Brass plates
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According to the Book of Mormon, the brass plates were an ancient record similar in composition to today's Hebrew Bible.
[edit] Origin
The Book of Mormon, believed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to be a modern scripture, very frequently mentions the "plates of brass"[1] whose exact origin is unknown. It is known that by about 600 BCE that they were being updated continuously because they contained some of the prophecies of Jeremiah.[2] However, one can only speculate how long they would have existed before that. They were under the keeping of Laban, an apparently important man in Jerusalem during the first year of King Zedekiah's reign, who had servants and soldiers at his command and had contacts with the elders of the Jews. Laban was a descendant of Joseph.
[edit] Contents
The plates of brass contain similar writings as are found on today's Old Testament or Hebrew Bible. The Book of Mormon says that they are similar, but our present-day Bible doesn't contain as many writings as the brass plates. For example, the Book of Mormon mentions writings of the prophets Zenos, Zenock, and Neum. In addition, the brass plates are said to have contained the five books of Moses, the Book of Isaiah, and Book of Jeremiah.
