Item Detail
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26931
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5
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2
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English
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Abraham and Idrimi
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Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture
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2013
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22
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1
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Provo, UT
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Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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34-39
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Idrimi of Alalakh lived in Syria about a century after Abraham and left an autobiographical inscription that is the only such item uncovered archaeologically from Middle Bronze Age Syro-Palestine. The inscription of Idrimi and the Book of Abraham share a number of parallel features and motifs. Some of the parallels are a result of similar experiences in their lives and come are a result of coming from a similar culture and time.