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Church leadership traditionally described the Book of Abraham straightforwardly as "translated by the Prophet [Joseph Smith] from a papyrus record taken from the catacombs of Egypt", [78] and "Some have assumed that hieroglyphs adjacent to and surrounding facsimile 1 must be a source for the text of the book of Abraham". [63]
A comparison of the Book of Abraham facsimiles with these other documents indicates that, although the Book of Abraham Facsimile No. 1 (derived from JSP I) is unique, [142] [143] these differences are not significant enough to indicate that they are anything other than a representation of an Egyptian re-animation scene from the Book of ...
The most complete manuscript with 5 leaves comprising Abraham 1:1–2:18. William W. Phelps and Warren Parrish: July–November 1835: 1 Book of Abraham Manuscript and Explanation of Facsimile I [34] 29 cm × 19 cm (11.4 in × 7.5 in) Written in Nauvoo, 13 leaves comprising Abraham 1:1–2:18. Willard Richards: February 1842: Explanation of ...
Facsimile Number 1 from the Book of Abraham: an alternate woodcut which was printed in the 1851 edition of the Pearl of Great Price. The Book of Abraham is an 1835 work produced by Joseph Smith [4] who said it was based on Egyptian papyri purchased from a traveling mummy exhibition.
[12]: 216 [13] A comparison of the Book of Abraham facsimiles with these other documents indicates that although the Book of Abraham Facsimile No. 1 (derived from JSP I) is unique, [14] [15] these differences are superficial, and not significant enough to indicate that they are anything other than a representation of an Egyption re-animation ...
Facsimile No. 1 from the Book of Abraham Extant papyri showing original vignette considered the source of Facsimile 1. Note the lacuna, or missing portions of the vignette. The Book of Abraham differs from the other Mormon sacred texts in that some of the original source material has been examined by independent experts.
The Book of Abraham contains a creation story similar to Genesis chapters 1 and 2. The Book of Abraham retains 75 percent of the wording of the King James Version of the Bible. [167] The creation account found in both the Book of Abraham and King James Version has a literary dependence on late Judean sources.
This image is included as one of several appendices to the Book of Abraham, where it is called Facsimile No. 2. The Book of Abraham has been considered canonical scripture as part of the Pearl of Great Price by members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1880. The condition and location of the original document ...