Latter-day Saint scholars Richard and Claudia Bushman discuss the Book of Mormon, the gold plates, Joseph and Emma Smith, current challenges and future prospects for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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The Bushmans took turns answering questions about Latter-day Saint history — including those raised by Richard’s latest work, ” That really stemmed from my interest in Joseph Smith and what farm culture was like. Only when I was on the verge of retirement did I actually get down to the work on Joseph Smith himself.Absolutely not. I was going to be a traditional housewife and mother. And really that’s what I was and still am. We were married after my junior year in college, and I could hardly wait to get out of college and put it behind me.
You’ve now written about Smith’s purported gold plates, which he said he translated into the Book of Mormon. Were they really gold?The Book of Mormon never calls them gold and Joseph Smith didn’t speak much of gold plates. It’s the outsiders who are fascinated that they’re gold. They call it “the Gold Bible”...Most people nowadays, most scholars, would say they probably were an alloy of gold, silver and copper.
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