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049: Richard Bushman Part 3 - Joseph Smith and the Translation of the Book of Mormon Pt. 1

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What Do We Know About the Translation?

There are all these various theories about what's going on, i think. What is quite evident is that joseph smith was not looking at the plates. We do have a number of descriptions of him. The stone or the inspiration would plant ideas in joseph's head and then he would find the words. So it's very much his language. It's his story as he's inspired to dictate it. And we don't know exactly which one is accurate.

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