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Griggs To Translate Egyptian Papyri
Griggs To Translate Egyptian Papyri
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Wilfred Griggs of the Department of Ancient Scripture at BYU has been given authorization to examine a set of over 150 papyri found years ago layered underground in some stone enclosures near an ancient temple in western Fayum, Egypt. The discoverers, unable to read the ancient language(s) of the writer(s), simply put the treasure in storage. The papyri are believed to be from the first through the fourth centuries and written in Greek, with possibly some Coptic.
Egyptian Papyri And The Book Of Abraham: Some Questions And Answers, Kerry M. Muhlestein
Egyptian Papyri And The Book Of Abraham: Some Questions And Answers, Kerry M. Muhlestein
Faculty Publications
In 1835 Joseph Smith began translating some ancient Egyptian papyri that he had obtained from an exhibitor passing through Kirtland, Ohio. He soon announced, “Much to our joy [we] found that one of the rolls contained the writings of Abraham.” While we do not know how much the Prophet translated, we do know that some of his translation was published in serial form and eventually canonized as the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price. For nearly one hundred years, it was thought that all these papyri had eventually made their way to the Wood Museum in Chicago, …
Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri, Photographs, Byu Studies
Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri, Photographs, Byu Studies
BYU Studies Quarterly
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