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| 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 2: The Book of Abraham: A Timely Document" |
Claims made in "Chapter 1: How It All Began"
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Claim
- The author claims that the Book of Mormon was written "in a strange, long-forgotten language called Reformed Egyptian."
Author's source(s) - Mormon 9:32
- Moroni said that he was writing using a form of "reformed Egyptian," meaning that he was using a version of Egyptian characters that had been modified by his people over the years. He did not claim that their language was called "Reformed Egyptian."
- Observe in Mormon 9꞉32
And now, behold, we have written this record according to our knowledge, in the characters which are called among us the reformed Egyptian, being handed down and altered by us, according to our manner of speech.