Problems with the gold plates of the book of mormon. Archaeologists discover golden plates believed to be. Welcome to the book of mormon foundations online store. The book is made of a set of twelve metal plates, each measuring six inches 15 cm in width, eight inches 20 cm in length approximately half an inch 1. Two top plates are made of brass and imprinted with reformed egyptian characters.
According to latter day saint belief, the golden plates also called the gold plates or in some 19thcentury literature, the golden bible are the source from which joseph smith claimed to have translated the book of mormon, a sacred text of the faith. My husband wants to get some sheets of ore to help the kids understand this ancient way of writing. The book of mormon is a translation of ancient gold plates, which is not easily understood by our young kids. For joseph smiths birthday, the church of jesus christ of latterday saints wanted an accurate representation of the golden plates that were used to make the book of mormon. The plates are made of a coppergold alloy and are held together by three dshaped rings, forming a sort of book. The remaining plates are of a paper composite material colored gold but with no inscriptions. Oliver cowdery went with the prophet joseph when he deposited these plates. The story of the gold plates is an absolutely essential part of the mormon narrative, for in the eyes of many latterday saints, the coming forth of this record, and its subsequent translation into the book of mormon, legitimizes their belief that smith was indeed a prophet sent by god. Paul hansen has spent much of the past 10plus years working to reconcile the faith and science surrounding the golden plates, the fabled ancient tome that, according to teachings of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints, were translated into the book of mormon by church founder joseph smith in the mid19th century. Mormon metallurgist reed putnam estimates that if the plates were made of pure gold, they would have probably weighed around 100 pounds. Though the editor stated the term had grown common in the area, his reference to the plates golden appearance represents the earliest on record. On that trunk lay a book of mormon and gold plates, labans sword, aarons breastplate. The golden plates, breastplate with the urim and thummim, were made by david a. How to make the golden plates with kids eve out of the.
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