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{{SeeAlso|Book_of_Mormon_plagiarized_from_the_Bible|l1=Book of Mormon plagiarized from the Bible?|l2=Specific examples from Tanners|Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/New_Testament_text/Specific_examples|Book_of_Mormon_translation_method/Mainly_italics_altered|l3=Mainly italics altered?|Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/%22Adieu%22|l4=Adieu|Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Greek_words|l5=Greek words|Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Translation_Errors_from_the_KJV|l6=KJV translation "errors"}} | {{SeeAlso|Book_of_Mormon_plagiarized_from_the_Bible|l1=Book of Mormon plagiarized from the Bible?|l2=Specific examples from Tanners|Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/New_Testament_text/Specific_examples|Book_of_Mormon_translation_method/Mainly_italics_altered|l3=Mainly italics altered?|Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/%22Adieu%22|l4=Adieu|Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Greek_words|l5=Greek words|Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Translation_Errors_from_the_KJV|l6=KJV translation "errors"}} | ||
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Critics maintain that Book of Mormon phrases or language is too "modern" to be of ancient origin.
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The Book of Mormon is a translation. As such, it may well use phrases or expressions that have no exact ancient counterpart. Modern Bible translations use similar expressions or phrases, and yet remain translations of ancient documents.
Only if we presume that the Book of Mormon is a fraud at the outset is this proof of anything. If we assume that it is a translation, then the use of (say) 19th-century language tells us merely that Joseph translated it in the 19th century.