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Gold Plates
Casey Paul Griffiths explaining the origins of the Book of Mormon in his newest video with Doctrine and Covenants Central.
Where did the Book of Mormon Come From? Who wrote it? Where was it found? What is it about? Join Professor Casey Griffiths as he travels to upstate New York and Pennsylvania to explore the historical sites connected to the discovery, translation, and printing of the Book of Mormon, and find answers to these questions and more! Before traveling to the east, Casey gathers information about the...
Digital Paintings of Enos, Jarom, Omni, and Words of Mormon by Normandy Poulter and the BYU Virtual Scriptures Group.
Cross-posted from Studio et Quoque Fide. This week for Come, Follow Me , we study the short series of books filling in the gap between Nephi and Jacob (both members of the founding generation of Nephites) and King Benjamin (who reigned about 476 years after Lehi left Jerusalem). Naturally, we would all love to have more information about this period in between. It’s impossible...
Moroni Buries the Plates. Artwork by Katie Payne.
Book of Mormon Central teamed up with artist Katie Payne to create a beautiful and engaging video called the "The Story of the Book of Mormon: The Plates of Mormon." Using only the text of the Book of Mormon as the narration, get a glimpse of the father/son relationship between Mormon and Moroni, as they strive to pass the plates along to where we have it today as the Book of Mormon. Credits...
Book of Mormon with Gold Plates
Supporting evidences of the Book of Mormon are broadly identifiable. The volume has long invited scrutiny from all branches of science. Archaeology itself can be divided and subdivided into numerous disciplines. I couldn’t possibly cover every Book of Mormon correlation in one sitting. In this post I wanted to emphasize physical evidences—stuff you can touch, see, feel. Though there are many more than five, I've tried to present a few as a thoughtful cross-section.
John W. Welch presenting on the translation of the Book of Mormon
Professor John W. Welch of Brigham Young University, delivered a powerful address on Wednesday, November 8 on the timing of the translation of the Book of Mormon. Welch gave the annual Book of Mormon lecture entitled "Hours Never to Be Forgotten" for the Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies at the Gordon B. Hinckley Alumni Center. In his address he explained what we know about Joseph...
Replica of the gold plates
Check out Book of Mormon Central’s new video, detailing the historical evidence for the existence of the Book of Mormon golden plates: The video is the third in Book of Mormon Central’s Evidence video series, the two previous videos being one on the archaeological evidence for the place called Nahom, mentioned by Nephi (1 Nephi 16:34), and another on the historical evidence supporting the...