Click here to view the actual
Book of Abraham papyrus scroll Joseph claimed to translate.
What is the significance of this scroll, rediscovered in
1967? It provides an objective means of testing Joseph Smith
as a translator. Regarding the rediscovery of the Book of
Abraham scroll pieces in 1967, Hugh Nibley, then professor of
ancient scripture at Brigham Young University, commented in the
journal BYU Studies:
"[the discovery of the BOA scroll is] a far more momentous
transaction than might appear on the surface, for it brought
back into play for the first time since the angel Moroni took
back the golden plates a tangible link between the worlds."
(Winter 1968, p. 171)
Click here to view the section of
scroll from which Facsimile No. 1 in the Book of Abraham was
produced.
Click here to view the section
of scroll from which the Book of Abraham is supposed to have
been translated, and the actual translation in English done
by a professional Egyptologist.
Click here to view the original Book of
Abraham translation manuscript. The Egyptian characters in
the left margin of this document match up exactly to lines of
Egyptian text from Papyrus Joseph Smith 11.
Conclusion: Based on this evidence, many Latter-day
Saints have judged Joseph Smith's claim that he translated the
Book of Abraham from this Egyptian scroll to be fraudulent.
This, in turn, raises serious questions about Joseph's claims to
be a Latter-day prophet of God. Further, it raises serious
questions about the authority and veracity of the church he
founded. To read a fuller treatment of the subject of the Book
of Abraham and obtain full color photographs of the entire
Joseph Smith Papyrus collection, order the book By His Own Hand
Upon Papyrus from the Book of Abraham page on this site. The
text of By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus can also be downloaded
there.
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