FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Array
Joseph Smith/Translator: Difference between revisions
GregSmithBot (talk | contribs) m (Robot: Automated text replacement (-Source(s) of the criticism +{{Criticism source label English}}, -Source(s) of the Criticism +{{Criticism source label English}}, -==Criticism== +=={{Criticism label}}==, -==Response== +=={{Response label}}==, -==Qu) |
GregSmithBot (talk | contribs) m (GLSBot: Adding headers to all articles) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Articles FAIR copyright}} {{Articles Header 1}} {{Articles Header 2}} {{Articles Header 3}} {{Articles Header 4}} {{Articles Header 5}} {{Articles Header 6}} {{Articles Header 7}} {{Articles Header 8}} {{Articles Header 9}} {{Articles Header 10}} | |||
{{summary}} | {{summary}} | ||
=={{Criticism label}}== | =={{Criticism label}}== | ||
Revision as of 17:35, 15 May 2010
Questions
== 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.
Book of Abraham
Greek psalter
Critics claim that an ancient text of Greek psalms (a "psalter") was misidentified by Joseph Smith as a containing Reformed Egyptian hieroglyphics.