Amazon's description of this book says that the Book of Mormon was translated by Joseph Smith in 1829. This implies that Amazon buys Joseph Smith's story: that Smith did indeed, with the help of an angel, find an ancient tablet made of gold, written in "reformed Egyptian," and translate it into modern English with the help of a magical stone provided by God.Please! If you believe this, you might also like books about Santa Clause.By all means, read the book, but don't leave your brain behind. It's not a translation. It's fiction.