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*The Egyptian characters on the recovered documents are a portion of the "Book of Breathings," an Egyptian religious text buried with mummies that instructed the dead on how to successfully reach the afterlife. This particular Book of Breathings was written for a deceased man named Hor, so it it usually called ''the Hor Book of Breathings''. | *The Egyptian characters on the recovered documents are a portion of the "Book of Breathings," an Egyptian religious text buried with mummies that instructed the dead on how to successfully reach the afterlife. This particular Book of Breathings was written for a deceased man named Hor, so it it usually called ''the Hor Book of Breathings''. | ||
*The extant fragments include the original Facsimile 1. The papyri containing Facsimile 2 and Facsimile 3 have never been recovered. | *The extant fragments include the original Facsimile 1. The papyri containing Facsimile 2 and Facsimile 3 have never been recovered. | ||
*Other than the vignette represented in Facsimile 1, the material on the papyri received by the Church, at least from a standard Egyptological point of view, does not include the actual text of the Book of Abraham. This was discussed in the Church publication, the '' | *Other than the vignette represented in Facsimile 1, the material on the papyri received by the Church, at least from a standard Egyptological point of view, does not include the actual text of the Book of Abraham. This was discussed in the Church publication, the ''Improvement Era'' in January 1968. {{link|url=http://archive.org/stream/improvementera7101unse#page/n12/mode/1up}} | ||
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*Scientist Henry Eyring (father of Henry B. Eyring) on the Book of Abraham: | *Scientist Henry Eyring (father of Henry B. Eyring) on the Book of Abraham: |
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The Book of Abraham. An inspired translation of the writings of Abraham. Joseph Smith began the translation in 1835 after obtaining some Egyptian papyri. The translation was published serially in the Times and Seasons beginning March 1, 1842, at Nauvoo, Illinois.
—Introduction, Pearl of Great Price (2013 edition). off-site
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