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by hauslern
Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:19 am
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Thoughts of John Gee on the Book of Abraham
Replies: 19
Views: 2969

Thoughts of John Gee on the Book of Abraham

Interesting interview with Gee and his experience at Yale. He does not mention Ritner. https://www.fromthedesk.org/10-questions-john-gee/ Note how he argues for the Book of Abraham "The first is that the fragments that we currently have must be the papyri from which Joseph Smith translated the Book ...
by hauslern
Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:48 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: John Gee Accuses JSP of "subscrib[ing]...to anti-Mormon theories about...the Book of Abraham."
Replies: 32
Views: 7334

Re: John Gee Accuses JSP of "subscrib[ing]...to anti-Mormon theories about...the Book of Abraham."

Something written on my Facebook page "Quinten Barney I echo what Tim has said Noel - more than a superficial look is needed, especially with facsimile 3. As per the "chiseled out snout," I addressed that argument in my thesis (which has been linked to above), though I'd add that unless your friend ...
by hauslern
Fri Jan 22, 2021 10:36 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Tim Barker's rehash of old theories on Book of Abraham
Replies: 7
Views: 2949

Re: Tim Barker's rehash of old theories on Book of Abraham

Phi0 I am not a new boy just Aussieguy using a different name.
Tamis responded kindly to my question about how many hypocephalus Smith had access to.It was only one.
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by hauslern
Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:03 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Jim Bennett and the Book of Abraham
Replies: 19
Views: 4016

Re: Jim Bennett and the Book of Abraham

We know there were several mummies. Would the others have the same hypocephalus perhaps displayng the snake in full but then Smith did not use because of it displayed a snake with legs and penis?
by hauslern
Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:38 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Jim Bennett and the Book of Abraham
Replies: 19
Views: 4016

Re: Jim Bennett and the Book of Abraham

Dan Petersen on his Patheos blog claims that Gee is an expert on the hypocephalus. I had an exchange with Tamás Mekis who has written this paper on hypocephalus https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fc7q4KNlr01H7J4xr7HnU_yL8ACaQC08kAoEkVt3DDc/edit I asked him how Gee was considered among Egyptologists...
by hauslern
Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:16 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Tim Barker's rehash of old theories on Book of Abraham
Replies: 7
Views: 2949

Tim Barker's rehash of old theories on Book of Abraham

https://www.fairmormon.org/conference/2020-fairmormon-conference/the-answer-under-our-heads?fbclid=IwAR2K3H6Tn75pvXyy1pq9opjZ61gLcHBzv9YA79ZQW2t-fz9az065qzfoCeQ He seems to support the missing scroll theory But look at this doosy Q 3: Do you have any insight in the other figures in Facsimile 2 that ...
by hauslern
Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:33 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Jim Bennett and the Book of Abraham
Replies: 19
Views: 4016

Re: Jim Bennett and the Book of Abraham

Bennett's last response to John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWV0HqakM68
Note Bennett's intellectual gymnastics.
by hauslern
Tue Jan 05, 2021 10:27 pm
Forum: Terrestrial Forum
Topic: Jim Bennett and the Book of Abraham
Replies: 19
Views: 4016

Re: Jim Bennett and the Book of Abraham

An interesting paper on just when the Hebrew language came into use. https://www.academia.edu/13459417/The_Conquest_of_Canaan_in_the_Book_of_Joshua_and_in_History_in_I_Finkelstein_and_N_Na_aman_eds_From_Nomadism_to_Monarchy_Archaeological_and_Historical_Aspects_of_Early_Israel_Jerusalem_1994_pp_218_...