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=="Joseph Smith only about sixty-five working days to translate a book that, in the current edition, is 531 pages long"==
John W. Welch:
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One of the most amazing facts about the Book of Mormon is that it took Joseph Smith only about sixty-five working days to translate a book that, in the current edition, is 531 pages long. Historical details about the time it took to translate the book are remarkably well preserved, and they are corroborated by the independently consistent statements of numerous witnesses.<ref>Statements include those of Joseph Smith, Emma Smith, Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph Knight, John Gilbert, and others. For a thorough documentary treatment of this subject, see John W. Welch and Tim Rathbone, “The Translation of the Book of Mormon: Basic Historical Information,” FARMS Preliminary Report W&R-86, P.O. Box 7113, University Station, Provo, Utah 84602.</ref><ref>John W. Welch, [https://www.lds.org/ensign/1988/01/i-have-a-question?lang=eng "How long did it take Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon?,"] I Have a Question, ''Ensign'' (January 1988)</ref>
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