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[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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