Debate continues about how Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon, the foundational scripture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Joseph Smith also used his seer stone to seek buried treasure, and; ... Parker’s vision of Smith pulling a translation out of hat was actually a darn sight more historically accurate than the ...

Joseph Smith, his seer stone and Book of Mormon translation come up ... translated by founding prophet Joseph Smith from gold plates — or through visions from a brown “seer stone” in a hat. ...

How did Joseph Smith translate the Book of Mormon and other scriptures? Scholars are offering some new, more expansive possibilities of what we mean by translation.

Already by 1831-1832, Joseph Smith’s translation of John 1:18 and 1 John 4:12 intimates that he connected his First Vision with the idea of seeing God the Father and of God the Father bearing ...

The third volume of the Joseph Smith papers, which includes the printer's manuscript of the Book of Mormon is shown following a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, in Salt Lake City.

Joseph Smith’s eighth Article of Faith famously states that Latter-day Saints “believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly.” And English-speaking members ...

Joseph Smith's seer stone will be put on public display in an LDS Church visitors center in Harmony, Pennsylvania. Follow us on Twitter @KUTV2News and LIKE us on Facebook for breaking news ...

Kent Jackson, a Brigham Young University professor of ancient scripture, will discuss recent findings from a study of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible during a "House of Learning" lecture on ...

In March I was privileged to be part of a conference at USU on “New Perspectives on Joseph Smith and Translation,” taking on some of the latest scholarship on Smith’s role in translating the ...