Origin of the Book of Mormon
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Adherents to the Latter Day Saint movement view the Book of Mormon as a work of divinely inspired scripture, which was written by prophets in the ancient Americas. Most adherents believe Joseph Smith'
Artist's impression of Joseph Smith receiving the golden plates from the angel Moroni
Oliver Cowdery
A depiction of Joseph Smith dictating the Book of Mormon by peering into a hat
Mormon book
View of the Hebrews
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View of the Hebrews is an 1823 book written by Ethan Smith, a Congregationalist minister in Vermont, who argued that Native Americans were descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, a relatively co
Origin of the Book of Mormon
…Sidney Rigdon). Other critics suggest The Book of Mormon was copied by Smith from other available literature at the time of its production, such as the View of the Hebrews, the Spalding Manuscript (often seen spelled as "Spaulding"), or the King James Version of the Bible. There are differing views on the origin of the…
Title page from the 1823 printing