What is the Book of Mormon? The Book of Mormon is a record of
the peoples of the American continents from about 600 B.C. to
400 A.D. It begins with a group of people in the Jerusalem in
Israel and traces their journey to the Americas. The Book of
Mormon primarily consists of sermons, narratives, and histories.
It is a collection of records much like the Bible. The Book of
Mormon as a whole was put together by an ancient prophet-
historian name Mormon (hence the title, The Book of Mormon).The
climax of the record describes Jesus Christ visiting the people
in the Americas. And it came to pass, as they understood they
cast their eyes up again towards heaven; and behold, they saw a
Man descending out of heaven; and he was clothed in a white
robe; and he came down and stood in the midst of them; and the
eyes of the whole multitude were turned upon him, and they durst
not open their mouths, even one to another, and wist not what it
meant, for they thought it was an angel that had appeared unto
them. And it came to p