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The Joseph Smith Papyri
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Criticism
The Egyptian papyri Joseph Smith used to translate the Book of Abraham have been found and translated, and they don't match the text of the Book of Abraham. They are instead a collection of Egyptian funerary documents known as the Book of Breathings.
Source(s) of the criticism
- Jerald and Sandra Tanner, "Solving the Mystery of the Joseph Smith Papyri," Salt Lake City Messenger 82 (September 1992): 1–12.
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Response
Conclusion
Further reading
FAIR web site
- FAIR Topical Guide: Book of Abraham
External links
- John Gee, "Abracadabra, Isaac and Jacob", FARMS Review of Books 7/1 (1995): 19–84