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Mormon (pronounced /ˈmɔrmən/) is the narrator and namesake of the Book of Mormon. The book portrays him as a prophet-historian and a member of a tribe of indigenous Americans known as the Nephites. According to the academic consensus, excluding most Latter Day Saint scholars, the Book of Mormon is a work of fiction and therefore Mormon is a fictional character. Latter Day Saints, on the other hand, generally view the Book of Mormon as an actual history, and therefore view Mormon as a real person. According to the book, Mormon engraved an abridgement of his people's history on golden plates, which were later ostensibly translated by Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Based on the chronology of the book, the Saints believe that Mormon lived during the 4th century AD

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  • Mormon (Book of Mormon)
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  • Mormon (pronounced /ˈmɔrmən/) is the narrator and namesake of the Book of Mormon. The book portrays him as a prophet-historian and a member of a tribe of indigenous Americans known as the Nephites. According to the academic consensus, excluding most Latter Day Saint scholars, the Book of Mormon is a work of fiction and therefore Mormon is a fictional character. Latter Day Saints, on the other hand, generally view the Book of Mormon as an actual history, and therefore view Mormon as a real person. According to the book, Mormon engraved an abridgement of his people's history on golden plates, which were later ostensibly translated by Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Based on the chronology of the book, the Saints believe that Mormon lived during the 4th century AD
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  • A.D. 327-362
  • A.D. 345 - ?
  • c. A.D. 375-385
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  • Mormon (pronounced /ˈmɔrmən/) is the narrator and namesake of the Book of Mormon. The book portrays him as a prophet-historian and a member of a tribe of indigenous Americans known as the Nephites. According to the academic consensus, excluding most Latter Day Saint scholars, the Book of Mormon is a work of fiction and therefore Mormon is a fictional character. Latter Day Saints, on the other hand, generally view the Book of Mormon as an actual history, and therefore view Mormon as a real person. According to the book, Mormon engraved an abridgement of his people's history on golden plates, which were later ostensibly translated by Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Based on the chronology of the book, the Saints believe that Mormon lived during the 4th century AD. As a narrator in the text, Mormon presents himself as a redactor. He quotes and paraphrases other writers, collects and includes whole texts by other authors, contributes running commentary (with and without identifying himself), and also writes his own narratives. He writes about the process of making the book, both in terms of editing and redacting and also in terms of engraving the words on metal plates. He alludes to content that is left out of the book, and refers to a larger collection of records at his disposal. The Book of Mormon states that Mormon was instructed by the prophet Ammaron where to find the records that had been passed down from their ancestors. It also claims that Mormon later abridged the near-millennium-long history of his ancestors, and added additional revelations into the Book of Mormon. Divisions of the book relating to Mormon's personal history are the Words of Mormon and the first seven chapters of the larger book. The book says that Mormon eventually passed all of the records on to his son Moroni.
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