Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Everyone knows the story: Joseph Smith went to a hill and found the gold plates.
But what if we’ve been paying attention to the wrong part of the story?
Historian Don Bradley looks at what else was found alongside the plates and traces a pattern back through the ancient Israelite temple, King Josiah, Moses, and the covenant story of Israel.
The deeper the parallels go, the more surprising the question becomes:
Was the coming forth of the Book of Mormon part of an ancient pattern happening again?
Everyone knows the story: Joseph Smith went to a hill and found the gold plates.
But what if we’ve been paying attention to the wrong part of the story?
Historian Don Bradley looks at what else was found alongside the plates and traces a pattern back through the ancient Israelite temple, King Josiah, Moses, and the covenant story of Israel.
The deeper the parallels go, the more surprising the question becomes:
Was the coming forth of the Book of Mormon part of an ancient pattern happening again?
