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When was the Book of Mormon first published?
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon temple, Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Book of Mormon was first published in March 1830 in Palmyra, New York.1
The work is accepted as holy scripture by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Mormon churches, which hold that it was revealed to and translated by the founder of their religion, Joseph Smith.1