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Church sources discussing issues with origin of the Book of Abraham and Joseph Smith papyri
Church sources discussing issues with Origin of the Book of Abraham and Joseph Smith papyri
The papyri and the Book of the Dead
The fact: The text of the Joseph Smith papyri does not match the text of the Book of Abraham
Where it can be found: The Improvement Era , the Ensign, "The Encyclopedia of Mormonism", FARMS
- August 1968 Improvement Era: The largest part of the papyri in the possession of the Church consists of fragments from the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
—Hugh Nibley, "A New Look at the Pearl of Great Price," Improvement Era (August 1968), 56–57. This issue contains color photographs of the papyri. A scan of the page from the article can be viewed here. - March 1976 Ensign: A Book of Breathings text that closely matches the Joseph Smith version (and there are precious few of them) is the so-called Kerasher Book of Breathings. It too has a frontispiece, only in this case it is the same as our Facsimile No. 3, showing that it too is closely associated with our text."
—Hugh Nibley, “I Have a Question,” Ensign, Mar. 1976, 34–36 off-site - July 1988 Ensign: Why doesn’t the translation of the Egyptian papyri found in 1967 match the text of the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price?
—Michael D. Rhodes, “I Have a Question,” Ensign, July 1988, 51–53 off-site - Encyclopedia of Mormonism - Book of Abraham
- FARMS Website - hundreds of publications regarding the controversies surrounding it.
- Gospel Topics Essay "Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham" found on lds.org
A more complete listing of publications can be found elsewhere on the wiki.
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