310: Translating the Book of Mormon with Brant Gardner Pt. 4

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 December 2011

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In our conversation with Brant Gardner about his new book entitled"The Gift and Power: Translating the Book of Mormon," we discuss most of the major issues with the Book of Mormon including: Joseph Smith's use of folk magic, the translation process (including the peep stone in the hat), anachronisms, DNA and race.

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0:28.6	Alrighty, well, we're back with the fourth hour of this marathon discussion with Grant Gardner.
0:35.6	Again, I'm just going to repeat this for a number of reasons because it's an excellent book
0:41.2	because Greg Coford deserves our support and because it's a special offer that we want
0:46.7	to offer to you.
0:47.7	We're talking about the Gift and Power Translating the Book of Mormon by Grant Gardner.
0:53.6	You can purchase this book at a discount at Greg Coford Books.
0:57.4	That's Greg, k-o-f-o-r-d.com.
1:00.7	You can type in M Stories, all in caps, M Stories, and if you do, you'll get a discount
1:07.2	on the book.
1:08.9	The book definitely covers a lot more in depth than what we've been able to discuss even
1:13.8	in three hours so far.
1:14.8	Is that right, Brett?
1:15.8	Oh, yes.
1:16.8	Yeah.
1:17.9	Even if you've enjoyed this conversation, the book goes in a much more depth.
1:24.8	So anyway, if you want to support Grant or if you want to support Greg Coford or if you
1:28.4	want to support Mormon Stories or just Mormon Scholarship in general, I would really
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