Book of Abraham/Church Hides Book of Abraham Info (1984-1989)

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Publications Mentioning/Addressing Book of Abraham Controversies



A FAIR Analysis of: Publications Addressing and/or Mentioning Book of Abraham Controversies, a work by author: Various

LDS-authored publications which address and/or mention Book of Abraham controversies (1984-1989)

1985 Michael Walton and Eric Olsen, "The Book of Abraham: Toward a Comprehensive Theory," Sunstone Symposium, August 22, 1985.

1985 Robert L. Millet and Kent P. Jackson, eds., Studies in Scriptures: Volume 2, The Pearl of Great Price (Sandy, UT: Randall Book, 1985). This volume reprinted the following articles:

  • H. Donl Peterson, "The History and Significance of the Book of Abraham," 161–181.
  • H. Donl Peterson, "Some Joseph Smith Papyri Rediscovered (1967)," 183–186.
  • Hugh Nibley, "What Manner of Document?," 187–193.
  • Hugh Nibley, "Translated Correctly?," 195–215.

1985 Hugh Nibley, "Approach to Facsimile II," lecture given May 17, 1985 in Washington, D.C.

1986 Dr. Norman L. Heap, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: Servants and Prophets of God (Los Angeles: Vantage Press, 1986)

1987 Karl Sandberg and Bruce Lindgren, "Documents, Stones, and Symbols-The Book of Abraham and Joseph Smith as Translator & Joseph Smith and the Biblical Prophetic Tradition," Sunstone Symposium, May 16, 1987

1987 H. Donl Peterson, The Pearl of Great Price: A History and Commentary (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1987).

1988 Lowell Durham, "Libre d'Artiste: The Book of Abraham by Day Christensen and Wulf Barsch," Dialogue 21, no. 2 (Summer 1988): 166–168.

1988 Michael D. Rhodes, "I Have a Question: 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?," Ensign 18 (July 1988): 51.

1989 Karl C. Sandberg, "Knowing Brother Joseph Again: The Book of Abraham, and Joseph Smith as Translator," Dialogue 22, no. 4 (Winter 1989):17–37.

1989 H. Donl Peteson and Charles D. Tate, Jr., The Pearl of Great Price: Revelations from God (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 1989).