Category: Translation
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Introduction to 3,913 Changes in the Book of Mormon
A summary of the most meaningful changes in the Book of Mormon, with many examples listed.
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Joseph Smith—Seer and Translator?
Does a “seer” and “translator” give the same message as a scholar would, rendering a specific text from one language to another? How are we to understand “translate” in Joseph Smith’s writings using the Book of Mormon plates, seer stones, and magic practices?
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“Upon This Rock”
Joseph Smith’s Seer Stone By Robert M. Bowman, Jr.Director of the Institute for Religious Research – www.irr.org On August 4, 2015, the LDS Church issued a press release that was picked up and reported on National Public Radio and Fox News, by the Associated Press, and by many other news outlets. The focus of the…
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Book of Abraham — Translation or Invention?
By Sandra Tanner When Marlin K. Jensen, retired General Authority and historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was asked in November of 2011 if the LDS leaders were aware that people are leaving the Mormon Church in droves after learning of troubling aspects of church history, he responded: The fifteen men…
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Joseph Smith’s Changing Scriptures
By Sandra Tanner When most people think of Christianity they usually associate it with the Bible. However, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly referred to as the LDS or Mormon Church) is not bound by that volume alone. The LDS Church asserts that the Bible has been corrupted but that their doctrines…
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Smithisms in the Book of Mormon
Examining common phrase patterns between the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and other LDS writings, the hand of a common author becomes clear, suggesting Joseph Smith’s creative mind as the source.
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Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon?
Does chiasmus in the Book of Mormon prove authentic Jewish authorship, or is it just part of Joseph Smith’s efforts to mimic biblical style, which also appears in his other writings? By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Excerpted from our book, Joseph Smith’s Plagiarism of the Bible in the Book of Mormon, chp. 8. In trying…
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The Oldest Biblical Text?
An introduction to the LDS scripture, the Book of Abraham, examining whether it could actually contain the writings of the biblical patriarch, Abraham, “by his own hand.”
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Chiasmus and the Book of Mormon
By Sandra Tanner Some LDS writers are trying to establish the historicity of the Book of Mormon by maintaining that it contains a poetic style, sometimes used in the Bible, called chiasmus. They also point out that this style was not identified as chiasmus until after the time of Joseph Smith. Thus, they reason, his…
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Book of Mormon Plates — Artifact, Vision or Hoax?
By Sandra Tanner This year the LDS Church is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Joseph Smith’s birth on December 23, 1805. Joseph claimed that God and Christ appeared to him when he was fourteen, in the spring of 1820, and told him not to join any church for they were all in a state of…