So the whole book of Mormon is supposed to have been translated from these gold tablets?
Just how big were these things and how much did they weigh?
And how could anybody have just *lost* them?
“So the whole book of Mormon is supposed to have been translated from these gold tablets?”
Yes.
“Just how big were these things and how much did they weigh?”
If I recall correctly, their weight was estimated as being around 50 pounds. I can’t recall any description of ‘page’ size or the overall thickness of it.
“And how could anybody have just *lost* them?”
They were not lost, the angel Moroni took them back for safe keeping after Joseph was done.