![]() ![]() It was that account of the Savior’s ministry-probably 3 Nephi 11:22–27 in particular, that led Joseph and Oliver to inquire of the Lord about the authority to baptize. Indeed, the fact that a passage like Alma 36:22, which quotes Lehi so fluently and precisely, was translated before 1 Nephi 1:8 was translated, supports Joseph Smith’s testimony that he translated those words from an actual ancient record.īy, Joseph had translated the books of Mosiah, Alma, Helaman, and 3 Nephi’s account of Christ’s ministry among the Nephites. 6 Yet the Book is not disorganized nothing is out of place. ![]() Thus, the Prophet Joseph actually began translating at the middle of the book it is probable that he did not work on 1 and 2 Nephi until later-in June. They continued with the work day after day, more or less “uninterrupted.” 5 They probably began translating at the beginning of the book of Mosiah, where Joseph had last left off. After a day for Oliver to get settled, Joseph began translating on Tuesday, April 7, with Oliver as his scribe. Oliver arrived in Harmony as the sun was going down on Sunday, 5 April 1829. In answer to his prayer, an angel of the Lord assured him that a scribe “should be forthcoming in a few days.” 4 In 1832, Joseph Smith stated that the Lord had answered Oliver’s prayer, appearing to Oliver and showing “unto him the plates in a vision and also the truth of the work and what the Lord was about to do.” 3 At the same time, as reported in an 1847 letter by Joseph’s mother, Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph was in Harmony, Pennsylvania, praying for assistance. Smith … a considerable length of time” 2 for information concerning the plates. In addition, during March 1829, Joseph translated “a few” pages-with his wife, Emma, acting as scribe-before he was commanded to “stop for a season.” ( D&C 5:30.)Īround that same time, about one hundred miles away, Oliver Cowdery was in Palmyra, New York, boarding at the Smith family home, where he “importuned Mr. Before that, from 12 April to 14 June 1828, Joseph had translated the 116 pages that Martin Harris lost when he borrowed them to show to members of his family. 1Īlmost all of the Book of Mormon as we now have it was translated between 7 April and 30 June 1829. Historical details about the time it took to translate the book are remarkably well preserved, and they are corroborated by the independently consistent statements of numerous witnesses. One of the most amazing facts about the Book of Mormon is that it took Joseph Smith only about sixty-five working days to translate a book that, in the current edition, is 531 pages long. Reuben Clark Law School and president of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS). Welch, professor of law at Brigham Young University’s J. ![]()
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