Category: Book of Mormon
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 5
The Book of Mormon As we have already shown, Joseph Smith claimed that on the night of September 21, 1823, when he was seventeen years old, an angel appeared to him and stated that gold plates were buried in the Hill Cumorah. The angel explained that the plates contained “an account of the former inhabitants…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 1
A Marvelous Work? In 1830 the Mormon prophet Joseph Smith published the Book of Mormon—a book which purports to be a history of the “former inhabitants of this continent.” The same year he organized a church in the state of New York. Today, the two main groups which claim to base their teachings upon Joseph Smith’s…
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B. H. Roberts’ Manuscripts Revealed
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the December 1979 issue of the Messenger we pointed out that the famous Mormon historian and General Authority B. H. Roberts wrote some material concerning the Book of Mormon which is very embarrassing to the Church. For instance, in a manuscript entitled, “A Book of Mormon Study,” Part 1,…
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Joseph Smith’s “Caractors” Found!
Important Discovery Puts President Kimball On The Spot By Jerald and Sandra Tanner On May 3, 1980, the Church Section of the Mormon newspaper, Deseret News, reported that an amazing discovery had been made: A hand-written sheet of paper with characters supposedly copied directly from the gold plates in 1828, and also bearing other writing…
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B. H. Roberts’ Secret Manuscript
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner We are often asked how a young man like Joseph Smith could produce a work like the Book of Mormon. As we have already indicated, we feel that the Bible was the main source. Many of the stories found in the Bible were simply rewritten and inserted into the Book…
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BYU Computer Study
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner During the last two or three years the newspapers have carried some sensational stories concerning the Book of Mormon. On June 25, 1977, the Los Angeles Times reported that three handwriting experts had declared that portions of the Book of Mormon were written by Solomon Spalding. Now that the controversy…
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Honesty with Mormons on Spalding
On June 25, 1977, researchers claimed handwriting evidence indicated the Book of Mormon was authored by Solomon Spaulding. Counterarguments and handwriting analyses disproved this theory, questioning the researchers’ conclusions.
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3,913 Changes in the Book of Mormon (newsletter announcement)
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner The Mormon Historian Joseph Fielding Smith has claimed that there is no truth in the statement that there have been thousands of changes in the Book of Mormon. He was reported as saying the following at the fall conference of 1961: During the past week or two I have received…