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	Book of Abraham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Based on this rediscovered source material of the Book of Abraham, Egyptologists say that the illustrations and the original text of the Book of Abraham are funerary texts that describe events in the afterlife of deceased Egyptians that is consistent with other historical and archaeological evidence.
		Of the four carvings of the Book of Abraham facsimiles that were printed, most Mormon scholars believe the earliest is the most accurate reproduction of the original vignette (the one used between 1928 and 1978 being the least accurate and likely based on fragments that were damaged after the church purchased the documents).
		Examining the Book of Abraham A nine-part essay that is a fairly detailed overview of the critics' perspective of the Book of Abraham.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Book_of_Abraham (4008 words)

	Book of Mormon - Doctrinal Parallels
		In the Book of Moses, the Son is at-one with the Father, but in the Book of Abraham, the status of the Son is less clear.
		The Book of Abraham describes the heathen altar as being shaped like a bed: "it was made after the form of a bedstead, such as was had among the Chaldeans" (Abraham 1:13).
		It belonged to Joseph, the husband of Mary, at the moment of the birth of the Saviour, and it served afterwards as one of the planks in the Cross of Christ.
	www.mormonstudies.com /doctrn2.htm (6809 words)

	Book of Abraham Links
		A Joseph Smith Commentary on the Book of Abraham - by W.V. Smith.
		Criticism of Joseph Smith and the Book of Abraham - from the BOAP.
		Neglected Evidence on the Book of Abraham - by Hugh Nibley.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Parthenon/2671/Abraham.html (1091 words)

	Gospel Link (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When he translated the gold plates of the Book of Mormon from the "reformed Egyptian" text (1827–1829), the Prophet stated that he did it "by the gift and power of God." Likewise, it was principally divine inspiration rather than his knowledge of languages that produced the English text of the book of Abraham.
		Because the Book of Breathings is clearly not the book of Abraham, critics claim this is conclusive evidence that Joseph Smith was unable to translate the ancient documents.
		For example, in chapter 12 of the Testament of Abraham there is a description of the judgment of the dead that matches in minute detail the scene depicted in Facsimile 3 of the book of Abraham and, incidentally, chapter 125 of the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
	ldsfaq.byu.edu /emmain.asp?number=32 (3322 words)

	FAIR Topical Guide: Book of Abraham
		"Book of Abraham Papyri," FAIR Wiki (City Unknown: FAIR) This FAIR Wiki is a summary of a longer article dealing with the supposed problems of the Book of Abraham and modern Egyptology.
		Eric Jay Olsen, "We are told that the Book of Abraham is a translation of an ancient Egyptian record, yet it seems to be written for non-Egyptian readers.
		Klaus Baer, "The Breathing Permit of Hor: A Translation of the Apparent Source of the Book of Abraham," Dialogue (Autumn 1968), 109-134 Non-LDS Egyptologist, Klaus Baer, attempted an early translation of the rediscovered Joseph Smith Papyri fragments.
	www.fairlds.org /apol/ai125.html (1631 words)

	Book of Abraham Revisited
		Through the years, whenever the Book of Abraham was printed there were included with the printed text three drawings, each designated as a "facsimile" from this alleged Book of Abraham.
		The LDS church should realize that identification of the Egyptian documents as the Book of Abraham and the canonization of it as scripture in years past is no reason to reject the identification of the rediscovered Egyptian papyri and published facsimiles are strictly Egyptian funeral texts.
		Edward H. Ashment, "The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham: A Reappraisal," Sunstone 4 (December 1979):33-48.
	www.xmission.com /~research/about/abraham.htm (3806 words)

	LDS FAQ: The Truth About the Book of Abraham, Part 1
		The Book of Abraham is vigorously attacked by LDS critics as evidence that Joseph Smith was a fraud.
		To understand whether the tiny Book of Abraham is an authentic ancient text, one should deal with the text itself rather than the purported (and still unspecified) methods that generated it (and do it thoughtfully and prayerfully, preferably after having examined the Book of Mormon).
		The Book of Breathings, fragments of which are found in the Joseph Smith papyri, therefore would appear to belong to the scroll that was used to generate the Book of Abraham.
	www.jefflindsay.com /LDSFAQ/FQ_Abraham.shtml (17753 words)

	Book of Abraham
		The fall of the Book of Abraham was brought about by the identification of the actual fragment of papyrus from which Joseph Smith 'translated" the Book of Abraham.
		On the cover of this tract is a photograph of the original fragment of papyrus from which Joseph Smith was supposed to have translated the Book of Abraham.
		The fact that the papyrus Joseph Smith used as the basis for his Book of Abraham is in reality the Book of Breathings cannot be disputed because the name "Book of Breathings" appears clearly on the fourth line of the fragment.
	www.inplainsite.org /html/book_of_abraham.html (1464 words)

	Papyri & Book of Abraham Articles, Analysis & Reviews
		This article shows that the Book of Abraham mentioning the sacrifice of virgins because of political situations in Egypt is a genuine historical phenomenon that is nowhere in the Bible or other literature available to Joseph Smith, yet he deftly and correctly places it in the correct setting in ancient history.
		Discussing the idea that the four figures under the lion couch in Facsimile #1 in the Book of Abraham as well as the same four figures on Facsimile #2, the Hypocephalus, is a genuine bullseye for Joseph Smith, truly representing the earth in its four quarters/ Thompson says this is not correct.
		Summarization on the Rabbi Nissim Wernick's Dissertation on the Book of Abraham
	www2.ida.net /graphics/shirtail/papyri.htm (2180 words)

	Book of Abraham
		Frequently, when reading a discussion on the LDS problem of the Book of Abraham, the apologists and critics beat around the bush--confusing the reader.
		That scroll is not the Book of Breathings, but was probably part of the collection that A. Combs sold, which ultimately may have perished in the 1871 Chicago Fire.
		Also interesting is the first full-page color illustration in the article which shows a bald Abraham about to kill his son with a dagger similar to the incorrectly restored Facsimile 1 in the Book of Abraham.
	www.lds-mormon.com /abraham.shtml (884 words)

	Book of Abraham - MormonWiki
		The Book of Abraham is a book of ancient scripture translated by the Prophet Joseph Smith from ancient papyri.
		Joseph described the scrolls as follows: “The records of Abraham and Joseph, found with the mummies, is beautifully written on papyrus, with fl, and small part red, ink or paint, in perfect preservation” (History of the Church 2:348).
		The Book of Abraham is an important and powerful testimony of God and His work among men.
	www.mormonwiki.com /mormonism/Book_of_Abraham (1071 words)

	The Watchman Expositor: The Book of Abraham Translation
		Also printed with the Book of Abraham are three facsimiles (numbered one through three) which are reported to have been taken "from the book of Abraham" with a referenced "explanation" of what the symbols mean provided by Joseph Smith.
		His fac-simile from the Book of Abraham No. 2 is an ordinary hypocephalus, but the hieroglyphics upon it have been copied so ignorantly that hardly one of them is correct".
		It has been proven that the Book of Abraham collection is nothing more than a common collection of Egyptian funeral documents that are based on pagan myths related to Egyptian idolatry (see: Dialogue: a Journal of Mormon Thought, Autumn 1968 pp.
	www.watchman.org /lds/abraham2.htm (1208 words)

	Book of Abraham at lds-mormon.com
		In contrast it must be noted that much of the scholarship that has been written defending the antiquity of the book (and Abrahamic authorship or its historicity), most of it by Hugh Nibley, is weak and speculative if not essentially flawed by lack of precision in reading texts and by methodological looseness.
		The Book of Abraham is published in the Pearl of Great Price, one of the four standard works of the Mormon Church.
		Both these Egyptologists agreed that the papyrus Joseph Smith claimed was the Book of Abraham was in reality the Book of Breathings, an Egyptian funerary text made for a man by the name of Hor (Horus).
	www.lds-mormon.com /book_of_abraham.shtml (900 words)

	www.Book of Abraham.com / Mormonism
		This website is devoted to the idea that the "Book of Abraham," recognized as holy scripture by the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints (the Mormons), is not what it purports to be.
		Using the pretext of "translating" the Book of Abraham text from old Egyptian papyrus fragments, Smith introduced bold, new theological elements to the Mormon religion.
		The LDS church can't change the fact that the Book of Abraham has come under attack from the scientific community as a fraudulent translation.
	www.bookofabraham.com (749 words)

	Book of Abraham Issues Page - Mormon Scripture from Egyptian papyri, Book of the Dead, Egyptologists describe it as ...
		The Lost Book of Abraham: Investigating a Remarkable Mormon Claim — A compelling new documentary film that examines Joseph Smith's controversial claim of recovering and translating a lost book of the biblical patriarch Abraham.
		View scanned images of the Egyptian papyrus scroll from which Joseph Smith claimed to translate the Book of Abraham, as well as the original Book of Abraham translation manuscript.
		Mormon Egyptologist disputes defense of Book of Abraham by F.A.R.M.S. (Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies).
	www.irr.org /mit/Book-of-Abraham-page.html (200 words)

	The Lost Book of Abraham video - Home Page
		This award-winning new documentary film investigates the story behind a volume of Mormon scripture called the Book of Abraham.
		The story is that Mormon founder Joseph Smith translated it from an ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll he purchased from an antiquities dealer in 1835.
		The Lost Book of Abraham visits prominent Egyptologists and other scholars – both Mormon and non-Mormon – to learn the truth behind this fascinating episode in Mormon history.
	www.bookofabraham.info (91 words)

	Abraham 1
		A Translation of some ancient Records, that have fallen into our hands from the catacombs of Egypt.—The writings of Abraham while he was in Egypt, called the Book of Abraham, written by his own hand, upon papyrus.
		Abraham seeks the blessings of the patriarchal order—He is persecuted by false priests in Chaldea—Jehovah saves him—Origins and government of Egypt reviewed.
		Abraham, saw that it was needful for me to obtain another place of
	scriptures.lds.org /abr/1 (1371 words)

	The Lost Book of Abraham video - Video Clips
		Listen and watch as Joseph Smith describes translating a lost book of Abraham from an Egyptian papyrus scroll he purchased from a traveling antiquities dealer.
		But discrepancies in the copied illustrations were an early clue to Egyptologists that the Mormon prophet may not have understood the ancient Egyptian language.
		Robert Ritner, associate professor of Egyptology at the University of Chicago was commissioned to do a complete translation of the scroll Joseph Smith identified as a lost book of Abraham.
	www.bookofabraham.info /VideoClips.htm (223 words)

	BOOK OF ABRAHAM
		Joseph Smith was a true prophet and the BoA is a true story written by the hand of Abraham on papyrus long ago.
		The Lord revealed to Joseph Smith the lost story of Abraham by means of papyri that fell into the prophet's hands and by revelation the original work of Abraham was restored.
		The papyrus had by Joseph Smith was not the original papyrus roll(s) of Abraham and Joseph Smith did not translate hieroglyphic text using conventional means.
	www.myegyptology.net /file/id3.htm (250 words)

	Solving the Mystery of the Joseph Smith Papyri
		Abraham's time, the critics still would not accept the book of Abraham.
		Book of Abraham, A Study of the Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri, 1990,
		Abraham, Joseph Smith asserted that it was a
	mcu.edu /library/abraham.htm (10256 words)

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