Mormonism and Wikipedia/Golden plates

Introduction

• Introduction

Origin and historicity

• Origin and historicity

Story of the golden plates

• Story
• Background
• Finding the plates
• Unsuccessful retrieval attempts
• Receiving the plates
• Translating the plates
• Reputed location of the plates during translation
• Returning the plates

Descriptions of the plates

• Witness accounts
• Described format, binding, and dimensions
• Described composition and weight
• "Sealed portion"
• Claimed engravings
• The significance of the golden plates in the Latter Day Saint tradition