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Witnesses of the Book of Mormon—Insights is a weekly docuseries that discusses the historical witnesses to the Book of Mormon plates.

Episode 7 addresses the question if the the witnesses of the Book of Mormon ever recanted their testimonies.

Camrey Bagley Fox hosts guest Gerrit Dirkmaat, Associate Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.

Critics of the Church have claimed through the years that one or more of the witnesses of the Book of Mormon—and of the Gold Plates—eventually denied their testimonies. Is there any truth to these claims?

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