abinadi_fire wrote:Interesting find, Paul. Of course we shouldn’t expect Smith to leave a jackal’s head in a “restored” story about Abraham.
The theory that Smith tore off and disposed of the scraps that are now lacunae may not necessarily be harmful to his cause - imagine the prophet with righteous indignation uttering oaths about scheming, evil Egyptian scribes replacing Abraham’s original message with stories of jackal-headed false gods! - as he rightfully and carefully disposes of the disintegrating fibers torn from the papyrus.
Then, turning to his stone, asks of the Lord to reveal the original and oh! aren’t we thankful for a prophet?
Paul - did any of the Smiths place names with the mummies that the scrolls accompanied? Certainly not “Hor, justified,” but did he claim the bodies were those of any of the patriarchs?
Thank you, abinadi_fire for your interest. Indeed, a jackal head in the restored story of Facsimile No. 1 would be be odd. But what's really odd is there is the head of a white man atop the body of a black man. This is another major blunder committed by Joseph Smith that I failed to see earlier although it was right in front of my eyes in black and white (no pun intended).
Now we have:
Facsimile No. 3
1. Identifies Isis as a man king
2. Identifies Osiris as Abraham
3. Identifies Maat as a boy
4. Identifies Hor as a waiter
5. Identifies Anubis as a slave
Facsimile No. 1
1. Identifies Anubis as a king's priest
2. Identifies Hor as Abraham
3. Put's a white man's head on a black man's body
The list goes on and on to include introducing hieroglyphic characters upside down in Facsimile No. 2. in the lacunae.