
008 Translating the Book of Mormon with Stones in a Hat?
Church History Matters
The Lost Manuscript of the Book of Mormon
The entire translation of the Book of Mormon takes place between April and June 1828. The book is written by Martin Smith, who was Joseph's scribe when he first met him. He took off with the manuscript after it went missing from Palmyra during a break in translating while his wife gave birth to their first child. It wasn't until later that they started working on the whole thing all over again.
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