by Dan Wees | May 22, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Regarding the Book of Abraham… “Later the half-dozen leading Egyptologists who were asked to examine the facsimiles agreed that they were ordinary funeral documents such as can be found on thousands of Egyptian graves.” Fawn Brodie, No Man Knows My History (New...
by Dan Wees | May 22, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Problems with Facsimile No. 3 of the Book of Abraham: One notable issue concerns the characters (5) Shulem and (6) Olimlah, who are named and briefly described by Joseph Smith in the explanations of Facsimile No. 3, yet no further information about them is provided...
by Dan Wees | May 22, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The Book of Abraham, Facsimile #3 problems … One of the most evident issues with Joseph Smith’s interpretation of Facsimile 3 from the Book of Abraham is his misidentification of two clearly female figures as male. According to Smith’s explanation, the figures...
by Dan Wees | May 22, 2018 | Miscellaneous
As with Facsimiles 1 and 2, Facsimile 3 of the Book of Abraham (shown here) includes an explanation by Joseph Smith, Jr. that has drawn significant scrutiny—particularly from scholars familiar with ancient Egyptian iconography. Smith identified the figures from left...
by Dan Wees | May 22, 2018 | Miscellaneous
In 22 Nephi 4:14, Nephi notes that his father, Lehi, spoke “before his death”—as opposed to … after? “For I, Nephi, was constrained to speak unto them, according to his word; for I had spoken many things unto them, and also my father, before his death; many of which...
by Dan Wees | May 22, 2018 | Miscellaneous
The Book of Mormon includes twenty-one nearly complete chapters from the book of Isaiah, along with excerpts from several others. According to Joseph Smith, these writings were preserved on the brass plates—a sacred record Nephi obtained from Laban, whom he killed...
