Book of Lehi abridgment (later lost in 116 pages)

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The Book of Lehi abridgment was an early narrative account of the prophet Lehi and his family in the Book of Mormon tradition, whose translated manuscript was lost with the famous 116 pages given to Martin Harris.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Book of Mormon source text ⓘ
abridgment ⓘ
lost religious text ⓘ
approximateLength about 116 manuscript pages of English translation ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine divine warning against retranslation of lost portion ⓘ
associatedWithEventInProphet’sLife Joseph Smith’s loss of the 116 pages ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Emma Hale Smith ⓘ
Joseph Smith Sr. ⓘ
Lucy Harris ⓘ
associatedWithRevelatoryResponse Doctrine and Covenants 10 instruction not to retranslate ⓘ
believedContentType family record ⓘ
historical narrative ⓘ
believedToInclude Lehi’s departure from Jerusalem ⓘ
early Nephite history ⓘ
journey through the wilderness ⓘ
voyage to the promised land ⓘ
compilerAccordingToLDSBelief Mormon ⓘ
coversEventsAlsoToldIn 1 Nephi ⓘ
2 Nephi ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of loss and providence in Latter-day Saint narrative ⓘ
currentPhysicalStatus not extant ⓘ
givenByTranslatorTo Martin Harris ⓘ
knownOnlyThrough later revelations and historical accounts ⓘ
languageOfOriginal unknown ⓘ
languageOfTranslation English ⓘ
locationOfLoss Manchester, New York area ⓘ
lostDateApproximate 1828 ⓘ
lostIn incident of the lost 116 pages ⓘ
mentionedIn Doctrine and Covenants Section 10 ⓘ
Doctrine and Covenants Section 3 ⓘ
narrativeFocus Lehi ⓘ
Lehi’s family ⓘ
partOfLargerRecord large plates of Nephi (as abridged by Mormon) ⓘ
physicalForm handwritten manuscript ⓘ
portionOfTranslationLostAs 116 pages ⓘ
reasonGivenToMartinHarris to show to family and associates ⓘ
religiousTradition Book of Mormon tradition ⓘ
linked to: Book of Mormon

Latter-day Saint movement ⓘ
linked to: Mormonism
replacedNarrativelyBy small plates of Nephi ⓘ
roleInCanonFormation prompted use of small plates of Nephi in Book of Mormon ⓘ
scholarlyDebateAbout extent and content of the lost 116 pages ⓘ
scholarlyTopicIn Mormon studies ⓘ
scribeForTranslation Martin Harris ⓘ
status lost ⓘ
subjectOf Latter-day Saint historical discussions of the lost 116 pages ⓘ
timeOfTranslation early phase of Book of Mormon translation ⓘ
translatedByAccordingToLDSBelief Joseph Smith ⓘ

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Plates of Mormon → includes → Book of Lehi abridgment (later lost in 116 pages) ⓘ