About The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon is an abridgement of the record of people descendant of the house of Israel who lived upon the American Continent. This abridgement was written by a prophet/historian named Mormon, and is therefore, named after him. The book, however, is about Jesus Christ and bears the subheading "Another Testament of Jesus Christ".

The abridgement was made by way of commandment, the spirit of prophecy and revelation. After the book was completed in its original form, it was sealed and hidden in a hill, in up-state New York.

The stated purpose of The Book of Mormon "is to show unto the remnant of the house of Israel what great things the Lord hath done for their fathers; and that they may know the covenants of the Lord, that they are not cast off forever—And also to the convincing of the Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations".

The Book of Mormon was written in a "Reformed Egyptian" language and translated by Joseph Smith, Jnr. First published in English in 1830, Palmyra, New York.