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Book of Mormon
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Book of Mormon basics
Summary: What is the Book of Mormon? This article orients new readers to the nature and content of this volume of scripture.
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Book of Mormon
Joseph Smith's seer stone and the Urim and Thummim
Summary: Joseph Smith used the Nephite Interpreters as well as his own seer stone (both of which were later referred to as "Urim and Thummim") to translate the Book of Mormon.
Video published by the Church History Department.
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- Joseph Smith's use of seer stones as a youth
- The "Urim and Thummim" used by Joseph Smith to translate the "gold plates"
- Joseph Smith used the same "rock in hat" seer stone for translating that he used for "money digging"
Book of Mormon/Witnesses Book of Mormon/Publication
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B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon
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Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations
Language used in the Book of Mormon
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Book of Mormon textual changes
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- Book of Mormon/Textual changes/Why were these changes made
- Book of Mormon/Textual changes/"the Son of"
- Book of Mormon/Textual changes/"white" changed to "pure"
- Book of Mormon/Textual changes/"Benjamin" changed to "Mosiah"
- Book of Mormon/Textual changes/"Words missing in Alma 32:30"
Book of Mormon archaeology
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- Biblical archaeology compared to the Book of Mormon
- Thomas Stuart Ferguson and Mormon archaeology
- DNA and the Book of Mormon
- The Hill Cumorah
- Joseph Smith and the Kinderhook plates
- Question: What is the New World Archaeological Foundation? What does it have to do with the Book of Mormon?
- The potential relationship between Quetzalcoatl and Jesus Christ
- Question: Does the Smithsonian Institution send out a letter regarding the use of the Book of Mormon as a guide for archaeological research?
- "Zelph" and Book of Mormon geography
- The Flood
Book of Mormon/Anachronisms Book of Mormon/Doctrinal issues Book of Mormon/Geography Book of Mormon/Historicity Book of Mormon/Lamanites
DNA and the Book of Mormon
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- Source:Book of Mormon and DNA Studies:Gospel Topics:Basic principles of population genetics suggest the need for a more careful approach to the data
- Questions: What are the criticisms related to the Book of Mormon and DNA?
- Question: Do Christian critics of the Book of Mormon have a double standard regarding DNA evidence?
- Question: What scriptures in the Book of Mormon affirm the presence of other people in the Book of Mormon in the New World?
- Question: What scriptures might challenge the view of a limited geography and the Nephites not being alone on the continent or other issues regarding DNA?
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