Summary
The Book of Mormon is an account of ancient peoples in the Americas, abridged by the prophet-historians Mormon and Moroni from older records engraved on metal plates. It follows Lehi’s family from Jerusalem across the sea, the generations of Nephites and Lamanites, the earlier Jaredite people, and the visit of the risen Jesus Christ to the Nephites in 3 Nephi.
This recording follows the original 1830 text: its own spelling, punctuation and paragraphing, with no verse numbers. Modern chapter references are shown alongside for convenience.
The book
- Author
- Translated by Joseph Smith Jr.
- Date of the work
- Dictated 1828–29; first printed 1830
- Edition recorded
- First edition (Palmyra, New York: printed by E. B. Grandin, 1830)
- Listening time
- 25 h 59 min
- Chapters
- 118
Where this text comes from
Joseph Smith Jr. dictated the translation to scribes in 1828–29. The book was printed in Palmyra, New York, by E. B. Grandin, and its title page names Joseph Smith as author and proprietor.
The text is the 1830 first edition as transcribed and proofread by volunteers at Wikisource from a scan of an original copy. Later editions of the Book of Mormon changed wording, spelling and chapter divisions; none of those changes is used here.
Public domain
Public domain, free to share. The text of The Book of Mormon is in the public domain in the United States. It was first published in 1830. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright there.
This site claims no copyright or trademark in the text. It uses no logos, trademarks or modern artwork of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or anyone else, and the cover picture is also in the public domain. Names such as “Book of Mormon” or the Church’s own name appear only to identify the book and its subject, and belong to their owners.
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