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The Book of Abraham By Bill McKeever According to the Documentary History of the Church (DHC) 2:235, it was on July 3, 1835 when Michael Chandler "came to Kirtland (OH) to exhibit some Egyptian mummies." According to the record, "There were four human figures, together with some two or more rolls of papyrus covered with  hieroglyphic
figures and devices." Chandler's display so intrigued the Mormons
living in Kirtland that they told the traveling showman how their
prophet, Joseph Smith, had the ability to translate the papyri.
When Smith was shown the ancient writing, he claimed that he could translate them and proceeded to give Chandler a brief interpretation. Page 235 states that, for this service, Chandler gave Smith a "certificate" which said in part: "This is to make known to all who may be desirous, concerning the knowledge of Mr. Joseph Smith, Jun., in deciphering the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic characters in my possession, which I have, in many eminent cities, showed to the most learned; and, from the information that I could ever learn, or meet with, I find that of Mr. Joseph Smith, Jun., to correspond in the most minute matters. " How Chandler could make such a statement is a mystery since he was not an expert in this field. The fact is, there was nobody in the United States who at this time could claim to have expertise in the translation of Egyptian hieroglyphics. The Rosetta Stone, which was instrumental in allowing scholars to decipher the hieroglyphics, had only been recently found (1799) and whatever few "experts" there were in the Egyptian language resided in  Europe.
In a way, Smith's bravado demonstrates his gift as a confidence man.
Without any Egyptian linguists, he knew how difficult it would be to
prove any of his so-called translations untrue. Since he had gotten
away with this ploy for five years by claiming that the Book of Mormon
was written in "Reformed Egyptian," why shouldn't this ruse work again?
Smith seemed to use the limited expertise of his time to full
advantage. After obtaining the papyri, Smith "commenced the translation
of some of the characters or hieroglyphics." In doing so, Smith
proclaimed "that one of the roles contained the writings of Abraham,
another the writings of Joseph of Egypt" (Documentary History of the
Church (DHC) 2:236). According to the preface to the Book of Abraham, Smith believed his document was actually written by Abraham's "own hand written upon papyrus." Imagine for a moment what a find this would be if, in fact, Smith had really discovered the writings of Abraham and Joseph. They would be priceless for they would be the oldest manuscripts available written by someone mentioned in the Bible. In fact, they would be the only autograph manuscripts available. To say the papyri obtained by Smith were written by both Abraham and Joseph would predate the Christian era by about  2,000 years!
For a sum of $2400, Smith's followers were able to convince Chandler to
part with his exhibit, thus enabling their beloved prophet to continue
"translating" the text. Smith would continue with this project, but he
would not be able to finish it. Eventually he would be killed in a gun
battle at Carthage, Illinois, and the papyri would be lost. Many
believed it was destroyed in the great Chicago fire, never to be
recovered. In 1880 the Mormon Church canonized the Book of Abraham and
it became part of the Pearl of Great Price. Standing side by side with
the Bible, Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants, this was included
as part of Mormonism's "Standard Works." In time more and more men
would become familiar with the Egyptian language. In 1912 Smith's translation would be called into serious question by an Episcopalian Bishop named F.S. Spaulding. Spaulding published a 31-page booklet entitled "Joseph Smith, Jun., As a Translator." In it he included the findings of eight scholars who had examined the "facsimiles" or drawings  which
are found in the Book of Abraham. All concluded that Smith's
translation was erroneous. The Mormons responded by soliciting the
services of a man named J.C. Homans who wrote under the assumed name of
"Dr. Robert C. Webb, Ph.D." Homans was neither an Egyptologist nor did
he hold a doctorate degree. Although his arguments failed to convince
the learned, they were enough to appease the faithful Latter-day Saint,
