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Contents
- 1 Response to claims made in "Chapter 2: The Book of Abraham: A Timely Document"
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- 1.2 Claim The author talks of the "small assortment of brittle, faded papyri that Joseph had acquired..."
- 1.3 Claim The author claims that the acquisition of the papyri strengthened Joseph's reputation as a prophet and translator "at a time when such support was greatly needed."
- 1.4 Claim The author claims that Moses is claimed to have "relied upon the very same account which Joseph Smith" possessed in writing the first books of the Bible and that it was claimed to be "the very work from which Genesis had been derived."
- 1.5 Claim The author claims that Joseph wrote the Egyptian character on the left, and then the translation of it on the right.
- 1.6 Claim The author claims that the Book of Abraham's story of the Lord telling Abraham to lie about his wife gave Joseph justification to publicly deny the practice of polygamy during the Nauvoo period.
- 1.7 Claim The author states that the Book of Abraham "introduced the first and only scriptural basis for denying the priesthood to Blacks."
Response to claims made in "Chapter 2: The Book of Abraham: A Timely Document"
| Claims made in "Chapter 1: How It All Began" | A FAIR Analysis of: By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri A work by author: Charles M. Larson
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Claims made in "Chapter 3: Charges and Rebuttals" |
17
Claim
The author talks of the "small assortment of brittle, faded papyri that Joseph had acquired..."
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
17
Claim
The author claims that the acquisition of the papyri strengthened Joseph's reputation as a prophet and translator "at a time when such support was greatly needed."
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
17-18
Claim
The author claims that Moses is claimed to have "relied upon the very same account which Joseph Smith" possessed in writing the first books of the Bible and that it was claimed to be "the very work from which Genesis had been derived."
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
18
Claim
The author claims that Joseph wrote the Egyptian character on the left, and then the translation of it on the right.
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
20
Claim
The author claims that the Book of Abraham's story of the Lord telling Abraham to lie about his wife gave Joseph justification to publicly deny the practice of polygamy during the Nauvoo period.
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
22
Claim
The author states that the Book of Abraham "introduced the first and only scriptural basis for denying the priesthood to Blacks."
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources