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O Livro de Abraão/Joseph Smith Papiros
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An example of what I am talking about is the recent discovery of the papyrus scrolls from which Joseph Smith was presumed to have translated the book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price. Modern scholars, looking at the scrolls, found nothing they considered to be similar to that book. I remarked at the time that such a finding didn't bother me in the least. God doesn't need a crib sheet in the form of a papyrus scroll to reveal Abraham's thoughts and words to Joseph Smith, with any degree of precision He considers necessary for His purposes. If the only function of the scrolls was to awaken the Prophet to the idea of receiving such inspiration, they would have fulfilled their purpose.
—Henry Eyring, Reflections of a Scientist, p. 46
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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 Facsimile 1.
Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri/Text
Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri/Kirtland Egyptian Papers
Photograph of Facsimile 1 from the recovered Joseph Smith Papyri
Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri/Facsimiles
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