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Other Latter-day Saints hold to the "catalyst theory," which hypothesizes that Smith's "study of the papyri may have led to a revelation about key events and teachings in the life of Abraham", allowing him to "translate" the Book of Abraham from the Breathing Permit of Hôr papyrus by inspiration without actually relying on the papyrus' textual ...
In the Book of Abraham, Pharaoh and his lineage are denied the priesthood because they are descendants of Ham through Canaan who was cursed. [196] The belief that black people were descendants of Ham was a popular antebellum belief, and early Latter Day Saints were predisposed to read the text in this context. [197]
Marquardt was a frequent collaborator with Jerald and Sandra Tanner, critics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). [9] The Book of Abraham has been a particular focus area of his research. [5]
The Book of Abraham was canonized in 1880 by the LDS Church as part of the Pearl of Great Price. [4] Thus, it forms a doctrinal foundation for the LDS Church and Mormon fundamentalist denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. It is not considered to be a religious text by the Community of Christ.
This scroll is widely believed by both Mormon and non-Mormon scholars to be the scroll from which the Book of Abraham came. This is based on the inclusion of Facsimile #1 (JSP I) and #3 from this scroll in the Book of Abraham, and titled by Joseph Smith as "from the Book of Abraham". [132]
The "system of astronomy" has been pointed to by apologists as evidence that the Book of Abraham chapter 3 [33] had been translated before the Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language was produced, which is important for establishing the theory that the Kirtland Egyptian Papers were a reverse translation of the Book of Abraham. [34] [35] 1 ...
According to the traditional, literal Mormon interpretation of the Book of Abraham, Kolob is an actual star in this universe that is, or is near, the physical throne of God. According to Smith, this star was discovered by Methuselah and Abraham [ 9 ] by looking through Urim and Thummim , a set of seer stones bound into a pair of spectacles. [ 10 ]
The CES Letter, along with a book published by Egyptologist Robert K. Ritner and the reactions generated by apologists were influential in the 2014 release by the LDS Church of an essay addressing historical inaccuracies in the Book of Abraham. [2]