Book of Mormon

One of the sacred books of the Mormon Church, published in 1830 by Joseph Smith and considered by Mormons to be a historic record of the migration of ancient Israelites to the Americas and their eventual encounter there with Jesus after his resurrection.

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Book of Mormon

(Christian Churches, other) a sacred book of the Mormon Church, believed by Mormons to be a history of certain ancient peoples in America, written on golden tablets (now lost) and revealed by the prophet Mormon to Joseph Smith

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Book′ of Mor′mon

a sacred book of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, believed by members of the church to be an abridgment by a prophet (Mormon) of a record of certain ancient peoples in America, written on golden plates, and discovered and translated (1827–30) by Joseph Smith.

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Book of Mormon - a sacred text revealed to Joseph Smith in 1830 by an ancient prophet Mormon; supposedly a record of ancient peoples of America translated by Joseph Smith

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Libro de Mormón

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Murphy has made it his quest to expose racism in the scriptures, starting with the teaching that American Indians are descendants of Middle Easterners known as Lamanites, the heathen antagonists in the Book of Mormon.

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This second edition updates Persuitte's defense of the much-debated thesis that Joseph Smith borrowed the plot for his Book of Mormon (published in 1830) from an obscure 1823 hook, A View of the Hebrews.

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SALT LAKE CITY -- In one glass case sits a weathered page from the original Book of Mormon manuscript that Latter-day Saints believe was translated from ancient Egyptian and dictated to scribes by founder Joseph Smith 185 years ago with help from God.

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BROADWAY HIT TO VISIT THEATRE

The first (vastly superior) one is the smash hit "The Book of Mormon." The newcomer is "I Can't Sing," based on Simon Cowell's "The X Factor," and as you'd expect from something co-produced by Cowell's entertainment org, Syco, it's more celebration than takedown.

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London, United Kingdom, March 28, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Burst into laughter while watching the Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales Theatre London.

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