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For many, the Book of Abraham is one of the most problematic subjects within Mormonism due to our ability to translate Egyptian after Joseph Smith released the Book of Abraham. We want to give a brief overview of the history of the Book of Abraham, looking at the facsimiles and manuscripts, and then review the church's response to how this can all be reconciled.
LDS Discussions Essay on the Book of Abraham:
www.ldsdiscussions.com/bookof...
LDS Discussions Playlist: • Joseph Smith and Treas...
Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:12:40 Our Book of Abraham Mini-Series
00:16:50 A quick introduction to the Book of Abraham purchase
00:27:00 Joseph Smith translates and releases the Book of Abraham
00:34:25 Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language
00:37:45 A brief Book of Abraham translation timeline
00:41:50 Problems with the Book of Abraham translation
00:46:30 Egyptologists knew as early as 1856 that Joseph got it wrong
00:53:00 The New York Times exposed the Book of Abraham in 1912
00:57:45 The papyrus fragments are found, but have nothing to do with Abraham
01:04:45 Facsimile 1 of the Book of Abraham
01:10:45 Joseph incorrectly fills in the gaps of the facsimile 1
01:14:00 Facsimile 2 of the Book of Abraham
01:18:50 Nemo’s Book of Abraham temple experience
01:21:15 Joseph again incorrectly fills in the gaps of Facsimile 2
01:22:50 Facsimile again shows that we have the source material
01:24:45 What facsimile 2 should have been restored to
01:26:15 The Mormon church castrates God, then reattaches his manhood
01:28:50 A bigger problem with Facsimile 2
01:29:30 Facsimile 3 creates the biggest smoking gun for Joseph Smith
01:34:50 Altering Facsimile 3 to turn the Anubis figure into a human slave
01:36:45 Dr. Robert Ritner sums up the problem with Facsimile 3
01:39:30 The recovered fragments and the Book of Abraham manuscripts
01:41:50 Translating the world “Lake” in the Book of Abraham
01:43:40 Joseph Smith absolutely believed it was a translation
01:46:00 The church’s own essay tells us that Joseph Smith got it wrong
01:48:00 The Book of Abraham translation is quite simple
01:49:45 What’s next in series
Episode Show Notes:
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LDS Discussions - Book of Abraham Playlist:
• The Book of Abraham Ov...
Egyptologist Dr. Robert Ritner on the Book of Abraham:
• Dr. Robert Ritner - An...
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