How did Joseph Smith translate the Book of Mormon? A ‘dumb rock’ or biblical ‘interpreters’?
Two researchers renew the debate about whether the church founder relied on a “seer stone” or the “Urim and Thummim.” Either way, this was no ordinary translation.
(Rick Bowmer | AP) This picture shows the rock many Latter-day Saint historians believe church founder Joseph Smith used to translate the Book of Mormon.