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| − | |heading=Translation of the Book of Mormon
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| − | |summary=What do we know about the method used to translate the Book of Mormon? Were the plates sometimes not in the room while Joseph was translating them? It is claimed that each sentence and word in the 1830 Book of Mormon "had supposedly come directly from God."
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Translation/Description of the plates/Too heavy for Joseph to run with
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| − | |subject=The weight of the Book of Mormon "gold plates"
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| − | |summary=It is claimed that: 1) Gold plates of the dimensions described by the witnesses would be too heavy (on the order of 200 lbs) to be realistically lifted and carried as Joseph and others described. 2) Joseph could not have outrun those who sought to take the plates from him, nor carried the plates as he ran.
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| − | |sublink1=Question: How much did the gold plates weigh?
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| − | |sublink2=Question: What did Joseph Smith say about efforts that were made to steal the gold plates from him?
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| − | |sublink3=Lucy Mack Smith: "They stood in the yard near the door, and were devising plans to find "Joe Smith's gold bible," as they expressed themselves"
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| − | |sublink4=Question: Is it inconceivable that anybody could run carrying a 50 lb. set of metal plates, jumping over logs and such and be able to outrun three men?
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Translation/Chronology
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| − | |subject=Chronology of events
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| − | |summary=A chronology of events related to the Book of Mormon translation and publication.
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| − | |sublink1=Question: What do we know about the chronology of the Book of Mormon translation and publication?
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Translation/Method/Mainly_italics_altered
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| − | |subject=Modification of the italicized text in Book of Mormon Biblical passages
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| − | |summary=Some have claimed that the differences between the KJV and the Book of Mormon text (in, for example, the Isaiah passages in 2 Nephi) differ mainly in the italics of the KJV version.
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| − | |sublink1=Question: What do the italicized words in the Bible represent, and why is it relevant to the Book of Mormon?
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| − | |sublink2=Question: Did Joseph know what the italics in the Bible meant?
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| − | |sublink3=Question: Could Joseph have used a Bible during and simply dictated from it during Book of Mormon translation?
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| − | |sublink4=Question: Did Joseph own a Bible at the time of the Book of Mormon translation?
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| − | |sublink5=Question: Why does 2 Nephi 19:1 change the word "sea" in Isaiah 9 to "Red Sea"?
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| − | |sublink6=Barney: "three types of evidence favoring the conclusion that Joseph understood the meaning of the italicized words"
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| − | |sublink7=Ensign (Sept. 1977): "If his translation was essentially the same as that of the King James version, he apparently quoted the verse from the Bible"
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| − | |link=Mormonism and history/Accuracy of Church art
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| − | |subject=Artistic depictions of the Book of Mormon translation
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| − | |summary=People are sometimes troubled when they see artists' depictions of the Prophet and Oliver sitting at a table while Joseph views the plates as they sit in plain sight. Obviously, the plates never sat exposed in plain view, and these artistic interpretations originate purely in the mind of the artist. Some accounts indicate that the plates sat on a table covered with a cloth "in plain view," with Emma indicating that she actually moved them around in order to perform her household chores.<ref>Interview of Emma Smith by her son Joseph Smith III, "Interview with Joseph Smith III, 1879," {{EarlyMormonDocs| vol=1|start=541|end=542 }}</ref>
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| − | |sublink1=Question: Does Church art always reflect reality?
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| − | |sublink2=Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork?
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| − | |sublink3=Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?
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| − | |sublink4=Question: Why doesn't the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications?
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| − | |sublink5=Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity?
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| − | |sublink6=Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?
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| − | |link=Book of Mormon/Translation/Location of the plates
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| − | |subject=Location of the plates during translation
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| − | |summary=Some witness accounts suggest that Joseph was able to translate while the plates were covered, or when they were not even in the same room with him.<ref>Interview of Emma Smith by her son Joseph Smith III, "Interview with Joseph Smith III, 1879," in {{EarlyMormonDocs1| vol=1|start=539 }}</ref> Therefore, if the plates themselves were not being used during the translation process, why was it necessary to have plates at all?
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| − | |sublink1=Question: Why were the gold plates needed at all if they weren't used directly during the translation process?
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| − | |sublink2=Question: How do Church members assume that Joseph would have "used the plates" during translation?
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| − | |sublink3=Question: How did Joseph Smith actually use the gold plates?
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| − | |link=Mormonism and history/Censorship and revision/Hiding the facts
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| − | |subject=Hiding the facts in plain sight using Church publications
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| − | |summary=Quite a few items that are claimed to have been hidden by the Church were actually published in Church magazines such as the ''New Era'', the ''Ensign'' and the ''Friend''.
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| − | |link=Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Translation of the Book of Mormon/Source quotes without commentary
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| − | |subject=Critical website MormonThink's "Translation of the Book of Mormon" page source quotes without critical commentary
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| − | |summary=The critical website "MormonThink" also has numerous source quotes related to the translation method. We provide here the "no spin" version: All of the complete primary and secondary source quotes while removing all of the anti-Mormon commentary.
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