By Means of the Urim & Thummim, by James Lucas & Jonathan Neville
$24.95
This is an important book by James W. Lucas and Jonathan E. Neville, which makes the case that Joseph Smith translated the gold plates into the Book of Mormon primarily by use of the Urim and Thummim, just as he and Oliver Cowdery said. Lucas and Neville point out that the story that has become popular in the last 30 years that Joseph translated the gold plates by looking into a top hat at a seer stone was a story advanced by Emma and by David Whitmer, neither of whom actually witnessed the translation taking place. The book is well written and well supported by evidence. Book of Mormon scholars will want to own this book. Softback, 270 pages. $24.95.
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This is an important book by James W. Lucas and Jonathan E. Neville, which makes the case that Joseph Smith translated the gold plates into the Book of Mormon primarily by use of the Urim and Thummim, just as he and Oliver Cowdery said. Lucas and Neville point out that the story that has become popular in the last 30 years that Joseph translated the gold plates by looking into a top hat at a seer stone was a story advanced by Emma and by David Whitmer, neither of whom actually witnessed the translation taking place. The book is well written and well supported by evidence. Book of Mormon scholars will want to own this book. Softback, 270 pages. $24.95.
