Possibilities of a Reformed-Egyptian Version of the Small Plates

Jerry D. Grover, Jr.

There is evidence that the small plates included in the plate stack created by Mormon and Moroni and found by Joseph Smith were not the original small plates, but rather were a version that had been translated/interpreted into reformed Egyptian. This evidence includes the reported appearance of the plate stack by modern-day witnesses, the fact that Mormon and Moroni did not seem to prefer using reformed Egyptian, Book of Mormon figures' apparent lack of knowledge of prophecies recorded in the small plates, the presence of an interpreted term in the small plates section, the presence of a narrative voice, the textual consistency of the Book of Mormon, a general absence of reference to the small plates in the Book of Mormon, and the evidence that knowledge of Egyptian was lost at some point, which would have resulted in the necessity of using reformed Egyptian.

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