El Libro de Mormón/Traducción/Descripción de las planchas

< El Libro de Mormón‎ | Traducción
Revisión del 13:40 9 mar 2014 de RogerNicholson (discusión | contribs.) (m)
(difs.) ← Revisión anterior | Revisión actual (difs.) | Revisión siguiente → (difs.)

Tabla de Contenidos

Descripciones de testigos de las planchas de oro de las que se tradujo el Libro de Mormón

  NEEDS TRANSLATION  


Esta página es una cronología de declaraciones de fuentes primarias y secundarias. Las fuentes pueden ser vistos siguiendo los enlaces de citas.

Descripciones de las planchas

Una variedad de personas que manejan y / o vio las planchas dio las descripciones:[1]

Caja de piedra en la que estaban depositadas

There were many holes dug in the Hill Cumorah by treasure seekers after Joseph obtained the plates. Full size image may be viewed here: http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/GEA/id/11495/rv/singleitem
  • "allí, en la ladera de una colina, se encuentra en una caja de piedra, o un espacio cuadrado cerrado a piedra por todas partes, las placas en las que se inscribe la revelación. El cuadro en el espesor era de unos 6 centímetros, y alrededor de 7 por 5 de lo contrario .... bien asegurado por anillos de plata o bucles en la caja como una defensa eficaz contra todo tipo de clima .... " - “The Orators of Mormon,” Catholic Telegraph (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1 (14 April 1832): 204–5. Reprinted from Mercer Press (Pennsylvania), circa April 1832. off-site (Inglés)
  • "Un agujero de suficiente profundidad había sido excavado, y una piedra plana colocada en la parte inferior, a continuación, había cuatro conjunto erguido en los bordes exteriores de la piedra inferior, unidas con una especie de cemento, a fin de formar una caja a. la piedra inferior se colocó un escudo o coraza, desde que surgieron los tres pilares de cemento. en la parte superior de estos pilares establecido el récord, junto con el "Urim y Tumim", el todo no extender bastante parejo con la parte superior de la piedras laterales. en el conjunto se colocó una piedra de coronación, una pequeña parte de lo que era visible, cuando visitó por primera vez en el clavo ". - W. I. Appleby, A Dissertation of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream... (Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, 1844), 1–24. off-site (Inglés) Full title
  • "Tres veces él [David Whitmer] ha estado en el cerro Cumorah y visto el ataúd que contenía las pastillas y piedra vidente. Finalmente, el ataúd se ha regado a los pies de la colina, pero era por ver la última vez que visitó la lugar histórico ". - Salt Lake Herald (12 August 1875); reprinting from Chicago Times (7 August 1875); cited in Ebbie L V Richardson, "David Whitmer: A Witness to the Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon," (M.A. thesis, Brigham Young University, 1952), 156-58. Also in Lyndon Cook (editor), David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness (Orem, Utah: Grandin Books, 1991), 7.

Material

  • "la apariencia de oro"[2] — Joseph Smith Jr., Eight Witnesses
  • "planchas de oro"[3] — David Whitmer
  • "una mezcla de oro y cobre"[4] - William Smith
  • "en un buen estado de conservación, tenían la apariencia de oro" - William Smith in James Murdock to Congregational Observer, 19 June 1841, "The Mormons and Their Prophet," Congregational Observer (Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut) 2 (3 July 1841): 1. Reprinted in Peoria Register and North-Western Gazetteer (Peoria, Illinois), 3 September 1841; reproduced in Vogel, Early Mormon Documents 1:477–480.
  • "oro puro" - “The Orators of Mormon,” Catholic Telegraph (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1 (14 April 1832): 204–5. Reprinted from Mercer Press (Pennsylvania), circa April 1832. off-site (Inglés)
  • "amarillo blanquecino" - Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 15; attributed to David Whitmer off-site (Inglés)
  • "grabados en planchas de oro" - Parley P. Pratt, "Discovery of an Ancient Record in America," Millennial Star 1 no. 2 (June 1840), 30–37. off-site (Inglés)
  • "esta pretendida Apocalipsis fue escrito en planchas de oro, o algo parecido a planchas de oro" - A.S., “The Golden Bible, or, Campbellism Improved,” Observer and Telegraph. Religious, Political, and Literary, Hudson, Ohio (18 November 1830): 3, quoting Cowdery. off-site (Inglés)

