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Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly called "Mormons") believe The Book of Mormon was translated from ancient metal plates by Joseph Smith, Jr. They believe that he was lead to the place where the plates were buried by an angel. They were buried in a hill near his home in Palmyra, New York. The hill is now called the Hill Cumorah.

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Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the "Mormon" church) believe the Book of Mormon. Some others who are not members of the church also believe in the book but disagree with other tenets of Mormonism.

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Nephi was the first to write in the Book of Mormon

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The Mormon Church teaches that the Book of Mormon was written by a series of ancient people, the first of whom was Nephi. Others say it was first written by Joseph Smith around 1830.

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