Translation and the World Order

Authors

Richard Lyman Bushman

Keywords

Book of Mormon, translation, Scriptures, Joseph Smith, Book of Abraham

Abstract

Joseph Smith published three books he called translations: his masterwork, the Book of Mormon, translated from gold plates when he was twenty-four and published in March 1830; the eight chapters of the book of Moses based on Genesis in the Bible, begun in June 1830 and completed by February of the following year; and the book of Abraham, translated from scrolls that the Church purchased from Michael Chandler in 1835 and published in 1842. It is hard to think of any prophetic figure in religious history who relied as extensively on translations to spread his message as did Joseph Smith.

Recommended Citation

Bushman, Richard Lyman (2024) "Translation and the World Order," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 63: Iss. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol63/iss1/5