Peso

  • "con un peso en total cuarenta y sesenta libras."[5] —Martin Harris
  • "Se me permitió levantar ellos .... Ellos pesaron cerca de sesenta libras de acuerdo a lo mejor de mi juicio."[6] —William Smith
  • "Yo. . . los juzgó que pesaba unos sesenta libras ".[7]—William Smith
  • "Eran mucho más pesado que una piedra, y mucho más pesado que la madera .... lo más cerca que pude ver, unos sesenta libras."[8] —William Smith
  • "Me levantó las planchas, y sabía de la influencia que eran de plomo o de oro."[9] —Martin Harris
  • "Mi hija me dijo, que estaban a punto tanto como ella podía levantar. Ahora estaban en la caja de cristal, y mi esposa dijo que eran muy pesados. Ambos ellos se levantaron."[10] —Martin Harris
  • "Les moví de un lado a otro sobre la mesa, ya que era necesario en hacer mi trabajo."[11] —Emma Smith
  • La hermana de José Catalina, mientras quitaba el polvo en la habitación donde había estado traduciendo, "sopesó esos platos [que estaban cubiertas con un paño] y los encontró muy pesado."[12] —H. S. Salisbury, parafraseando Catherine Smith Salisbury

Tamaño de cada placa

  • "7 pulgadas de largo, 6 pulgadas de ancho" - A.S., “The Golden Bible, or, Campbellism Improved,” Observer and Telegraph. Religious, Political, and Literary, Hudson, Ohio (18 November 1830): 3, quoting Cowdery. off-site (Inglés)
  • "seis pulgadas de ancho por veinte centímetros de largo"[13] —Joseph Smith Jr.
  • "siete pulgadas de ancho por ocho pulgadas de longitud"[14] —Martin Harris
  • "siete de ocho pulgadas"[15] —Martin Harris
  • "cerca de ocho pulgadas de largo, siete pulgadas de ancho"[16] —David Whitmer
  • "unos ocho centímetros de lado" - Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 15; attributed to David Whitmer off-site (Inglés)
  • "seis u ocho centímetros de lado" - “Mormonism,” Fredonia Censor (New York) (7 March 1832). Reprinted from the Franklin Democrat (Pennsylvania) circa March 1832. off-site (Inglés)
  • "Las placas fueron cada una de aproximadamente 7 por 8 pulgadas de ancho y largo." - Parley P. Pratt, "Discovery of an Ancient Record in America," Millennial Star 1 no. 2 (June 1840), 30–37. off-site (Inglés)
  • "cerca de ocho pulgadas de largo y seis de ancho" - Lucy Mack Smith (allegedly) in Henry Caswall, The City of the Mormons; or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, (London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 26. off-site (Inglés)
  • "Cada plato era alrededor de seis por ocho pulgadas" - W. I. Appleby, A Dissertation of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream... (Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, 1844), 1–24. off-site (Inglés) Full title

