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==Criticism==
Critics claim that Joseph Smith claimed to translate other texts or items, which can be checked against modern academic translations.  They claim that this "cross-checking" proves that Joseph could not have translated the Book of Mormon or other ancient texts.


===Source(s) of the Criticism===
*{{CriticalWork:Brodie:No Man Knows|pages=290}}
*{{CriticalWork:Palmer:Insider|pages=34&ndash;35}}


==Answer==


===Book of Abraham===


''See main article in FAIR Wiki: [[Book of Abraham]]''
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===Kinderhook plates===
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''See main article in FAIR wiki: [[Kinderhook Plates]]''
 
===Greek psalter===
 
On 19 April 1842, an English clergyman named Henry Caswell visited Nauvoo, and would later claim that he had shown Joseph Smith a Greek psalter, which the Prophet claimed to translate:
 
:QUOTE {{ref|caswell1}}
 
Of this claim, John Taylor would later say:
 
:Concerning Mr. Caswell, I was at Nauvoo during the time of his visit. He came for the purpose of looking for evil. He was a wicked man, and associated with reprobates, mobocrats, and murderers. It is, I suppose, true that he was reverend gentleman; but it has been no uncommon thing with us to witness associations of this kind, nor for reverend gentlemen; so called, to be found leading on mobs to deeds of plunder and death. I saw Mr. Caswell in the printing office at Nauvoo; he had with him an old manuscript, and professed to be anxious to know what it was. I looked at it, and told him that I believed it was a Greek manuscript. In his book, he states that it was a Greek Psalter; but that none of the Mormons told him what it was. Herein is a falsehood, for I told him. Yet these are the men and books that we are to have our evidence from.{{ref|taylor1}}
 
There is no other evidence of Caswell's claim save his anti-Mormon work.  That Caswell took no steps in Nauvoo to get Joseph on record, or to get more witnesses for his story, is suspicious.  Critics who tell this story rarely provide the source details for the tale, and do not inform their readers about John Taylor's witness regarding Caswell's later dishonesty.
 
==Conclusion==
 
 
==Endnotes==
 
==Further reading==
 
===FAIR wiki articles===
 
 
===FAIR web site===
 
 
===External links===
 
 
===Printed material===
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Latest revision as of 20:30, 13 April 2024


Joseph Smith as a translator

Summary: It is claimed that Joseph Smith claimed to translate other texts or items, which can be checked against modern academic translations. They claim that this "cross-checking" proves that Joseph could not have translated the Book of Mormon or other ancient texts.


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The "Urim and Thummim" used by Joseph Smith to translate the "gold plates"


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Source(s) of the criticism

Third party translation claims

Summary: Joseph Smith is claimed by others to have translated certain documents for which an actual translation was never produced. Joseph Smith is claimed to have not been given the right to have any other prophetic gift beyond translating the Book of Mormon.


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