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==Question: Could Gilbert Hunt's ''The Late War'' have given Joseph Smith the idea of using brass plates as a way of recording information?==
===Critics' comparison: Both books mention engraving a record on metal <ref name="latewarcomparison">Chris Johnson, Duane Johnson, "A Comparison of The Book of Mormon and The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain," http://wordtreefoundation.github.io/thelatewar/</ref>===
[[File:Johnson comparison late war bom brass plates.jpg|frame|700px|center|Chris Johnson, Duane Johnson, ""A Comparison of The Book of Mormon and The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain," <nowiki>http://wordtreefoundation.github.io/thelatewar/</nowiki>]]

===3 Nephi 10:17 talks of "plates of brass" while 'The Late War'' 31:33 talks of "imaginary evils" that are "graven in brass" and "good deeds" that are "graven in sand"===
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17 Behold, our father Jacob also testified concerning a remnant of the seed of Joseph. And behold, are not we a remnant of the seed of Joseph? And these things which testify of us, are they not <span style="color:blue">written upon the plates of brass</span> which our father Lehi brought out of Jerusalem?
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''The Late War'' 36 (p. 134) {{link|url=https://archive.org/stream/latewarbetweenun00inhunt#page/112/mode/2up}}
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26 But the imaginary evils which the children of men commit are oftentimes <span style="color:red">graven in brass</span>, whilst their actual good deeds are written in sand.
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===1 Nephi 19:1 talks of "engraven" records and Mosiah 21:27 talks of records "engraven on plates of ore" while ''The Late War'' talks of a "silver plate" with "gravings thereon"===
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1 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded me, wherefore I did make plates of ore that I might <span style="color:blue">engraven upon them the record of my people</span>. And upon the plates which I made I did <span style="color:blue">engraven the record</span> of my father, and also our journeyings in the wilderness, and the prophecies of my father; and also many of mine own prophecies have I <span style="color:blue">engraven upon them</span>.
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27 And they brought a record with them, even a record of the people whose bones they had found; and it was <span style="color:blue">engraven on plates of ore</span>.
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''The Late War'' 31 (p. 112)  {{link|url=https://archive.org/stream/latewarbetweenun00inhunt#page/112/mode/2up}}
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33 Likewise, the people gave him much <span style="color:red">silver plate, with gravings thereon</span>, mentioning his deeds.
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[[File:Johnson comparison late war bom engraved silver plate.jpg|frame|500px|center|Chris Johnson, Duane Johnson, ""A Comparison of The Book of Mormon and The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain," <nowiki>http://wordtreefoundation.github.io/thelatewar/</nowiki>]]

===''The Late War'' does not speak of "brass plates"===

One critic of the Church misinterprets this data to mean that both books talk about "Brass plates". <ref>Jeremy Runnells, "Letter to a CES Director" (October 2014 revision).</ref> Although both books talk of "engraving" records, ''The Late War'' makes no mention of "brass plates".

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[[es:Pregunta: ¿Podría el libro de Gilbert Hunt ''La Última Guerra'' han dado a José Smith la idea de utilizar planchas de bronce como una forma de registrar la información?]]
[[pt:Pergunta: Poderia ''A Última Guerra'' por Gilbert Hunt deram Joseph Smith a idéia de usar placas de latão, como forma de registro de informações?]]
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