Plates of Ether

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Plates of Ether is a record within the Book of Mormon that recounts the history and spiritual experiences of the Jaredites, an ancient people in the Americas.

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Plates of Ether canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient record
record in the Book of Mormon
abridgedBy Moroni
associatedWithEvent The Tower of Babel
surface form: Tower of Babel
associatedWithFigure Coriantumr (last Jaredite king)
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associatedWithTranslator Joseph Smith
surface form: Joseph Smith (for the Book of Mormon text based on them)
compiledBy prophet Ether
compiledInContextOf Jaredite civilization
containsCovenantTheme promised land conditions of prosperity and destruction
containsProphecy prophecies concerning the Gentiles and the house of Israel
contentType history of the Jaredites
spiritual experiences of the Jaredites
describedIn Book of Mormon
describesLeader Jared
multiple Jaredite kings
the brother of Jared (Mahonri Moriancumer, per later LDS tradition)
eschatologicalElement prophecies about the latter days
finalEditorInBookOfMormon Moroni
functionInBookOfMormon parallel and foreshadow Nephite history
genre didactic narrative
religious history
geographicSetting ancient Americas
language reformed Egyptian (according to Latter-day Saint belief)
medium metal plates
moralEmphasis importance of faith in Christ
warning against secret combinations
narrativeSpan from the time of the Tower of Babel to the destruction of the Jaredites
originStoryIncludes migration from the Old World to the Americas
partOf Book of Mormon record-keeping tradition
peopleDescribed Jaredites
purpose to show the consequences of righteousness and wickedness
relatedRecord golden plates
surface form: gold plates (Book of Mormon plates)
religiousPerspective theistic, Christian (as presented in the Book of Mormon)
religiousSignificance witness of God’s dealings with ancient peoples
religiousTradition Latter-day Saint movement churches
surface form: Latter-day Saint movement
scripturalCanon accepted as historical by many Latter-day Saints
statusInLDSScholarship subject of historical and theological study
statusInNarrative lost or unavailable in the modern era
theme faith and revelation
pride and downfall of nations
warnings to future generations
timeFrameClaimed post-Babel to pre-Nephite era
transmission summarized and included by Moroni on the gold plates
usedAsSourceFor Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon
viewedAs sacred scripture by Latter-day Saints

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Book of Mormon majorSection Plates of Ether