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According to Latter Day Saint belief, the golden plates (also called the gold plates or in some 19th-century literature, the golden bible) [1] are the source from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, a sacred text of the faith. [2]
There are many Hebrew specific examples of writings on metal plates, including a reference in Exodus 28:36 of the Bible of the high priest wearing an engraved gold plate, excavated silver plates containing Numbers 6:24-26 of the Bible dating to the seventh century BC, a treaty with the Romans engraved on bronze, a list of hidden temple ...
The Golden Plates were a set of plates that Joseph Smith, Jr. had discovered in 1823 which were later translated and published as the Book of Mormon in 1830. [1] [2] The following other plates are described in the Book of Mormon. The Brass Plates were a set of plates retrieved by Nephi at the direction of his father, Lehi. They contained Jewish ...
"Oliver Cowdry, one of the three witnesses to the book, testified under oath, that said Smith found with the plates, from which he translated his book, two transparent stones, resembling glass, set in silver bows. That by looking through these, he was able to read in English, the formed Egyptian characters, which were engraved on the plates." [37]
An 1841 engraving of Cumorah (looking south), where Joseph Smith said he was given golden plates by an angel named Moroni, on the west side, near the peak.. Cumorah (/ k ə ˈ m ɔːr ə /; [2] also known as Mormon Hill, [3] [4] [5] Gold Bible Hill, [6] [7] and Inspiration Point) [3] is a drumlin in Palmyra, New York, United States, [8] where Joseph Smith said he found a set of golden plates ...
The Pyrgi Tablets (dated c. 500 BC) are three golden plates inscribed with a bilingual Phoenician–Etruscan dedicatory text. They are the oldest historical source documents from Italy, predating Roman hegemony, and are rare examples of texts in these languages.
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The "lost 116 pages" were the original manuscript pages of what Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, said was the translation of the Book of Lehi, [1] the first portion of the golden plates revealed to him by an angel in 1827.