Urim and Thummim
Sacred instrument for revelation and translation, used by seers including Joseph Smith.
Also known as: Thummim
43 documents · 7 libraries · 1993–2026
Gospel Topics overview
Emphasis over time
Peak: 8 documents in 2025
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
- Interpreter14 documents
- BYU Studies3 documents
- Journal of Book of Mormon Studies3 documents
- Gospel Topics and Questions2 documents
- Religious Educator2 documents
- Liahona Articles1 document
Latest
Religious Educator
Joseph Smith in the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Ryan Jenkins · 2026
Scripture Central
Why Are the Witnesses to the Book of Mormon Translation Reliable? (opens in a new tab)
Feb 2025
Interpreter
Jeff Lindsay · 2025
Interpreter
James W. Lucas · 2025
Interpreter
Responding to a Non-Responsive Response (opens in a new tab)
Brant A. Gardner · 2025
BYU Studies
“Sight and Power to Translate” (opens in a new tab)
Stephen O. Smoot · 2025
Scripture Central
Why Did the Lord Give the Brother of Jared Two Stones to Store with His Record? (opens in a new tab)
Nov 2024
Scripture Central
Mesoamerican Seer Stones (opens in a new tab)
Sep 2024
Liahona Articles
The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon (opens in a new tab)
Gerrit Dirkmaat, PhD · Mar 2024
Religious Educator
Did Joseph Smith Use a Seer Stone in the Translation of the Book of Abraham? (opens in a new tab)
Stephen O. Smoot · 2022
Earliest
Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
Translation of the Book of Mormon: Interpreting the Evidence (opens in a new tab)
Stephen D. Ricks · 1993
Most frequent voices
- Stan Spencer4 documents
- Brant A. Gardner2 documents
- Jeff Lindsay2 documents
- Spencer Kraus2 documents
- Stephen O. Smoot2 documents
People with the most documents on this topic.
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