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In the Book of Mormon, Zenock is a prophet who predates the events of the book's main plot and whose prophecies and statements are recorded upon brass plates possessed by the Nephites. Nephite prophets quote or paraphrase Zenock several times in the course of the narrative.
Engraved metal plates are significant in the Latter Day Saint movement because in 1827, the founder, Joseph Smith, claimed to have obtained a set of engraved golden plates he had found four years earlier after being directed there by an angel. He claimed to have translated the engravings on the plates by divine power into English as the Book of Mormon, a religious text of that religious tradition.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Book of Mormon:
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