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Don Bradley on Joseph's Translation Stones (Part 2)
Don Bradley resolves a persistent historical debate about the order of Joseph Smith's seer stones—and what that reveals about his translation methods.
Don Bradley on Joseph's Translation Stones (Part 1)
Mark Ashurst McGee's research on Joseph Smith's seer stones reveals how historians must work through conflicting historical sources and evaluate competing narratives about translation instruments.
Was Joseph Smith Uneducated When Translating the Book of Mormon?
How could an unlearned 23-year-old farmer produce the complex theological text of the Book of Mormon in just 74 working days?
Why Seer Stones Aided Book of Mormon Translation
A prophecy about Gazelem raises questions about whether it refers to a person, a stone, or a seer stone used in divine translation work.
Joseph Smith Seer Stones: Doctrine and Covenants 6-9 Insights (Part 6)
Embrace both your intellect and emotions as God communicates through feelings of peace, not just burning sensations of spiritual confirmation.
Joseph Smith Seer Stones: Doctrine and Covenants 6-9 Insights (Part 5)
The promise of receiving revelation is not limited to dramatic, mountain-peak experiences — God speaks to us through our minds and hearts in both profound and simple ways.
Joseph Smith Seer Stones: Doctrine and Covenants 6-9 Insights (Part 4)
Through the Urim and Thummim, Joseph translated a lost portion of John's writings—demonstrating divine translation and introducing the doctrine of priesthood keys.
Joseph Smith Seer Stones: Doctrine and Covenants 6-9 Insights (Part 3)
Oliver Cowdery receives personal revelation confirming Joseph Smith's prophetic work during the Book of Mormon translation process.
Joseph Smith Seer Stones: Doctrine and Covenants 6-9 Insights (Part 2)
The Lord told Joseph and Oliver: 'I am God'—a reminder that divine work requires complete trust, even amid financial uncertainty.
Joseph Smith Seer Stones: Doctrine and Covenants 6-9 Insights (Part 1)
When Joseph Smith faced his greatest trials, divine direction came through seer stones—and a new partnership that would change the Restoration.
Joseph Smith's Bible Translation with Seer Stones (Part 2)
The Joseph Smith Translation reveals how revelation shaped scripture study and doctrine in the early Restoration.
Joseph Smith's Bible Translation with Seer Stones (Part 1)
When section 35 called Sidney Rigdon as Joseph Smith's scribe, it marked the beginning of an ambitious scriptural project that would add hundreds of verses to the Bible and reshape early Mormon doctrine.