Book of Mormon Translation in the CES Letter

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Articles about CES Letter

Overview	Overview of the CES Letter Approaching history Responding to criticisms about Church history
Brief responses and additional resources, CES Letter sections	Introduction Book of Mormon Book of Mormon Translation First Vision Book of Abraham Polygamy and Polyandry Prophets Kinderhook Plates & Translator Claims Testimony and Spiritual Witness Priesthood Restoration Witnesses Temples & Freemasonry Science Other Conclusion
Detailed responses, CES Letter sections	Introduction Book of Mormon Book of Mormon Translation First Vision Book of Abraham Polygamy and Polyandry Prophets Kinderhook Plates & Translator Claims Testimony and Spiritual Witness Priesthood Restoration Witnesses Temples & Freemasonry Science Other Conclusion

Book of Mormon Translation in the CES Letter

The CES Letter lists several concerns about the Book of Mormon translation process. Below are links to various FAIR resources and other resources responding to each concern.

• Seer stones and the Urim and Thummim
• Gold plates and the translation process
• Artistic depictions of the translation
• Joseph Smith and the translation process
• Brant A. Gardner, "Joseph the Seer—or Why Did He Translate With a Rock in His Hat?", 2009 FairMormon Conference.
• Roger Nicholson, "The Spectacles, the Stone, the Hat, and the Book: A Twenty-first Century Believer’s View of the Book of Mormon Translation," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 5 (2013).
• "The CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 8: Book of Mormon Translation Questions"