Gold Plates
The ancient metal record from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon.
77 documents · 8 libraries · 1978–2025
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 13 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 Central37 documents
- Interpreter15 documents
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies8 documents
- BYU Studies5 documents
- General Conference4 documents
- Liahona Articles4 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions2 documents
- Religious Educator2 documents
Latest
Scripture Central
Why Did Martin Harris Sometimes Say He Saw the Plates with Spiritual Eyes? (opens in a new tab)
Jan 2025
Interpreter
A Combinatorial Approach to Modeling All Possible Golden Plates (opens in a new tab)
Josh Coates · 2025
Interpreter
Jeff Lindsay · 2025
BYU Studies
What Are We to Make of the Gold Plates? (opens in a new tab)
Richard Lyman Bushman · 2025
Scripture Central
Why Did Moroni Seal the Plates in a Stone Box? (opens in a new tab)
Dec 2024
Scripture Central
Empty Stone Box (opens in a new tab)
Jun 2024
Liahona Articles
Witnesses of the Gold Plates of the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Mark Ashurst-McGee · Jun 2024
Liahona Articles
Becoming a Witness (opens in a new tab)
Jan 2024
Religious Educator
Neal Rappleye and Stephen O. Smoot · 2024
Interpreter
Marvelous Ripples through Time and Mind (opens in a new tab)
Brant A. Gardner · 2023
Earliest
General Conference
“Evidence of Things Not Seen” (opens in a new tab)
Mark E. Petersen · Apr 1978
Most frequent voices
- Daniel C. Peterson4 documents
- Mark E. Petersen2 documents
- Stephen O. Smoot2 documents
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