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To: T. P. Pole; xzins; D-fendr
So the plates that Joseph Smith was looking at were written in what Mormon called reformed Egyptian.

And, Joseph Smith "translated" them into very poor "King James' style" English.


35 posted on 09/18/2002 4:00:13 AM PDT by ppaul
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And, Joseph Smith "translated" them into very poor "King James' style" English.

Very poor, indeed. The original BM is full of misspellings, poor grammar, and country colloquialisms. People go "thataway" and the like. It's written very much like Mormon was a 19th Century poorly-educated upstate New York boy.

37 posted on 10/14/2002 11:04:12 AM PDT by Seti 1
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