List of plates in Mormonism explained

This article identifies the various inscribed plates (artifacts) relevant to the Latter Day Saint movement.

• The Golden Plates were a set of plates that Joseph Smith, Jr. had discovered in 1823 which were later translated and published as the Book of Mormon in 1830.^{[1] [2]} The following other plates are described in the Book of Mormon.
  • The Brass Plates were a set of plates retrieved by Nephi at the direction of his father, Lehi. They contained Jewish records similar to the Old Testament, up to the time of Jeremiah.^[3]
  • The large plates of Nephi which are the source of the text abridged by Mormon and engraved on the Golden Plates.
  • The small plates of Nephi, the source of the first and second books of Nephi, and the books of Jacob, Enos, Jarom, and Omni of the Book of Mormon, which were engraved upon the Golden Plates.^[4]
  • The plates of Limhi^[5]
  • The Jaredite plates were a set of plates found by the people of Limhi containing the record of the Jaredites, translated by King Mosiah, and abridged by Moroni as the Book of Ether which was engraved upon the Golden Plates.^[6]
• The Kinderhook plates were a set of plates discovered in 1843 which were in fact a forgery created by three men (Bridge Whitten, Robert Wiley, and Wilburn Fugate).^{[7] [8]}
• The Voree Plates (sometimes called the "Record of Rajah Manchou of Vorito" or the "Voree Record") were a set of plates discovered and later translated by James J. Strang in 1845. Alleged to be a forgery.^{[9] [10]}
• The Plates of Laban were a set of plates that were described as being the Brass Plates discovered by and later cited as the source of the Book of the Law of the Lord published in 1851 by James J. Strang.

Notes and References

1. Bushman . Richard Lyman . 2015 . Reading the Gold Plates . Journal of Mormon History . 41 . 1 . 64–76 . 10.5406/jmormhist.41.1.64 . 0094-7342.
2. Duffy . John-Charles . 2006 . Just How "Scandalous" is the Golden Plates Story? Academic Discourse on the Origin of the Book of Mormon . The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal . 26 . 142–165 . 0739-7852.
3. Reynolds . Noel . 2021-08-06 . The Brass Plates in Context: A Book of Mormon Backstory . Faculty Publications.
4. Roesler . Rebecca . 2019 . Plain and Precious Things Lost: The Small Plates of Nephi . Dialogue : A Journal of Mormon Thought . Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America . 52 . 2 . Proquest.
5. Heal . Kristian S. . Stevenson . Zach . 2022 . How the Book of Mormon Reads Ancient Religious Texts . BYU Studies Quarterly . 61 . 3 . 103–121 . 2167-8472.
6. Coe . Michael . 1973-01-01 . MORMONS AND ARCHAEOLOGY: AN OUTSIDE VIEW . Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought . en . 8 . 2 . 40–48 . 10.2307/45224400 . 0012-2157.
7. Hunter . J. Michael . 2005 . The Kinderhook Plates, the Tucson Artifacts, and Mormon Archeological Zeal . Journal of Mormon History . 31 . 1 . 31–70 . 0094-7342.
8. Peters . Jason Frederick . 2003 . The Kinderhook Plates: Examining a Nineteenth-Century Hoax . Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society . 96 . 2 . 130–145 . 1522-1067.
9. Jensen . Robin Scott . 2005 . Witness to the Plates: Aaron Smith, Strangism, and the Search for His Religion . The John Whitmer Historical Association Journal . 25 . 123–133 . 0739-7852.
10. Norton . William . 2003 . Competing Identities and Contested Places: Mormons in Nauvoo and Voree . Journal of Cultural Geography . en . 21 . 1 . 95–119 . 10.1080/08873630309478268 . 0887-3631.