so "testimony" once again reigned over fact. In 1967 interest in the Book of Abraham again surfaced when the papyri Smith used in 1835 were found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. They were eventually given back to the LDS Church. One would think that, if Joseph Smith were indeed a prophet who was inspired by God to translate the Book of Abraham, this would have been the perfect opportunity to have proved it. However, this was not to be the case. Experts once again proved Smith's translation was incorrect. Not only was Smith's translation bogus, but he completely missed the time period in which the papyri were written. Smith claimed his papyri were written by Abraham around 4,000 years ago; however, experts agree that the papyri go back only as far as the time of Christ. Whereas Smith claimed his papyri told the story of Abraham's adventures in Egypt, the experts concur that what Smith had in his possession was nothing more than a portion of a funerary text known as the Book of Breathings, a condensed version of the Book of Dead. Accompanying the written portion of the Book of Abraham were three illustrations or "facsimiles." Facsimile No. 1 shows one figure standing and the other lying on a lion-headed table. An examination of the Smith papyri shows that portions were torn and missing. Because of the torn condition of Smith's original, there is neither head nor hand on the standing figure, and the torso of the figure in the lying down position is missing as well (from just below the waist and up to the neck). This, however, did not prevent Smith from improvising. It is easy to notice that a human head has been pencilled in on the standing figure while a hand holding what appears to be a knife has also been inserted. Smith claimed this standing figure represents the "idolatrous priest of Elkenah attempting to offer up Abraham [the figure lying down on what Smith claimed was an "altar"] as a sacrifice." Above the head of "Abraham" is the figure of a bird Smith calls "the angel of the Lord." Below the "altar" are figures which Smith said represented the idolatrous gods of Elkenah, Libnah, Mahmackrah, and Korash. Below these figures is the drawing of a crocodile; Smith labels this "The idolatrous god of Pharaoh." As previously mentioned, this facsimile depicts nothing more than a portion of Egyptian mythology. Click here to see Smith's facsimile as well as an explanation from Dr. Richard Parker, Professor of Egyptology at Brown University. Despite the fact that Smith's "translation" has been found to be incorrect in every detail, the LDS Church stubbornly continues to include Smith's pretended "Book of Abraham" as part of its scripture. Because many Latter-day Saints are encouraged not to question the authority of their founder, few delve into the facts which expose him for the fraud he is. THIS VIDEO SHOWS EGYPTOLOGISTS READING WHAT THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM REALLY SAYS! IT DOESN'T EVEN MENTION ABRAHAM ONCE! THIS IS FROM WIKIPEDIA. IT SHOWS LINE BY LINE HOW SMITH GOT IT WRONG. I'M SORRY, BUT I'M FORCED TO CONCLUDE THAT HE WAS A FALSE PROPHET THAT COULDN'T READ EGYPTIAN. If you're unable to view the video, try this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcyzkd_m6KE Joseph Smith gave explanations for 12 elements of this image, several of which are at variance with current Egyptologists interpretations. At least three Egyptologists that have analyzed the facsimile and the original vignette (see images above) believe that the missing portions (lacunae) in the original papyrus fragment were erroneously restored, either by Smith or someone else.
http://www.utlm.org/ http://www.mazeministry.com/ http://www.bible.ca/mor-questions.htm http://josephlied.com/ http://www.biblebelievers.net http://www.watchman.org/lds/ http://www.mrm.org/topics http://www.irr.org http://query.nytimes.com 1 DNA testing has proven Native American Indians, Polynesians, and Aleutes (Eskimos) are from Asia, and not Israelites as the Book of Mormon says, thus proving it and Joseph Smith false. 3. Mormon temple rituals and other things were not the result of "divine revelations", but were simply plagiarized from Scottish Rite Freemasonry. 4. Joseph Smith was fooled by the Kinderhook Plates, thus proving he was a false prophet. 5. Joseph Smith falsely predicted that all Mormons alive in 1830 would live to See Christ return. 6. Joseph Smith could very well indeed have written The Book of Mormon (and did!). 7.Joseph Smith was not a humble pious man as Mormons claim, but was proud, power hungry, and practiced the occult!
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The Richard Harvey story twists
through the halls of England¡¯s finest academic institutions, turns
with the author as he pursues nearly every religion under the sun and
dramatically takes off as he discovers the great transforming truth!
There is only one problem: That truth and his Jewish roots seem to
stand in conflict with one another.
