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+ | |sublink1=Response to claim: 329-330 - Joseph claimed that the papyrus was written by Abraham himself | ||
+ | |sublink2=Response to claim: 330-331 - Hugh Nibley said that the papyri does not prove the Book of Abraham to be true and the LDS scholars were unprepared | ||
+ | |sublink3=Response to claim: 335 - Since the translation of the papyri was turned over to Hugh Nibley, this proves that the prophet does not have the ability to translate ancient records | ||
+ | |sublink4=Response to claim: 336 - Facsimile 1 does not show Abraham fastened to an altar being sacrificed, but instead shows Hor being prepared for burial | ||
+ | |sublink5=Response to claim: 337 - LDS leaders were unable to detect the Hofmann forgeries | ||
+ | |sublink6=Response to claim: 339 - "Mormon elder" Dee Jay Nelson, who claimed to be an Egyptologist, translated the papyri but was unable to find any mention of Abraham | ||
+ | |sublink7=Response to claim: 342 - Joseph Smith translated a "large number of English words" from each Egyptian character | ||
+ | |sublink8=Response to claim: 343 - Joseph used four lines from the papyrus to generate 49 verses in the Book of Abraham | ||
+ | |sublink9=Response to claim: 351 - The papyri have been dated to a much later time than Abraham, therefore they could not have been written by Abraham's "own hand on papyrus" | ||
+ | |sublink10=Response to claim: 358-361 - In Facsimile #1, the penciled-in restoration is incorrect | ||
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A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism A work by author: Jerald and Sandra Tanner
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