Is the Book of Mormon the word of God?

Latter-day Saints believe the Bible to be "the word of God as far as it is translated correctly", and the Book of Mormon "to be the word of God."

The angel said there was "a book deposited, written upon gold plates, giving an account of the former inhabitants of this continent", holding "the fulness of the everlasting Gospel".

Readers are asked to "ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true". To the sincere asker, "he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost."

Joseph Smith received the plates on 22 September 1827. When his work was done, "the messenger called for them, I delivered them up to him; and he has them in his charge until this day" (2 May 1838).

Two parchment leaves carrying parts of Surahs 18 to 20 in early Hijazi script. In 2015 the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit dated the parchment to between 568 and 645 CE, with 95.4 per cent probability, a span that covers the Prophet's (ﷺ) lifetime (c. 570-632). Apart from small points of spelling, the text on the leaves is the text of those surahs as the Qur'an has them today.

The essay says that, according to the accounts, Joseph Smith placed either the interpreters or the seer stone in a hat, pressed his face into the hat, and read the words aloud. It quotes Emma Smith that the plates "often lay on the table without any attempt at concealment, wrapped in a small linen table cloth." It also says that as a young man he "used a seer stone to look for lost objects and buried treasure."

On reaching the promised land (dated in the chapter heading about 591-589 B.C.) the family found beasts of every kind, "both the cow and the ox, and the ass and the horse".

A genetic and archaeological study of early horses in the American West. The authors say that, as far as is known, horses died out in North America by the end of the Pleistocene (the last Ice Age) and were brought back by European colonists; the early American horses they studied were mainly of Spanish descent.

The essay says that "the majority of Native Americans carry largely Asian DNA." It notes that the introduction to the 1981 edition called the Lamanites the "principal ancestors of the American Indians", and that the 2006 introduction says instead that they are "among the ancestors". It suggests the Book of Mormon peoples may have been a small group among many.

The essay says that "the majority of Native Americans carry largely Asian DNA." It notes that the introduction to the 1981 edition called the Lamanites the "principal ancestors of the American Indians", and that the 2006 introduction says instead that they are "among the ancestors". It suggests the Book of Mormon peoples may have been a small group among many.

On reaching the promised land (dated in the chapter heading about 591-589 B.C.) the family found beasts of every kind, "both the cow and the ox, and the ass and the horse".

The essay says that "the majority of Native Americans carry largely Asian DNA." It notes that the introduction to the 1981 edition called the Lamanites the "principal ancestors of the American Indians", and that the 2006 introduction says instead that they are "among the ancestors". It suggests the Book of Mormon peoples may have been a small group among many.

“The Roman Empire has been defeated- In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious- Within a few years. With Allah is the Decision, in the past and in the Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-”

“Behold, the virgin which thou seest, is the mother of God, after the manner of the flesh. ... behold the Lamb of God, yea, even the Eternal Father!”

Mary is now "the mother of the Son of God", and Jesus "the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father!" The 1837 edition (Kirtland), pp. 31-32, already reads "the Son of" in both verses.

The Church teaches that the members of the Godhead are three separate beings, and that the Father and the Son have tangible bodies of flesh and bones.

In 1835 four mummies and several papyrus scrolls were bought in Kirtland, Ohio, the Church's headquarters. Ten fragments once owned by Joseph Smith were later held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which gave them to the Church in 1967. The essay says scholars identify them as "parts of standard funerary texts that were deposited with mummified bodies", dating "between the third century B.C.E. and the first century C.E., long after Abraham lived." It says that Latter-day Saint and other Egyptologists "agree that the characters on the fragments do not match" the translation, and that none of them mention Abraham's name. It suggests the papyri may have "catalyzed" a revelation.

The heading calls the book "A Translation of some ancient Records that have fallen into our hands from the catacombs of Egypt": "The writings of Abraham while he was in Egypt, called the Book of Abraham, written by his own hand, upon papyrus."

In 1835 four mummies and several papyrus scrolls were bought in Kirtland, Ohio, the Church's headquarters. Ten fragments once owned by Joseph Smith were later held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which gave them to the Church in 1967. The essay says scholars identify them as "parts of standard funerary texts that were deposited with mummified bodies", dating "between the third century B.C.E. and the first century C.E., long after Abraham lived." It says that Latter-day Saint and other Egyptologists "agree that the characters on the fragments do not match" the translation, and that none of them mention Abraham's name. It suggests the papyri may have "catalyzed" a revelation.

The heading calls the book "A Translation of some ancient Records that have fallen into our hands from the catacombs of Egypt": "The writings of Abraham while he was in Egypt, called the Book of Abraham, written by his own hand, upon papyrus."

In 1835 four mummies and several papyrus scrolls were bought in Kirtland, Ohio, the Church's headquarters. Ten fragments once owned by Joseph Smith were later held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which gave them to the Church in 1967. The essay says scholars identify them as "parts of standard funerary texts that were deposited with mummified bodies", dating "between the third century B.C.E. and the first century C.E., long after Abraham lived." It says that Latter-day Saint and other Egyptologists "agree that the characters on the fragments do not match" the translation, and that none of them mention Abraham's name. It suggests the papyri may have "catalyzed" a revelation.

“Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other Than Allah, they would surely have found therein Much discrepancy.”

“And if ye are in doubt as to what We have revealed from time to time to Our servant, then produce a Sura like thereunto; and call your witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides Allah, if your (doubts) are true.”

“We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption).”

Two parchment leaves carrying parts of Surahs 18 to 20 in early Hijazi script. In 2015 the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit dated the parchment to between 568 and 645 CE, with 95.4 per cent probability, a span that covers the Prophet's (ﷺ) lifetime (c. 570-632). Apart from small points of spelling, the text on the leaves is the text of those surahs as the Qur'an has them today.

“The Roman Empire has been defeated- In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious- Within a few years. With Allah is the Decision, in the past and in the Future: on that Day shall the Believers rejoice-”