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Contents
- 1 Production of the Book of Mormon
- 1.1 Translation
- 1.2 Translation
- 1.3 Witnesses
- 1.4 Urim and Thummin and seer stones
- 1.5 Publication
- 1.6 Author and proprietor listed as Joseph Smith
- 1.7 Attempt to sell Book of Mormon copyright in Canada
- 1.8 Printing timeframe
- 1.9 Secular authorship theories
- 1.10 B.H. Roberts and "Studies of the Book of Mormon
- 1.11 B.H. Roberts' testimony
- 1.12 Plagiarism accusations
- 1.13 Language used in the Book of Mormon
- 1.14 As a "familiar spirit"
- 1.15 Revisions
- 1.16 Textual changes
- 2 Production of the Book of Mormon
- 3 Content of the Book of Mormon
- 3.1 Completeness
- 3.2 As the most correct book
- 3.3 Contains the fulness of the gospel
- 3.4 Archaeology
- 3.5 Archaeology
- 3.6 Anachronisms
- 3.7 Anachronisms
- 3.8 Deutero-Isaiah in the Book of Mormon?
- 3.9 Doctrinal issues
- 3.10 Plain and precious doctrines
- 3.11 Great and abominable church
- 3.12 Nephi's killing of Laban
- 4 Evidences of the Book of Mormon
Production of the Book of Mormon
Translation
Translation
Witnesses
Urim and Thummin and seer stones
Summary: Joseph Smith used the Nephite Interpreters as well as his own seer stone (both of which were later referred to as "Urim and Thummin") to translate the Book of Mormon.Publication
Author and proprietor listed as Joseph Smith
Summary: Joseph Smith is listed as the "Author and Proprietor" of the first edition of the Book of Mormon. Critics use this to claim that Joseph wrote the book himself, despite that fact that the following page clearly states that he translated the book.Attempt to sell Book of Mormon copyright in Canada
Printing timeframe
Secular authorship theories
B.H. Roberts and "Studies of the Book of Mormon
Summary: B.H. Roberts produced several critical examinations of the Book of Mormon. These were later published after his death under the title Studies of the Book of Mormon.B.H. Roberts' testimony
Summary: Critics claim that B.H. Roberts lost his testimony of the Book of Mormon as the result of his work on the material contained in Studies of the Book of Mormon.Plagiarism accusations
Summary: Joseph Smith is often accused of creating the Book of Mormon by plagiarizing various contemporary sources such as the Spalding Manuscript or Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews.Language used in the Book of Mormon
As a "familiar spirit"
Revisions
Textual changes
Summary: The claim is often heard that there are more than 4000 changes to the Book of Mormon text. The majority of these are typographical. Few of the changes are significant. We examine the more noteworthy changes.- "white" changed to "pure"—
Brief Summary: Critics accuse the Church of attempting to hiding a racially offensive statement. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- "white" changed to "pure"—