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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ
I should check my copy of Preach My Gospel. It might be an interesting exercise to compare the historicity claims in the various missionary discussions over time.
The missionaries do focus on read, ponder, and pray (as they should), but the BoM is presented as the history of an actual people, Lehi leaving around 600 BC, Joseph translating a history and so on.
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That is a conundrum. As far as the historicity, I don't know what to make of it. The one word I wish Joseph Smith had never used was "translate". Whatever JS did, he did NOT meet the modern scholarly definition of translation. He would have been much more accurate to state he revealed or brought forth this work.