The Top Ten Happenings in Mopologetics, 2022

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Re: The Top Ten Happenings in Mopologetics, 2022

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I've been spending more time on this forum since school has been out. Thanks for the honorable mention, Dr. Scratch.
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Re: The Top Ten Happenings in Mopologetics, 2022

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I wonder how the GAs look at the comments by him in his CV page 39
https://humanities.byu.edu/wp-content/u ... -J2019.pdf

"The Book of Abraham was a revelation given to Joseph Smith, who later (mistakenly thinking it was a translation from the papyri he had in his possession) tried to connect the revealed text to the papyri by inserting two sentences, verse 12c and verse 14, into Abraham 1. The secondary nature of these two inserted sentences can be directly observed in the photos of folios 1a and 1b in the document identified as Ab2. Verse 12c is totally inserted intralinearly, not partially (as incorrectly represented in the accompanying transcription – and without comment). Verse 14 is not written on the page as are other portions of this part of the text (instead, it is written flush to the left), which implies that it is a comment on the papyri and that it was added to the revealed text. Overall, these results imply that all the facsimiles from the papyri (1-3 in the published Pearl of Great Price) should be considered extracanonical and additions to the revealed text of the Book of Abraham, not integral parts of the original text of the book."
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Re: The Top Ten Happenings in Mopologetics, 2022

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MsJack wrote:
Wed Jun 07, 2023 10:09 pm
I've been spending more time on this forum since school has been out. Thanks for the honorable mention, Dr. Scratch.
You are most welcome, MsJack, and *thank you* for your incisive post!
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