation from God." [abstract provided]
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Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for Many Generations
Doctrines of Salvation : Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith
Joseph Knight's Recollection of Early Mormon History
Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism
Martin Harris' Visit with Charles Anthon : Collected Documents on the Anthon Transcript and 'Shorthand Egyptian'
New Documents and Mormon Beginnings
The Anthon Transcript : People, Primary Sources, and Problems
The Book of Mormon, Historicity, and Faith
The Historicity of the Book of Mormon
The Meaning of the Kirtland Egyptian Papers
The Papers of Joseph Smith, Volume 1 : Autobiographical and Historical Writings
The Personal Writings of Joseph Smith
The Translation of the Book of Mormon : Basic Historical Information
Translation of the Book of Mormon : Interpreting the Evidence