A translation of Facsimile #2 I appreciate the work that Michael Dennis Rhodes has put forward in our understanding of Facsimile #2. Below is an article that he published several years ago which has helped me in my quest to further understand how this text relates to Abraham, the gospelContinue Reading

Assessing the Joseph Smith Papyri: An Introduction to the Historiography of their Acquisitions, Translations, and Interpretations Kerry Muhlestein Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 22 (2016): 17-49. Kerry Muhlestein received his Ph.D. from UCLA in Egyptology. He is a professor in the Ancient Scripture Department at Brigham Young University, where heContinue Reading

Wife/sister motif The book of Genesis contains a trilogy of incidents in which the wife/sister motif was used by either Abraham or Isaac. The first account describes Abraham’s journey into Egypt after a famine enveloped the land of Canaan (see Genesis 12:10–13:4). Similar situations arose later when both Abraham andContinue Reading

The missing papyrus theory of The Book of Abraham It is likely futile to assess Joseph’s ability to translate papyri when we now have only a fraction of the papyri he had in his possession. Eyewitnesses spoke of “a long roll” or multiple “rolls” of papyrus.[1]Hauglid, Textual History of theContinue Reading

The Jewish Redaction Theory From the Gospel Topics Essay we read the following: Of course, the fragments do not have to be as old as Abraham for the book of Abraham and its illustrations to be authentic. Ancient records are often transmitted as copies or as copies of copies. TheContinue Reading

Could the Book of Abraham be Inspired Pseudepigraphon? For over five years before his work on the Book of Abraham, the Prophet had been giving revelations from his own mouth that believers accepted as the word of God. He did not need to produce a biblical-like forgery in order toContinue Reading

We do not claim to know why the text of the Book of Abraham (or the missing Book of Joseph) is not in evidence on the fragments of papyrus that were recovered. Critics, of course, simply assume this to be conclusive evidence that Joseph was a fraud. From a believer’sContinue Reading

The Catalyst Theory of The Book of Abraham I do not believe that the text that we now have was what Joseph Smith used to translate the Book of Abraham. We have examples of him receiving revelation for texts that were not in his possession. Section 7 of the DoctrineContinue Reading

Question: Do other ancient documents confirm the details in the text of the Book of Abraham? This is an amended copy of an article posted by Jeff Lindsay on: http://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/boa.shtml accessed on 2.22.17 – I have added my own conclusion at the end of this article, as well as theContinue Reading

This page will have information on the Book of Abraham, with questions that I have had over the years, my own musings, as well as information that I have found in my study of this book. I have great respect for the Book of Abraham and for what it tellsContinue Reading