Gospel Tangents Podcast

Gospel Tangents Podcast


Picturing Translation (Tight vs Loose – Jim Lucas/Jonathan Neville 2 of 6)

August 22, 2023

Have you ever tried picturing translation of the Book of Mormon? Did Joseph Smith read the words off the stone or Urim & Thummim directly (tight translation), or was he shown scenes in the Book of Mormon and used his own words to describe the scene (loose translation)? Mormon scholars are split on this topic, but Jim Lucas and Jonathan Neville will do their best to explain how Joseph used a Urim & Thummim to translate the Book of Mormon. Check out our conversation…


https://youtu.be/ydZuGNueqPM


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