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{{Epigraph|The Book of Abraham. An inspired translation of the writings of Abraham. Joseph Smith began the translation in 1835 after obtaining some Egyptian papyri. The translation was published serially in the Times and Seasons beginning March 1, 1842, at Nauvoo, Illinois.<br>&mdash;Introduction, ''Pearl of Great Price'' (2013 edition). {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/introduction?lang=eng}}
 
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===Production of the Book of Abraham===
 
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|summary=How did Joseph Smith produce the Book of Abraham?
 
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|summary=A timeline of events related to the Book of Abraham and Kirtland Egyptian Papers
 
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|summary=It is claimed that the Book of Abraham's claim to have been written by Abraham's "own hand upon papyrus" is falsified since the papyrus dates to after the Abrahamic period.
 
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|summary=Some claim that Thomas Dick's ''Philosophy of a Future State'' is a source for the Book of Abraham
 
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==Content of the Book of Abraham==
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The Book of Abraham is "an inspired translation of the writings of Abraham. Joseph Smith began the translation in 1835 after obtaining some Egyptian papyri."<ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp/introduction Introduction], Pearl of Great Price.</ref> "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints embraces the book of Abraham as scripture. This book [is] a record of the biblical prophet and patriarch Abraham."<ref>[https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/translation-and-historicity-of-the-book-of-abraham "Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham,"] Gospel Topics Essays, ChurchofJesusChrist.org.</ref>
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|summary=Some ask, "Why God would encourage Abraham & Sarah to lie in Abraham 2:24? Isn't lying a sin according to the 10 commandments? Why did God tell Abraham and Sarah to lie when 2 Nephi condemns liars to hell?"
 
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==Evidences of the Book of Abraham==
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|summary=What did the Book of Abraham get right that Joseph couldn't have known?
 
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[[File:IE_Jan1968_cover.jpg|thumb|300 px|right|Cover of the January 1968 issue of the ''Improvement Era'', the Church's official magazine of the time. Note the color photograph of the recovered [http://scriptures.lds.org/en/abr/fac_1 Facsimile 1].]]
 
  
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Book of Abraham

The Book of Abraham is "an inspired translation of the writings of Abraham. Joseph Smith began the translation in 1835 after obtaining some Egyptian papyri."[1] "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints embraces the book of Abraham as scripture. This book [is] a record of the biblical prophet and patriarch Abraham."[2]

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