1519: Joseph Smith’s Egyptian Grammar and Alphabet

Join John Dehlin and Radio Free Mormon as we speak with Dan Vogel about his new book, “ Book of Abraham Apologetics: A Review and Critique” published by Signature Books.

Said to have been dictated by Joseph Smith as a translation of an ancient Egyptian scroll purchased in Kirtland, Ohio, in 1835, the Book of Abraham may be Mormonism’s most controversial scripture. Decades of impassioned discussion began when about a dozen fragments of Smith’s Egyptian papyri, including a facsimile from the Book of Abraham, were found in the New York Metropolitan Museum in 1966. The discovery solved a mystery about the origin of the Egyptian characters that appear in the various manuscript copies of the Book of Abraham from 1835, reproduced from one of the fragments. Some LDS scholars devised arguments to explain what seemed to be clear evidence of Smith’s inability to translate Egyptian. In this book, Dan Vogel not only highlights the problems with these apologetic arguments but explains the underlying source documents in revealing detail and clarity.

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Show Notes:

• Book of Abraham Apologetics: A Review and Critique by Dan Vogel
• Mormon Stories' interviews with Dan Vogel
• Mormon Stories' interviews with Dan Vogel on Book of Mormon origins
• Mormon Stories' interviews with Dan Vogel on Book of Mormon authorship
• "Mormon Origins Explained," Dan Vogel's YouTube channel
• Mormonism Live with Radio Free Mormon and Bill Reel
• Mormon Stories discussion with Radio Free Mormon about Book of Abraham scholarship
• Mormon Stories interview with Dr. Robert Ritner
• A Guide to the Joseph Smith Papyri by John Gee
• An Introduction to the Book of Abraham by John Gee
• Illustrations of Freemasonry by Capt. William Morgan
• A Reason for Faith: The Explanation-Defying Book of Abraham by Kerry Muhlstein