Article Title

The Rings That Bound the Gold Plates Together

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Keywords

Book of Mormon, translation, plates, rings

Abstract

Eyewitnesses to the Book of Mormon plates described in consistent terms the rings that bound the gold plates into a single volume. The rings were three in number and apparently made of the same material as the plates themselves. While our attention naturally focuses on the plates and the translation of the text engraved upon them, the rings may offer another subtle but telling confirmation of the record’s ancient origin.

Recommended Citation

(2006) "The Rings That Bound the Gold Plates Together," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 26: No. 3, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol26/iss3/4