Brass Plates
The scriptural record obtained from Laban, carried by Nephite record keepers.
Also known as: the brass plates · plates of brass
47 documents · 8 libraries · 1973–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 6 documents in 2020
Documents tagged with this topic each year. Libraries cover different years (Liahona starts in 2021), so the rate compares eras more fairly than the count.
Where it lives
- Scripture Central18 documents
- Interpreter11 documents
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies8 documents
- General Conference5 documents
- BYU Speeches2 documents
- BYU Studies1 document
- Liahona Articles1 document
- Religious Educator1 document
Latest
Interpreter
Noel Hudson · 2025
Interpreter
Jeremiah “the Prophet” (opens in a new tab)
Loren Blake Spendlove · 2025
BYU Speeches
Journey to a Land of Promise—Obtaining Charity (opens in a new tab)
Takashi Wada · Oct 2024
Scripture Central
Why Did the Nephites Preserve Some Items as “National Treasures”? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Apr 2024
Scripture Central
How Lehi Likened the Scriptures to Himself (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Feb 2024
Scripture Central
What are the Origins of Lehi's Understanding of the Fall? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Feb 2024
Liahona Articles
What Makes the Scriptures “of Great Worth”? (opens in a new tab)
Jan 2024
Interpreter
A Backstory for the Brass Plates (opens in a new tab)
Noel B. Reynolds · 2022
BYU Studies
Dating the Departure of Lehi from Jerusalem (opens in a new tab)
Jeffrey R. Chadwick · 2018
General Conference
Holy Scriptures: The Power of God unto Our Salvation (opens in a new tab)
Robert D. Hales · Oct 2006
Earliest
General Conference
“I Will Go and Do the Things Which the Lord Hath Commanded” (opens in a new tab)
L. Tom Perry · Oct 1973
Most frequent voices
- Noel B. Reynolds5 documents
- L. Tom Perry2 documents
- Sidney B. Sperry2 documents
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