Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which they teach, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 BC to AD 421,  It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. The Book of Mormon is one of the earliest of the unique writings of the LDS Church, which typically regards the text primarily as scripture, and secondarily as a real-world history of God's dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas.  Many Mormon academics and apologetic organizations strive to affirm the book as historically authentic through their scholarship and research but mainstream archaeological, historical and scientific communities do not consider the Book of Mormon to be a record of historical events.
     According to Smith's account and the book's narrative, The Book of Mormon was originally written in otherwise unknown characters referred to as "reformed Egyptian" engraved on golden plates. Smith said that the last propheto contribute to the book, was named Moron.		   Book of Mormon

      Before his death Moroni buried the plates in the Hill Cumorah located in present-day Manchester, New York, and then appeared in a vision to Smith in 1827, revealing the location of the plates, and instructing him to translate the plates into English. Most objective views on Book of Mormon origins hold that Smith authored it, whether consciously or subconsciously,

Supporting the idea that Smith was the author: Its English text imitates the style of the King James Version of the Bible, and its grammar and word choice reflect early modern English. In addition, it  draws on material and ideas from the 19th-century. The book contains a number of doctrinal discussions on subjects such as the fall of Adam and Eve the nature of the Christian atonement, eschatology, free will, priesthood authority, redemption from physical and spiritual death the nature and conduct of baptism, the age  of accountability, the purpose and practice of communion, personalized revelation, economic justice, the anthropomorphic and personal nature of God, the nature of spirits and angels, and the organization of the latter day church. The pivotal event of the book is an appearance of Jesus Christ in the Americas shortly after his resurrection. 

The LDS church Common teaches of the LatterDay Saints isl that The Book of Mormon fulfills numerous biblical prophecies, ends the global apostasy and signas a restoration of the true Christian gospel. The book can also be read as a critique of  Western society  and contains passages condemn-ing immorality, individualism, social inequality, ethnic injustice, nationalism, and the rejection of God, revelation, and miraculous religion. 

 

The Book of Mormon is divided into smaller books, titled after individuals named as primary authors or other caretakers  The Book of Mormon has been fully or partially translated into at least 112 languages