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Facts about The Book of Mormon
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Structurally, The Book of Mormon is divided into smaller books named after their principal authors or record-keepers, such as Nephi, Alma, and Mormon.
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Translated into dozens of languages, The Book of Mormon is one of the most widely distributed religious texts produced in 19th-century America.
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According to Latter Day Saint theology, The Book of Mormon covers a history of ancient peoples who migrated from the Near East to the Americas.
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Joseph Smith claimed to have translated The Book of Mormon from golden plates using sacred instruments called the Urim and Thummim.
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Published in 1830, The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first printed by E.B. Grandin in Palmyra, New York.