Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations

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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

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Endnotes

None

Further reading

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