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Before you have finished this article, a lot of copies of Book of Mormons have already been given out by the missionaries around the world. Members of the church of Latter day saints consider this as their sacred texts, which is almost alike to the Bible. It is a collection of what the prophets wrote in the ancient times in the Americas. Acquiring a First Edition Book of Mormon is considered a great opportunity for them. In the early 1830s in Utah, Joseph Smith published the first compilations. He said that it was written originally in characters that are reformed Egyptian cuneiform and are engraved to golden tablets. The information on the discovery of the plates can be found in the published editions. Historian and prophet Moroni, the last person to write, buried the text in hill near what is now New York. When Moroni came back in 1827 as an angel and he pointed out to Joseph Smith where it was located. After that, Moroni instructed him to translate it into English and to take it as the proof that the real church of Christ will be restored in the latter day. It is a compilation of fifteen chief divisions or parts and are named to their authors, which are called book, with one exception. There are many discussions here that are distinct from other Christian texts particularly on the subject of Adam and Eve and their fall from the Garden of Eden, eschatology, redemption from death, and how the church is organized. The appearance of Christ in the Americas shortly after resurrection is the pivotal point of the story. Records from the golden plates where compiled into sets. The first set of plates is from Nephi where it is divided into two, the small tablets, and the large tablets. The former is concerned more on the spirituality and what the ministry teaches. On the other hand, the second one was more focused on the general history of its people. Although starting form Mosiah, it has discussions of spirituality, which became an important teaching nowadays. The next one was the abridged version of the first set by Mormon, which was aptly called plates of Mormon, and included his commentaries. It also has a continuation and his additions on the history along with ones from his son, Moroni. Plates of Ether is about the Jaredite history. Moroni abridged it and has a general history and his additional commentaries. The Plates of Brass was brought by the people of Lehi in 600 BC from Jerusalem. It contains the five books of Moses and other prophecies of the holy prophets. This is where you can find many quotations, which cites Isiah and other biblical and even non biblical prophets that appear in the Book of Mormon. When it was discovered, an affidavit was signed by eleven different people to prove the existence of the plates, which they saw and touched personally. This became known as their testimonies, Three Witness Testimonies and the Eight Witness Testimonies. Since then it has become the introduction of the text during its publication. In the modern prints it is separated into verses and chapters and has supplementary materials, which is from the witnesses that verified the existence of the tablets. Out of the 5, 000 copies produced, only a few of First Edition Book of Mormon survived today. Since no one knows exactly how many are left, they have become prized possessions for many people. You can find a First Edition Book of Mormon by visiting our web pages today. To access our online catalog of rare and esoteric titles, use the links at http://www.moonsrarebooks.com right now.
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