Book Of Abraham
The Book of Abraham is a canonical book of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This book is included in the Pearl of Great Price. This is a story posing as a translation of ancient writings on papyrus would have written of Abraham when he was in Egypt. These papyri became the possession of the Church in 1835.
Summary |
These records were discovered in the catacombs of Egypt where once stood the famous city of Thebes, the famous French traveler Lebolo Antonio. He won eleven mummies. There were hundreds of mummies in the same catacomb in such a state of decomposition that they could not move them. Alexandria who left for Paris, Lebolo stopped in Trieste and died after ten days of illness. But before he died, he bequeathed all his property to his nephew, Michael H. Chandler, who was then at Philadelphia, while Lebolo thought he was in Ireland. Therefore, everything was sent to Dublin, the initial address of Chandler. From there, old friends from Chandler did follow the mummies. They arrived at customs in New York during the winter or spring 1833. In April of that year, Chandler paid the customs clearance fees for its mummies and took possession. Until that time, the coffins were not yet open. In the opening, he discovered that for two bodies, something was wrapped in the same kind of cloth, soaked in bitumen. There were two rolls of papyrus. It was discovered on other mummies two or three other small pieces of papyrus, with astronomical calculations, epitaphs, etc..
Chandler explained the mummies and papyrus in 1835 in the United States. Friends of Joseph Smith 's bought him and gave him. Joseph Smith produced a story he described as the translation of these writings. Some of these records are now in the Pearl of Great Price.
After the death of Joseph Smith, the Church lost the papyrus. But in 1966, Dr. Aziz S. Atiya, Middle East specialist at the University of Utah, discovered in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, twenty-two fragments of papyrus that were clearly part of the original collection of Joseph Smith. The papyri were acquired by the Church and are now at the Brigham Young University.
Description
According to the descriptions made at the time of their discovery, the annals were beautifully written on papyrus, with black ink or paint, and for a game, red, in a perfect state of preservation. The characters were the ones that can be found on the coffins of mummies, hieroglyphics, etc.. With lots of characters or letters exactly as the form of Hebrew, though perhaps not quite so square, but without points.
Summary
Chapter 1 tells the story of Abraham in Ur of the Chaldees, where the wicked priests tried to sacrifice him. Chapter 2 discusses his journey to Canaan. The Lord appeared to him and made covenants with him. Chapter 3 relates that Abraham saw the universe and became aware of the relationship between celestial bodies. Chapters 4-5 are an account of Creation.
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Bibliography
- Marcel Kahne, The Book of Abraham and Egyptology modern
- Hugh Nibley, Questions on facsimiles of the Book of Abraham
- Michael D. Rhodes, The Book of Abraham, a book of divine inspiration
- Daniel C. Peterson, From Nine from Antiquity
- Michael D. Rhodes, The Egyptian papyrus of 1967
- Kevin L. Barney, Facsimiles and Semitic Adaptation of existing sources
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