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Depiction of a "Stripling Warrior", who according to the Book of Mormon was a member of the Anti-Nephi-Lehi ethnic group. According to the Book of Mormon, the Anti-Nephi-Lehies (/ ˈ æ n t aɪ ˈ n iː f aɪ ˈ l iː h aɪ z /) [1] [2] were a tribe of Lamanites formed around 90 BC in the Americas, after a significant religious conversion. [3]
The Church of Christ (Temple Lot) publishes the Book of Mormon in Spanish. [citation needed] The following list provides details on officially translated versions of the Book of Mormon published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as translations in languages not published by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Furthermore, the language of the Book of Mormon closely mimics the Elizabethan English used in the KJV, with 19th-century English mixed into it. [46] The Book of Mormon quotes 25,000 words from the KJV Old Testament (e.g., 2 Nephi 30:13-15; cf. Isaiah 11:7-9) and over 2,000 words from the KJV New Testament. [47]
The Book of Mormon: A Reader's Edition. The text of the 1920 LDS edition reformatted into paragraphs and poetic stanzas and accompanied by some footnotes. [270] link: Doubleday: 2004 The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. Text from the LDS edition without footnotes. [271] A second edition was printed in 2006. [272] link ...
Adherents of Latter Day Saint movement generally believe the Book of Mormon has a miraculous origin. While Joseph Smith described the Book of Mormon as a "translation" of text written on golden plates, Smith had not studied ancient languages and did not "translate" in the traditional sense of the word. Smith claimed a divine origin for his ...
The Book of Mormon is a book, or subdivision, of the larger Book of Mormon. This "inner" book has nine chapters. This "inner" book has nine chapters. According to the text, the first seven chapters were abridged by the prophet Mormon and the last two by his son Moroni .
According to the Book of Mormon, the final war that destroyed the Jaredites resulted in the deaths of at least two million people. [65] From Book of Mormon population estimates, it is evident that the civilizations described are comparable in size to the civilizations of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the Maya. Such ...
Harris served for a short period of time as scribe for the translation of the golden plates, and assisted in the financing of the first printing of the Book of Mormon. A joint statement by Harris and two other men appears in the front of the Book of Mormon stating that he was shown by an angel the golden plates from which the book was translated.