1068: Dan Vogel - The Book of Mormon as “Revelation” Instead of “Translation” Pt. 1

Continuing our discussion with preeminent Joseph Smith historian Dan Vogel, we dive deep into explaining the authorship of the Book of Mormon including these topics:

• Nephi/Moroni confusion
• Book of Mormon Geography and the Hill Cumorah
• Limited Geography Theory
• The Nahom apologetic defense of The Book of Mormon
• Instances of Chiasmus
• Blake Ostler’s “Loose Translation” or Expansion Theory
• The Movement of the modern Mormon church in 2019 to refer to The Book of Mormon as a “revelation” instead of a “translation”
• Joseph’s motivations and pious fraud theory
• Dan's theory on Joseph Smith’s polygamy