El espesor de cada placa

  • "del espesor de estaño" - A.S., “The Golden Bible, or, Campbellism Improved,” Observer and Telegraph. Religious, Political, and Literary, Hudson, Ohio (18 November 1830): 3, quoting Cowdery. off-site (Inglés)
  • "del espesor de las placas de estaño"[17] —Martin Harris
  • "hojas delgadas de oro"[18] —Martin Harris
  • "tan grueso como el pergamino"[19] —David Whitmer
  • "[Nosotros] Podríamos subir las hojas de esta manera (levantando unas cuantas hojas de la Biblia antes que él)."[20] —William Smith
  • "Parecían ser flexibles como el papel grueso, y que crujir con un sonido metálico cuando los bordes eran movidos por el pulgar, como se hace a veces el pulgar de los bordes de un libro."[21] —Emma Smith
  • "cada uno tan grueso como un cristal" - “Mormonism,” Fredonia Censor (New York) (7 March 1832). Reprinted from the Franklin Democrat (Pennsylvania) circa March 1832. off-site (Inglés)
  • "los propios platos eran casi tan grueso como el vidrio de la ventana, o estaño común" - “The Orators of Mormon,” Catholic Telegraph (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1 (14 April 1832): 204–5. Reprinted from Mercer Press (Pennsylvania), circa April 1832. off-site (Inglés)
  • "espesor de las planchas de hojalata" - Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 15; attributed to David Whitmer off-site (Inglés)
  • "siendo aproximadamente el grosor de la hojalata común" - Parley P. Pratt, "Discovery of an Ancient Record in America," Millennial Star 1 no. 2 (June 1840), 30–37. off-site (Inglés)
  • "tin tan grueso como común" - W. I. Appleby, A Dissertation of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream... (Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, 1844), 1–24. off-site (Inglés) Full title

Thickness of whole volume

  • "a pile about 6 inches deep." - A.S., “The Golden Bible, or, Campbellism Improved,” Observer and Telegraph. Religious, Political, and Literary, Hudson, Ohio (18 November 1830): 3, quoting Cowdery. off-site (Inglés)
  • "[W]hen piled one above the other, they were altogether about four inches thick."[22] —Martin Harris
  • "six or eight inches thick" - “Mormonism,” Fredonia Censor (New York) (7 March 1832). Reprinted from the Franklin Democrat (Pennsylvania) circa March 1832. off-site (Inglés)
  • "The volume was something near six inches in thickness." - Parley P. Pratt, "Discovery of an Ancient Record in America," Millennial Star 1 no. 2 (June 1840), 30–37. off-site (Inglés)
  • "The volume was something near six inches in thickness" - Joseph Smith, "Church History [Wentworth letter]," Times and Seasons 3 no. 9 (1 Mar 1842), 706–710. off-site (Inglés) off-site (Inglés)
  • "the whole being about six inches in thickness" - W. I. Appleby, A Dissertation of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream... (Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, 1844), 1–24. off-site (Inglés) Full title

Sealed vs. unsealed

  • "A large portion of the leaves were so securely bound together that it was impossible to separate them."[23] —David Whitmer
  • "What there was sealed appeared as solid to my view as wood. About the half of the book was sealed."[24] —David Whitmer
  • "they thus translated about two thirds of what the plates contained, reserving the residue for a future day as the Lord might hereafter direct." - “The Orators of Mormon,” Catholic Telegraph (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1 (14 April 1832): 204–5. Reprinted from Mercer Press (Pennsylvania), circa April 1832. off-site (Inglés)
  • "the leaves were divided equidistant between the back and the edge, by cutting the plates in two parts, and again united with solder, so that the front might be opened, while the back part remained stationary and immovable, and was consequently a sealed book, which would not be revealed for ages to come, and which Smith himself was not permitted to understand." - Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 15; attributed to David Whitmer off-site (Inglés)
  • "some of them are sealed together and are not to be opened, and some of them are loose" - Lucy Mack Smith (allegedly) in Henry Caswall, The City of the Mormons; or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, (London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 26. off-site (Inglés)
  • "a part of which was sealed. The unsealed part has been translated; and contains the Book of Mormon" - W. I. Appleby, A Dissertation of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream... (Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, 1844), 1–24. off-site (Inglés) Full title

