Sunday, February 5, 2017

Joseph Smith's use of a seer stone in The Friend (Feb 2017)

The following image comes from the recent (Feb 2017) issue of The Friend, an LDS publication aimed at youth, "Golden Plates to Book of Mormon":



I, for one, welcome young LDS being exposed to things like Joseph Smith's use of a seer stone in the translation process of the Book of Mormon.

For those who wish to delve further into this issue, see:

Michael Hubbard MacKay and Nicholas J. Frederick, Joseph Smith's Seer Stones

Michael Hubbard MacKay and Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, From Darkness Unto Light: Joseph Smith's Translation and Publication of the Book of Mormon