Else how could joe have moved them
According to Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon was “engraven on plates
which had the appearance of gold, each plate was six inches wide and eight
inches long and not quite so thick as common tin.... The volume was
something near six inches in thickness....”(Joseph Smith, Times and
Seasons, v3:9, March 1, 1842, 707.)
They have been figured to be around 200lbs if gold.
A block of solid tin measuring 7 x 8 x 6 inches, or
288 cubic inches, would weigh 74.67 pounds. If one allows
for a 30 percent reduction due to the unevenness and space between the
plates, the package would then weigh 52.27 pounds. Using the same
calculations, plates of gold weigh 140.50 pounds; copper, 64.71 pounds; a
mixture of gold and copper, between 65 and 140 pounds. (Vogel, The Making
of a Prophet, 600)
The plates were secreted about three miles from
home. . . Joseph, on coming to them, took them from their
secret place, and, wrapping them in his linen frock, placed them under his
arm and started for home.
After proceeding a short distance, he thought it
would be more safe to leave the road and go through the woods. Traveling
some distance after he left the road, he came to a large windfall, and as he
was jumping over a log, a man sprang up from behind it, and gave him a heavy
blow with a gun. Joseph turned around and knocked him down, then
ran
at the top of his speed. About half a mile further
he was
attacked again in the same manner as before; he knocked this man
down in like manner as the former, and ran on again; and before he reached
home he was
assaulted the third time. In striking the last
one he dislocated his thumb, which, however, he did not notice until he came
within sight of the house, when he threw himself down in the corner of the
fence in order to recover his breath. As soon as he was able, he arose and
came to the house. He was still altogether speechless from fright and the
fatigue of running (
Lucy's
Book, pp. 385-386,
Biographical
Sketches, by Lucy Smith, pp. 104-105).
Amazing strength
Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
gold
plates
DAVEH: I might add that it is
my understanding that they had the appearance of gold.
Whether or not the content was actually 100% gold is something that is
debatable.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Book of Mormon was translated to English from a set of gold
plates by Joseph Smith Jr. The plates were an
abridgement of more extensive records by a Nephite named
Mormon, and his son, Moroni.