Abstract

In 1830 Joseph Smith* published a book he claimed to have translated "by the gift and power of God" from ancient gold plates buried in a hillside in upstate New York. The book records the details of three ancient peoples who had inhabited the North American continent.

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Article

Publication Date

2010

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Copyright © 2010, Cambridge University Press. This article first appeared in The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity (2010), 840.

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