Lost Scriptures
Revealed writings no longer available, anticipated to be restored in the latter days.
Also known as: Lost books · Missing scripture
10 documents · 6 libraries · 1986–2025
Emphasis over time
Peak: 2 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 Central3 documents
- BYU Studies2 documents
- Interpreter2 documents
- General Conference1 document
- Gospel Topics and Questions1 document
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies1 document
Latest
Scripture Central
Mar 2025
BYU Studies
How the Book of Mormon Reads Ancient Religious Texts (opens in a new tab)
Kristian S. Heal and Zach Stevenson · 2022
Interpreter
Matthew L. Bowen · 2022
Interpreter
The Brass Plates: Can Modern Scholarship Help Identify Their Contents? (opens in a new tab)
A. Keith Thompson · 2021
Scripture Central
Is Anything Known of the Prophet Zenos Outside of the Book of Mormon? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · Aug 2020
Scripture Central
What Parts of the Old Testament Were on the Plates of Brass? (opens in a new tab)
Scripture Central · May 2020
BYU Studies
Joseph Smith and Preexilic Israelite Religion (opens in a new tab)
Margaret Barker · 2005
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
Some Problems of Interest Relating to the Brass Plates (opens in a new tab)
Sidney B. Sperry · 1995
General Conference
“God Will Yet Reveal” (opens in a new tab)
Neal A. Maxwell · Oct 1986
Gospel Topics and Questions
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