Item Detail
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27149
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4
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22
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English
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Papyri and Presumptions : A Careful Examination of the Eyewitness Accounts Associated with the Joseph Smith Papyri
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Journal of Mormon History
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October 2016
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42
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4
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Champaign, IL
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University of Illinois Press; Mormon History Association
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31-50
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The discovery of the Joseph Smith Papyrus (JSP) in the 1960s sparked a debate between believing Mormons and skeptics regarding Joseph Smith's abilities as a translator. Skeptics argued that text adjacent in the papyrus to illustrations in the Book of Abraham discredited Smith's claims. Apologists noted that illustrations in Egyptian papyri don't always correspond to their adjacent text. The article examines first hand accounts of the translation of the Book of Abraham to see if any of these claims have merit. The author concludes that the fragments from the JSP are not the source of the Book of Abraham.
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A New Look at the Pearl of Great Price
An Insider's View of Mormon Origins
Approaching Antiquity : Joseph Smith and the Ancient World
A Textual History of the Book of Abraham : Manuscripts and Editions
. . . By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus : A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri
Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham : A Faithful, Egyptological Point of View
Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham : Some Questions and Answers
Formulas and Faith
Joseph Smith Among the Egyptians
Joseph Smith and Ancient Egypt
Joseph Smith Papers : Histories, 1832-1844, Vol. 1
New Light on the Joseph Smith Papyri
Oliver Cowdery as Editor, Defender, and Justice of the Peace in Kirtland
Preserving the Joseph Smith Papyri Fragments : What Can We Learn from the Paper on Which the Papyri Were Mounted?
Some Puzzles from the Joseph Smith Papyri
The Book of Abraham and the Egyptian Project : "A Knowledge of Hidden Languages"
The Case against Mormonism
The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri : A Complete Edition : P. JS 1-4 and the Hypocephalus of Sheshonq
The Story of the Book of Abraham : Mummies, Manuscripts, and Mormonism
"The Work of Translating"
Thoughts on the Book of Abraham