“A prominent late-nineteenth-century critic of the Book of Mormon wrote, ‘No such records were ever engraved upon golden plates, or any other plates, in the early ages.’ Had he known Hebrew, he would have known that Isaiah 8:1 speaks of writing on a polished metal plate with an engraving tool; the terms are mistranslated ‘roll’ and ‘pen’ in the King James Bible … .
“Ancient inscribed plates of gold, silver, copper, and lead have been found in such diverse places as China, Java (an Indonesian island), Thailand, India, Pakistan, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Morocco, Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, Crete, and Korea” (Tvedtnes, Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books, 149).