On this special live episode of "Mormon Land," we talk with Latter-day Saint scholars Richard and Claudia Bushman about the Book of Mormon, Joseph and Emma Smith, the gold plates, women's rights ...

Debate continues about how Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, ... This photo from the "Book of Mormon Videos" series shows a 17-year-old Joseph Smith unearthing gold plates containing the ...

In this week's "Mormon Land," we discuss new theories for how Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon: Did he use a seer stone or "interpreters" called the urim and thummim?

Latter-day Saint scholars Richard and Claudia Bushman discuss the Book of Mormon, the gold plates, Joseph and Emma Smith, current challenges and future prospects for The Church of Jesus Christ of ...

John G. Turner’s new book is a nimble account that showcases the frenzied core of Smith’s soul.

Church founder Joseph Smith said he translated the faith’s signature scripture, the Book of Mormon, “by the gift and power of God” from ancient writings found on gold plates.

Everybody loves a good whodunit, but in the case of the Book of Mormon, the mystery is more like a howhedunit.. For more than 190 years, critics of Mormon founder Joseph Smith have tried to find ...

The 2003 "South Park" depiction of the Book of Mormon's translation process turns out to be more accurate than sanitized LDS images of Joseph Smith poring over the golden plates.

Joseph Smith, his seer stone and Book of Mormon translation come up in federal court hearing on tithing ... The Prophet of the Restoration," examines gold plates containing the Book of Mormon. ...

Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. By Case Stayner; Oct 22, 2021 Oct 22, 2021; 0; ... That “golden Bible” is the Book of Mormon, and its discovery was anything but ordinary.

Mormon apologists purport to believe that Smith really possessed golden plates bearing spiritual secrets. Turner judiciously notes that no one ever saw these plates, save Smith. “Joseph did not ...