Orem Library

From the moment a fourteen-year-old Joseph Smith decided to enter a grove of trees near his home to pray to the Lord about which church he should join, the stage was set for the eventual translation and publication of the Book of Mormon. In How We Got the Book of Mormon, authors Richard Turley and William Slaughter recount in words and pictures the trials, setbacks, and eventual successes that have led to more than 150 million copies printed

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Drawing upon a wealth of scriptures, prophetic insights, and historical narratives, the author presents a vivid account of the miracles leading up to the first printing of the Book of Mormon. From the remarkable spiritual preparation of the Smith family to the heavenly protection of the plates to the events surrounding the early printing of the manuscript, every aspect of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon constitutes a miracle.

"Givens examines the Book of Mormon's role as a divine testament of the Last Days and as a sacred sign of Joseph Smith's status as a modern-day prophet. He assesses its claim to be a history of the pre-Columbian peopling of the Western Hemispheres, first by a small Old World group in the era of Babel, and later by tribes from Jerusalem in the age of Jeremiah. Givens explores how the Book of Mormon has been defined as a cultural product, the imaginative...