Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture:

How Big A Book? Estimating the Total Surface Area of the Book of Mormon Plates

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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Published:
6/16/2017
Specs:
Digest / 5.25" x 8.25"
12 pages Saddle-stitched
Category:
Religion
Tags:
apologetics, Book of Mormon, lds, mormon, Mormonism, plates

We do not have the Book of Mormon metal plates available to us. We cannot heft them, examine the engravings, or handle the leaves of that ancient record as did the Three Witnesses, the Eight Witnesses, and the many other witnesses to both the existence and nature of the plates. In such a situation, what more can we learn about the physical nature of the plates without their being present for our inspection? Building on available knowledge, this article estimates the total surface area of the plates using two independent approaches and finds that the likely surface area was probably between 30 and 86 square feet, or roughly 15% of the surface area of the paper on which the English version of the Book of Mormon is now printed.

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