Item Detail
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32128
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2
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7
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English
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Prolegomena to a Study of the Egyptian Alphabet Documents in the Joseph Smith Papers
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Interpreter : A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
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2021
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42
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Provo, UT
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Interpreter Foundation
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77-98
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"For many theories about the Book of Abraham, the Egyptian Alphabet documents are seen as the key to understanding the translation process. While the original publication of those documents allows many researchers access to the documents for the first time, careful attention to the Joseph Smith Papers as a whole and the practices of Joseph Smith’s scribes in particular allows for improvements in the date, labeling, and understanding of the historical context of the Egyptian Alphabet documents.This essay supports the understanding of these documents found in the other volumes of the Joseph Smith Papers that the Egyptian Alphabet documents are an incidental by-product of the translation process rather than an essential step in that process." [Article Abstract]
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Documents, Volume 4: April 1834-September 1835
Documents, Volume 6: February 1838-August 1839
Joseph Smith Papers : Histories, 1832-1844, Vol. 1
The Joseph Smith Papers : Documents, Volume 5 : October 1835–January 1838
The Joseph Smith Papers : Journals, Volume 1 : 1832–1839
The Joseph Smith Papers : Revelations and Translations, Volume 4 : Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts
Writing to Zion : The William W. Phelps Kirtland Letters (1835-1836)