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Contents
[hide]Criticism
Critics look to numerous contemporary sources to explain how Joseph Smith was able to produce the Book of Abraham.
Source(s) of the criticism
- Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 171–172. ( Index of claims )
- Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 17–24. ( Index of claims )
Response
The following contemporary sources are claimed by various critics to be sources for the Book of Abraham.
- Genesis
- Josephus
- Philosophy of a Future State by Thomas Dick
Conclusion
Endnotes
None
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
FAIR web site
- FAIR Topical Guide: