Array

Book of Abraham facsimiles/Facsimile 2: Difference between revisions

m (GLSBot: Adding headers to all articles)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Articles FAIR copyright}} {{Articles Header 1}} {{Articles Header 2}} {{Articles Header 3}} {{Articles Header 4}} {{Articles Header 5}} {{Articles Header 6}} {{Articles Header 7}} {{Articles Header 8}} {{Articles Header 9}} {{Articles Header 10}}
{{draft}}
{{draft}}
{{BofAPortal}}
{{BofAPortal}}

Revision as of 05:47, 15 May 2010

This article is a draft. FairMormon editors are currently editing it. We welcome your suggestions on improving the content.

Answers portal
The Book of Abraham
Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: line 1: /usr/bin/convert: No such file or directory Error code: 127
    RESOURCES

FAQ:

Book of Abraham content:

Production:

    PERSPECTIVES
    MEDIA
    OTHER PORTALS
  • [Pending]

Facsimile 2: The hypocephalus

The illustration represented by Facsimile 2 (view) is a hypocephalus, a disc made of linen, papyrus, or bronze, covered with inscriptions and images which relate to one of the last spells in the Book of the Dead. The disc was placed under the head (hypocephalus = Greek: "under the head") of the deceased in the belief that the spell would cause the head and body to be enveloped in flames or radiance, making the deceased divine.

Joseph Smith's notes to Facsimile 2 identify it as representing God sitting in the heavens among the stars and others of his creations.

Figure 5

For a detailed response, see: Book of Abraham/Astronomy/Kolob-Sun


This section of the article is still under construction. We welcome your suggestions for improving the content of this FairMormon Answers article.