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View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- Question: Does Book of Abraham Facsimile 1 show a hand, or does it show the wing of a second bird? (← links)
- Bell: "the questionable traces above the head of the Osiris figure are actually the remains of his right hand" (← links)
- Question: Should the restoration of Book of Abraham Facsimile 1 include a phallus? (← links)
- Bell: "there would not be enough available space to restore the hand of Anubis, the erect phallus of the Osiris, and the body and wings of Isis" (← links)
- Question: Was the original head of the priest in Book of Abraham Facsimile 1 actually the jackal head of Anubis? (← links)
- Muhlestein and Gee: "It is now apparent that human sacrifice did indeed occur in ancient Egypt" (← links)
- Muhlestein: Sacrifice could be extended to foreigners who lived beyond the boundaries of Egypt (← links)
- Muhlestein and Gee: "Sacrifice was a penalty for desecrating the sacred house of an Egyptian god" (← links)
- Question: What are the criticisms related to Book of Abraham Facsimile 1? (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "Joseph Smith’s explanations of the facsimiles of the book of Abraham contain additional earmarks of the ancient world" (← links)
- Question: What does the lion couch scene in Book of Abraham Facsimile 1 normally represent? (← links)
- Question: Is Joseph Smith papyri Facsimile 1 common and similar to other such scenes? (← links)
- Question: Has the name Abraham ever been associated with an Egyptian "lion couch" scene? (← links)
- Question: Is the story of the attempted sacrifice of Abraham described in the Book of Abraham supported by any other sources? (← links)
- The Apocalypse of Abraham: "Go out from thy father Terah, and get thee out from the house, that thou also be not slain" (← links)
- Peterson: "the identification of a crocodile as the idolatrous god of Pharaoh...Unas’ pyramid texts, includes the following: 'The king appears as the crocodile god Sobek'" (← links)
- Question: Did Brigham Young confirm or expound on Joseph Smith’s first vision? (← links)
- Wilford Woodruff (1855): "Joseph Smith, whom I did call upon by mine angels, my ministering servants, and by mine own voice out of the heavens" (← links)
- Question: Did Wilford Woodruff teach something other than the traditional story of the First Vision? (← links)
- Question: Did Wilford Woodruff have knowledge of the First Vision prior to his 1855 remarks about an angel? (← links)
- Juncker (1994): "Unknown to many, the early church fathers often referred to Jesus as an Angel....in antiquity the word 'angel' meant 'messenger'" (← links)
- Source:Priesthood:Millennial Star 14:38:none are required to tamely and blindly submit to a man because he has a portion of the Priesthood (← links)
- Source:Brigham Young:1862:JD 9:150:I am more afraid that this people have so much confidence in their leaders that they will not inquire for themselves of God (← links)
- Source:Brigham Young:1855:JD 3:43:I do not wish any Latter-day Saint...to be satisfied with anything I do (← links)
- Question: What is a 'Hebraism'? (← links)
- Question: Do Hebraisms exist in the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Source:Moses Thatcher:JD 23:203:The "Mormon" Priesthood dominates the affairs of the "Mormon" people upon the principles of righteousness and equity (← links)
- Source:Matthias F. Cowley:Obedience:Talks on Doctrine:160-161:true obedience to the Lord's commands is an indication of moral courage (← links)
- Source:James E. Talmage:The Vitality of Mormonism:42:God has not established His Church to make of its members irresponsible automatons (← links)
- Source:Walker:Joseph Smith's Introduction to the Law:129-130:Under New York law, being just thirteen, Joseph's testimony about the work he had performed was admissible only after the court found him competent (← links)
- Source:Brigham Young:1855:JD 3:51:we know that he was an honorable man and dealt justly, we know his true character (← links)
- Source:Joseph Smith:Letter to Oliver Cowdery:December 1834:during this time, as is common to most, or all youths, I fell into many vices and follies (← links)
- Source:B.H. Roberts:CHC 2:360-361:Joseph Smith was a man of like passions with other men; struggling with the same weaknesses; subjected to the same temptations (← links)
- Source:Joseph Smith:I frequently fell into many foolish errors, and displayed the weakness of youth, and the foibles of human nature (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "The various accounts of the First Vision tell a consistent story, though naturally they differ in emphasis and detail" (← links)
- Seminary Manual (2013): "Joseph Smith emphasized different aspects of his vision in his multiple accounts" (← links)
- Backman (1985): "On at least four different occasions, Joseph Smith either wrote or dictated to scribes accounts of his sacred experience of 1820" (← links)
- Allen (1970): "the Prophet described his experience to friends and acquaintances at least as early as 1831-32...he continued to do so in varying detail until the year of his death" (← links)
- Neuenschwander (2009): "Joseph's vision was at first an intensely personal experience...it became the founding revelation of the Restoration" (← links)
- Gordon B. Hinckley (1984): "I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the first vision" (← links)
- Prothero (2003): "in the 1832 version, Jesus appears to Smith alone, and does all the talking himself. Such complaints, however, are much ado about relatively nothing" (← links)
- Question: What are the criticisms related to Joseph Smith's accounts of the First Vision? (← links)
- Question: Why does Joseph Smith state in his 1832 First Vision account that he was in his "16th year" of age? (← links)
- Question: Are the ages stated in Joseph's accounts of the First Vision 'all over the place?' (← links)
- Question: Is there a case where Joseph stated that his age was 17 rather than 14 at the time of the First Vision? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith change his stated motivation for praying in later years after he received the First Vision? (← links)
- Question: What was Joseph Smith's motivation for going to the grove to pray in 1820? (← links)
- Question: How do the First Vision accounts compare on the subject of Joseph's motivation for praying? (← links)
- Question: Why would the Book of Mormon mention swine if they were living the Law of Moses? (← links)
- Question: By what name did Joseph Smith refer to the First Vision? (← links)