The followingoutline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to theBook of Mormon:
TheBook of Mormon is asacred text of theLatter Day Saint movement, which adherents believe contains the writings of ancientprophets who lived on theAmerican continent from approximately 2200 BC to AD 421.[1][2] It was first published in March 1830 byJoseph Smith asThe Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi.
The Book of Mormon can be described as all of the following:

