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English
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Did Joseph Smith Know Egyptian?
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Insights
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February 1998
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In a letter written in 1966 to Grant Heward, an outspoken critic of the Book of Mormon, William Foxwell Albright contended that there appeared to be some evidence that Joseph Smith had 'studied some Egyptian.' This assertion is refuted because 'no materials were available to him for such studies when the Book of Mormon was published.' In the letter, Albright also observed the Egyptian nature of the Book of Mormon names Paanchi and Pahoran