If two Latter-day Saint researchers have their way, it would be so long to “seer stone in a hat” and hello to “Urim and Thummim.” They would also like to drop-kick the inclusion of folk ma ...

The question of just how church founder Joseph Smith produced the faith’s signature scripture, the Book of Mormon, continues to be debated. Did Smith “translate” the Reformed Egyptian ...

These are aprons, robes, tunics, turbans and sashes. One part, the breastplate of a dozen precious stones, contains the Urim and Thummim. The Urim and Thummim are like a Jewish version of the ...

Efrat, Israel — “And you shall put in the breastplate of judgement the urim ve-tumim, and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart when he comes before God…” [Ex. 28:30] Of all the holy objects ...

This week I would like to explore perhaps the most mysterious and enticing of all the garments – the Urim ve’Tumim. Before we discuss the English translation of Urim ve’Tumim, first let us ...