The book appears certain to go down as the most significant and up-to-date biography of the Mormon founder since Richard ...

In all my time writing about theater, I don’t know if there’s been a show that made me laugh as much, or say “Oh my God” as much, as “The Book of Mormon.” ...

when Phillips questioned church lawyer David Jordan on conflicting accounts about the Book of Mormon being translated by founding prophet Joseph Smith from gold plates — or through visions from ...

Joseph Smith (1805-1844) claimed he received golden plates from an angel named Moroniin 1827 containing information that was translated into the Book of Mormon. There are of course many major ...

The updates modified the Book of Mormon's introduction in the app, and added context to the witness statements and the testimony of Joseph Smith. First published in 1981 with subsequent minor ...

3 The resulting manuscript, the Book of Mormon, was published in March 1830. On April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and became its first president.

Joseph Smith, top left, and some of his wives, later in life, clockwise from top middle: Emma Hale Smith; Eliza R. Snow; ...