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==''Gospel Topics'' on LDS.org: "Some evidence suggests that Joseph studied the characters on the Egyptian papyri and attempted to learn the Egyptian language"==
[https://www.lds.org/topics/translation-and-historicity-of-the-book-of-abraham "Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham,"] ''Gospel Topics'' on LDS.org
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Some evidence suggests that Joseph studied the characters on the Egyptian papyri and attempted to learn the Egyptian language. His history reports that, in July 1835, he was “continually engaged in translating an alphabet to the Book of Abraham, and arranging a grammar of the Egyptian language as practiced by the ancients.” This “grammar,” as it was called, consisted of columns of hieroglyphic characters followed by English translations recorded in a large notebook by Joseph’s scribe, William W. Phelps. Another manuscript, written by Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery, has Egyptian characters followed by explanations. <ref>[https://www.lds.org/topics/translation-and-historicity-of-the-book-of-abraham "Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham,"] ''Gospel Topics'' on LDS.org (8 July 2014)</ref> {{read more|url=https://www.lds.org/topics/translation-and-historicity-of-the-book-of-abraham}}
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[[es:''Temas del Evangelio'' en LDS.org: "Existen algunos indicios de que José estudió los caracteres de los papiros egipcios e intentó aprender el idioma egipcio"]]
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