Episode Eighteen: The Book of Mormon, A Marvelous Work and a Wonder: Joseph Smith completed the translation of the present Book of Mormon text between April 7, 1829 and July 1, 1829. When all things of its origins are considered, the Book of Mormon is a marvelous work and a wonder—indeed—a miracle. That is this episode of History of the Saints.

Scholars: Robin Jensen, William Hartley, Mark Staker, Andrew Hedges, Royal Skousen, Larry Porter, Steven Harper, Michael MacKay

Episode Seventeen: Restoration of the Priesthoods: Joseph smith once said, [The Melchizedek Priesthood] “is the channel through which all knowledge, doctrine, the plan of salvation, and every important matter is revealed from heaven.” This episode of History of the Saints is about the restoration of the Priesthoods.

Scholars: Larry Porter, Mark Staker, Richard Bennett, Alexander Baugh, Michael MacKay

Episode Sixteen: Translating the Book of Mormon: It was Tuesday April 7, 1829, in Harmony, Pennsylvania when 23 year-old Joseph Smith and 22 year-old Oliver Cowdery began translating the gold plates delivered by the angel Moroni. By July 1st, a span 85 days, they would produce the 588 pages of the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon. That is the story of the episode of History of the Saints.

Scholars: Alexander Baugh, Royal Skousen, Steven Harper, Andrew Hedges, Robin Jensen

Episode Fifteen: Oliver Cowdery: Chosen Witness. It was in the evening of April 5, 1829 when two visitors came to the door of Joseph and Emma Smith’s small cabin in Harmony, Pennsylvania. They had traveled 130 miles down from Manchester, New York in adverse weather. The two visitors were Samuel Harrison Smith, Joseph’s younger brother and the other was 23 year-old Oliver Cowdery. Oliver was coming as a man with a purpose. This episode of History of the Saints is the story of the early years of Oliver Cowdery.

Scholars: Alexander Baugh, Richard Anderson

Episode Fourteen: The Lost Manuscript: In this episode of History of the Saints we tell the story of the Lost Manuscript of the Book of Mormon—the so-called 116 pages—the Book of Lehi. What happened and what did it mean?

Scholars: Mark Staker, Andrew Hedges, Michael MacKay, Larry Porter, Steven Harper, Richard Bennett

Episode Thirteen: Martin Harris and the Three Wise Men of the East: By February 1828, Joseph and Emma Smith were living in Harmony Pennsylvania on the Isaac Hale farm. Joseph had copied some of the characters from the gold plates and by means of the Urim and Thummim had translated a few. This episode tells the story of Martin Harris coming to Harmony and taking a copy of some of the characters, with the translation thereof, and going to New York City to present them to the learned men.

Scholars: Richard Bennett, Royal Skousen, Steven Harper, Mark Staker

Episode 12: Multitudes Were on the Alert: It was just after midnight on September 22, 1827, when Joseph Smith and his wife Emma journeyed to the Hill Cumorah and there Joseph received the Gold Plates from the angel Moroni. This episode deals with the story of those who tried every exertion to get the plates from Joseph.

Scholars: Steven Harper, Larry Porter, Mark Staker, Richard Anderson, Andrew Hedges, Michael MacKay, Richard Bennett

Episode 11: Emma Hale Smith: One of those whose contribution to the Restoration is incalculable was Emma Hale. A revelation, now known as Doctrine and Covenants 25, referred to her as “an elect lady whom I have called.” Emma was Joseph Smith’s wife, companion and confidant. This episode of History of the Saints is about her, her family, and those early years.

Scholars: Brittany Chapman, Mark Staker, Larry Porter, Steven Harper

Episode Ten: The Years of Preparation: September 21, 1823, 17 year-old Joseph Smith Jr. learned from the angel Moroni of the ancient record buried in a hill not far from his home. He expected to receive that record when he went to the hill. He could not have known that it would take four years of instruction and intelligence before he would be able to receive it. This episode of History of the Saints tells the story of those years of preparation.

Scholars: Steven Harper, Larry Porter, Michael MacKay, Andrew Hedges, Richard Bennett, Donald Enders, Mark Staker

Episode Nine: The Space of Time Which Intervened: Joseph Smith saw the Father and the Son in the spring of 1820 in answer to his earnest prayer. However, while it may have been the resolution for his personal crisis of faith it marked the beginning of the crisis of persecution that would follow him the rest of his life. This episode of History of the Saints deals with the aftermath of that Vision and what Joseph described as “the space of time which intervened between the time I had the Vision and the year, eighteen hundred and twenty-three.”