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Neither the statements in the main text or its accompanying footnote are accurate. For a discussion on the reality of 'reformed Egyptian' scripts see: | Neither the statements in the main text or its accompanying footnote are accurate. For a discussion on the reality of 'reformed Egyptian' scripts see: | ||
− | *William J. Hamblin, "Reformed Egyptian," criticism paper (Provo, Utah: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1995), 8 pp. (http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?a=transcripts/00036.inc or http://lightplanet.com/mormons/response/ bom/Reformed_Egyptian.htm | + | *William J. Hamblin, "Reformed Egyptian," criticism paper (Provo, Utah: The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1995), 8 pp. (http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?a=transcripts/00036.inc or http://lightplanet.com/mormons/response/bom/Reformed_Egyptian.htm |
*John Gee, "La Trahison des Clercs: On the Language and Translation of the Book of Mormon," ''Review of Books on the Book of Mormon'', vol. 6, no. 1, 1994, 79-83, 94-99. | *John Gee, "La Trahison des Clercs: On the Language and Translation of the Book of Mormon," ''Review of Books on the Book of Mormon'', vol. 6, no. 1, 1994, 79-83, 94-99. | ||
*John Gee, "Two Notes on Egyptian Script," ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'', vol. 5, no. 1, Spring 1996, 161-76. | *John Gee, "Two Notes on Egyptian Script," ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'', vol. 5, no. 1, Spring 1996, 161-76. |
[R]eputable scholars have for decades declared that there is no such language as "Reformed Egyptian."60
John A. Wilson, letter to Marvin Cowan, March 16, 1966. Quoted in Tanner and Tanner, The Changing World [of Mormonism], 144. . . . University of Chicago Egyptologist Klaus Baer has gone so far as to refer to Smith's Book of Mormon characters as senseless "doodlings" (Sunstone, May-June 1980, 30. Quoted in Tanner and Tanner, The Changing World [of Mormonism], 144. . . .
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Neither the statements in the main text or its accompanying footnote are accurate. For a discussion on the reality of 'reformed Egyptian' scripts see:
For parallels between Joseph Smith's "Anthon Transcript" characters and Egyptian writing see:
For parallels between Joseph Smith's "Anthon Transcript" characters and Mesoamerican writing see:
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