Rings

  • "[T]hey were fastened with rings thus [a sketch shows a ring in the shape of a capital D with six lines drawn through the straight side of the letter to represent the leaves of the record]."[25] —David Whitmer
  • "bound together like the leaves of a book by massive rings passing through the back edges"[26] —David Whitmer
  • "They were bound together in the shape of a book by three gold rings."[27] —David Whitmer
  • "put together on the back by three silver rings, so that they would open like a book"[28] —Martin Harris
  • " bound together in a volume, as the leaves of a book with three rings running through the whole" - Joseph Smith, "Church History [Wentworth letter]," Times and Seasons 3 no. 9 (1 Mar 1842), 706–710. off-site (Inglés) off-site (Inglés)
  • "The plates were . . . connected with rings in the shape of the letter D, which facilitated the opening and shutting of the book."[29] - William E. McLellin quoting Hyrum Smith
  • "I could tell they were plates of some kind and that they were fastened together by rings running through the back."[30] - William Smith
  • "volume of them were bound together like the leaves of a book, and fastened at one edge with three rings running through the whole" - Parley P. Pratt, "Discovery of an Ancient Record in America," Millennial Star 1 no. 2 (June 1840), 30–37. off-site (Inglés)
  • "They are all connected by a ring which passes through a hole at the end of each plate" - Lucy Mack Smith (allegedly) in Henry Caswall, The City of the Mormons; or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, (London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 26. off-site (Inglés)
  • "put together with three rings, running through the whole" - W. I. Appleby, A Dissertation of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream... (Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, 1844), 1–24. off-site (Inglés) Full title
  • "The plates were minutely described as being connected with rings in the shape of the letter D, when facilitated the opening and shutting of the book."[31] - Early skeptical newspaper account
  • "back was secured with three small rings of the same metal, passing through each leaf in succession" - Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 15; attributed to David Whitmer off-site (Inglés)

It should be noted that the "D" shape here described is the most efficient way to pack pages with rings. It is a common design in modern three-ring binders, but was not invented until recently (the two-ring binder did not exist prior to 1854 and were first advertised in 1899. The critics would apparently have us believe that Joseph Smith and/or the witnesses just happened upon the most efficient binding design more than a century before anyone else! Such a pattern also matches a collection of gold plates found in Bavaria dating from 600 B.C.[32]

Engravings

  • "[The plates] were filled with . . . Egyptian characters. . . . The characters on the unsealed part were small, and beautifully engraved. The whole book exhibited many marks of antiquity in its construction and much skill in the art of engraving."[33] —Joseph Smith Jr.
  • "There were fine engravings on both sides."[34] —John Whitmer
  • "We also saw the engravings thereon, all of which has the appearance of ancient work, and of curious workmanship."[35] —Eight Witnesses
  • "[T]he characters . . . were cut into the plates with some sharp instrument."[36] —William Smith
  • "On opening that part of the book which was not secured by seals, he discovered inscribed on the aforesaid plates, divers and wonderful characters, some large and some small" - Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 15; attributed to David Whitmer off-site (Inglés)
  • "These were filled with engravings on both sides" - Parley P. Pratt, "Discovery of an Ancient Record in America," Millennial Star 1 no. 2 (June 1840), 30–37. off-site (Inglés)
  • "are covered with letters beautifully engraved" - Lucy Mack Smith (allegedly) in Henry Caswall, The City of the Mormons; or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, (London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 26. off-site (Inglés)
  • "on each side beautifully engraved, and filled with black cement" - W. I. Appleby, A Dissertation of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream... (Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilbert, 1844), 1–24. off-site (Inglés) Full title

