Category: Book of Abraham
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Book of Abraham — Translation or Invention?
By Sandra Tanner When Marlin K. Jensen, retired General Authority and historian of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was asked in November of 2011 if the LDS leaders were aware that people are leaving the Mormon Church in droves after learning of troubling aspects of church history, he responded: The fifteen men…
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Joseph Smith’s Changing Scriptures
By Sandra Tanner When most people think of Christianity they usually associate it with the Bible. However, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly referred to as the LDS or Mormon Church) is not bound by that volume alone. The LDS Church asserts that the Bible has been corrupted but that their doctrines…
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The Oldest Biblical Text?
An introduction to the LDS scripture, the Book of Abraham, examining whether it could actually contain the writings of the biblical patriarch, Abraham, “by his own hand.”
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Min is not God!
An examination of Joseph Smith’s “explanation” of Facsimile 2 in the Book of Abraham, Pearl of Great Price
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Jerald Tanner’s Quest for Truth – Part 3
By Ronald V. Huggins This last of our three-part series examining the life and research of Jerald Tanner, focuses on the integrity Jerald brought to his research of Mormon historical documents. The previous two parts of this series can be found in Salt Lake City Messenger nos. 108 and 109, which dealt with Jerald’s initial…
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Fall of the Book of Abraham (tract)
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner According to Mormon writers, the “Book of Abraham” was supposed to have been written on papyrus by Abraham about 4,000 years ago. This very same papyrus, it is claimed, was acquired by Joseph Smith in 1835. Smith translated the papyrus and published it under the title, “The Book of Abraham.”…
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Mormon Claims Answered: Chapter 5
Marvin W. Cowan More LDS Scripture & Revelation “We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.” 9th Article of Faith by Joseph Smith Mormon Apostle Bruce McConkie wrote, By the standard…
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Solving the Mystery of the Joseph Smith Papyri
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner A book analyzing Joseph Smith’s translation of the “Book of Abraham” has caused a real stir in Utah. It is written by Charles M. Larson and is entitled, By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look At The Joseph Smith Papyri. We understand that before the book was offered…
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Important Find?
In 1967, Deseret News reported rediscovered Joseph Smith Papyri, identified as Egyptian funerary texts, not Abraham-related. Later, Mark Hofmann claimed to have Facsimile No. 2, alleging fraudulent restorations by Smith.
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Joseph As a Translator
Although Robert and Rosemary Brown’s book, “They Lie in Wait to Deceive,” highlighted the false credentials of Egyptologist, Dee Jay Nelson, it did little to resolve the problems of the Book of Abraham.