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English
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Rerolling the Joseph Smith Papyri
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Newsletter and Proceedings of the S.E.H.A.
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May 1981
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1-5
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Concludes that the papyri showing the 'Abraham on the altar' scene are in the same condition today as in Joseph Smith's time. Suggests that the white head on the priest was only a guessed-at restoration. The proposed reconstruction of the 'altar' scene upholds the implied Book of Abraham derivation from the papyri better than the 1842 Times and Seasons woodcut.