Plantilla:Endnotes label

  1. [back]  Many of these were collected in Kirk B. Henrichsen, "How Witnesses Described the "Gold Plates"," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10/1 (2001): 16–21. off-site (Inglés) wiki (fuente principal)
  2. [back] Joseph Smith Jr., "Church History [also known as the Wentworth Letter]," Times and Seasons (1 March 1842), 707. off-site (Inglés) ; "The Testimony of Eight Witnesses," Book of Mormon; and Orson Pratt, in a pamphlet titled "An Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, and of the Late Discovery of Ancient American Records" (Edinburgh, Scotland: Ballantyne and Hughes, May 1840), 12–13.
  3. [back]  David Whitmer interview, Kansas City Journal, 5 June 1881, in David Whitmer Interviews: A Restoration Witness, ed. Lyndon W. Cook (Orem, Utah: Grandin, 1993), 60.
  4. [back]  William Smith (Joseph's younger brother) interview, The Saints' Herald, 4 October 1884, 644.
  5. [back]  Martin Harris interview, Iowa State Register, August 1870, as quoted in Milton V. Backman Jr., Eyewitness Accounts of the Restoration (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1986), 226.
  6. [back]  William Smith, William Smith on Mormonism (Lamoni, Iowa: Herald Steam, 1883), 12.
  7. [back]  William Smith interview with E. C. Briggs. Originally written by J. W. Peterson for Zions Ensign (Independence, Mo.); reprinted in Deseret Evening News, 20 January 1894, 11.
  8. [back]  William Smith interview, The Saints' Herald, 4 October 1884, 644.
  9. [back]  "Interview with Martin Harris," Tiffany's Monthly, May 1859, 169.
  10. [back]  Ibid., 168.
  11. [back]  Emma Smith interview, published as "Last Testimony of Sister Emma," The Saints' Herald, 1 October 1879.
  12. [back]  I. B. Bell interview with H. S. Salisbury (grandson of Catherine Smith Salisbury), Historical Department Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  13. [back]  Joseph Smith Jr., "Church History [also known as the Wentworth Letter]," Times and Seasons (1 March 1842), 707. off-site (Inglés)
  14. [back]  Martin Harris interview, Tiffany's Monthly, May 1859, 165.
  15. [back]  Martin Harris interview, Iowa State Register, August 1870, as quoted in Backman, Eyewitness Accounts, 226.
  16. [back]  David Whitmer interview, Chicago Tribune, 24 January 1888, in David Whitmer Interviews, ed. Cook, 221.
  17. [back]  Martin Harris interview, Tiffany's Monthly, May 1859, 165.
  18. [back]  Martin Harris interview, Iowa State Register, August 1870, as quoted in Backman, Eyewitness Accounts, 226.
  19. [back]  David Whitmer interview, Kansas City Journal, 5 June 1881, in David Whitmer Interviews, ed. Cook, 64.
  20. [back]  William Smith, The Saints' Herald, 4 October 1884, 644.
  21. [back]  Emma Smith interview, The Saints' Herald, 1 October 1879.
  22. [back]  Martin Harris interview, Tiffany's Monthly, May 1859, 165.
  23. [back]  David Whitmer interview, Chicago Tribune, 24 January 1888, in David Whitmer Interviews, ed. Cook, 221.
  24. [back]  David Whitmer interview, Deseret Evening News, 16 August 1878, in David Whitmer Interviews, ed. Cook, 20–21.
  25. [back]  David Whitmer interview, Edward Stevenson diary, 22–23 December 1877, Historical Department Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Original capitalization and punctuation have been modernized. In Stevenson's interview, Whitmer recounted his mother's description of the rings.
  26. [back]  David Whitmer interview, Kansas City Journal, 5 June 1881, 1.
  27. [back]  David Whitmer interview, Chicago Tribune, 24 January 1888, in David Whitmer Interviews, ed. Cook, 221.
  28. [back]  Martin Harris interview, Tiffany's Monthly, May 1859, 165.
  29. [back]  Reported in the Huron Reflector (Norwalk, OH), 31 October 1831; cited in Ashton, below.
  30. [back]  Interview of William Smith with E. C. Briggs and J. W. Peterson, Zion's Ensign, 13 January 1894, 6.
  31. [back]  “The Mormonites,” Christian Intelligencer and Eastern Chronicle (Gardiner, Maine) (18 November 1831): 184. Reprinted from Illinois Patriot (Jacksonville, Illinois) (16 September 1831). off-site (Inglés)
  32. [back]  Warren P. Ashton, "The Rings That Bound the Gold Plates Together," Insights 26 no. 3 (2006), N/A.
  33. [back]  Joseph Smith Jr., "Church History" (Wentworth Letter)
  34. [back]  John Whitmer to Theodore Turley, "in the presence of his anti-Mormon friends." As reported in Richard Lloyd Anderson, Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1981), 131. ISBN 0877478465.
  35. [back]  "Testimony of the Eight Witnesses."
  36. [back]  William Smith interview, The Saints' Herald, 4 October 1884, 644.
Obtenido de «http://104.237.154.152/respuestas/index.php?title=El_Libro_de_Mormón/Traducción/Descripción_de_las_planchas&oldid=3496»