Book of Abraham/Church Hides Book of Abraham Info (2004-Present)

Publications Mentioning/Addressing Book of Abraham Controversies



Publications from 1998-2003
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LDS-authored publications which address and/or mention Book of Abraham controversies (2004-Present)

2004

  • Daniel C. Peterson and Matthew Roper, "Ein Heldenleben? On Thomas Stuart Ferguson as an Elias for Cultural Mormons: A Review of "Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson's Archaeological Search for the Book of Mormon" by Stan Larson," FARMS Review 16, no. 1 (2004): 175–220 (see pgs 179–188 for discussion on the Book of Abraham).
  • Larry E. Morris, "The Book of Abraham: Ask the Right Questions and Keep On Looking: A Review of 'The Breating Permit of Hor' Thirty-Four Years Later' by Robert K. Ritner, Dialogue 33/4 (2000): 97–119," FARMS Review 16, no. 2 (2004): 355–380.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Prelude to the Pearl: Sweeping Events Leading to the Discovery of the Book of Abraham," in Prelude to the Restoration: From Apostasy to the Restored Church, The 33rd Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2004), 130–141.
  • Michael Ash and Kevin Barney, "The ABC's of the Book of Abraham," FAIR Conference, 2004.

2005

  • Kerry Muhlestein, "The Book of Breathings in Its Place: A Review of 'The Hor Book of Breathings: A Translation and Commentary' by Michael D. Rhodes," FARMS Review 17, no. 2 (2005):471–486.
  • Kerry Shirts, "Joseph Smith as Egyptologist," Sunstone Symposium, July 30, 2005.
  • Richard D. Draper, S. Kent Brown, and Michael D. Rhodes, The Pearl of Great Price: A Verse-By-Verse Commentary (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005).
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Authentic Ancient Names and Words in the Book of Abraham and Related Kirtland Egyptian Papers," FAIR Conference 2005.
  • Hugh Nibley, The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri: An Egyptian Endowment, 2nd ed. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and Provo, UT: FARMS, 2005).
    • What Manner of Document?
    • Reproduction and Translation of Papyri X and XI
    • Translated Correctly?
    • A More Complete Text of the Book of Breathings
    • The Nature and Purpose of the Book of Breathings
    • Initiation Rites and Entering the Temple
    • The Creation (Resurrection) of Man
    • The Garden Story
    • The Long Road Back
    • The Fearful Passage
    • Culmination and Conclusion
    • From the Dead Sea Scrolls (1QS)
    • From the Odes of Solomon
    • The Pearl
    • From the Pistis Sophia
    • Cyril of Jerusalem's Lectures on the Ordinances
    • From the Gospel of Phillip

2006

2007

  • John Gee, "A Method for Studying the Facsimiles: A Review of "A Study Guide to the Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham" by Allen J. Fletcher," FARMS Review 19, no. 1 (2007): 347–353.
  • John Gee, "New Light on the Joseph Smith Papyri," FARMS Review 19, no. 2 (2007): 245–260.
  • Paul Y. Hoskisson and Michael D. Rhodes, "Ancient Semitic in Egyptian Pyramids," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16, no. 1 (2007): 74–75.
  • Jennifer Hurlbut, "Astronomy, Papyrus, and Covenant, by John Gee and Brian M. Hauglid (Eds.), Volume 3 of Studies on the Book of Abraham," BYU Studies 46, no. 3 (2007): 191–192.
  • Samuel Brown, "Joseph Smith's Kirtland Egyptian Papers: Hieroglyphs, The Sacerdotal Genealogy, and the Antidote to Babel," Sunstone Symposium, Salt Lake City, August 9, 2007.

2008

  • John Gee, "Some Puzzles from the Joseph Smith Papyri," FARMS Review 20, no. 1 (2008):113–137.
  • William D. Morain, "The Prophet and the Papyrus," 2008 Restoration Studies Symposium, co-sponsored as "Sunstone Midwest," April 12, 2008 (John Whitmer Historical Association).
  • Lanny Bell, "The Ancient Egyptian 'Books of Breathing,' the Mormon 'Book of Abraham,' and the Development of Egyptology in America," in Egypt and Beyond: Essays Presented to Leonard H. Lesko upon his Retirement from the Wilbour Chair of Egyptology at Brown University June 2005, eds. Stephen E. Thompson and Peter Der Manuelian (Providence, RI: Brown University, 2008), 21–40.
  • Samuel Brown, "The Translator and the Ghostwriter: Joseph Smith and W.W. Phelps," Journal of Mormon History 34, no. 1 (Winter 2008): 26–62.

2009

  • William V. Smith, A Joseph Smith Commentary on The Book of Abraham: An Introduction to the Study of the Book of Abraham.
  • John Gee, "The Larger Issue," FAIR Conference, August 6, 2009.
  • David J. Ridges, The Pearl of Great Price Made Easier (Springville, UT: Cedar Fort, 2009).
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Encircling Astronomy and the Egyptians: An Approach to Abraham 3," The Religious Educator 10/1 (2009):32–50.
  • Seth Bryant, "Reformed Egyptian and the Book of Abraham Papyri: A Shared Scriptural Dilemma Across the Restoration," 2009 Restoration Studies Symposium, April 18, 2009 (John Whitmer Historical Association).
  • Christopher C. Smith, "The Dependence of Abraham 1:1-3 on the Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar," John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 29 (2009): 38–54.
  • Samuel Brown, "Joseph (Smith) in Egypt: Babel, Hieroglyphs, and the Pure Language of Eden," Church History 78, no. 1 (2009): 26–65.
  • Matthew Porter Wilcox, "The Coming Forth of the Book of Abraham," in The Restoration and History of the Church, BYU Religious Education 2009 Student Symposium (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young Unversity, 2009), 105–121.
  • Hugh Nibley, An Approach to the Book of Abraham, ed. John Gee (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: FARMS, 2009).

Editor's Introduction: Hugh Nibley and the Joseph Smith Papyri, by John Gee

    • As Things Stand at the Moment
    • Challenge and Response
    • Qualified for What?
    • Facsimile 1: A Unique Document
    • Facsimile 1: By the Figures
    • The Unknown Abraham
    • The New Abraham
    • Judging and Prejudging the Book of Abraham
    • What, Exactly, Is the Purpose and Significance of the Facsimiles in the Book of Abraham?
    • The Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham: A Response
    • The Meaning of the Kirtland Egyptian Papers
    • Conclusion: Taking Stock
    • Appendix: A New Look at the Pearl of Great Price

2010

  • Michael D. Rhodes, Books of the Dead Belonging to Tshemmin and Neferirnub: A Translation and Commentary, Studies in the Book of Abraham 4 (Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2010).
  • Brian M. Hauglid, A Textual History of the Book of Abraham: Manuscripts and Editions, Studies in the Book of Abraham 5 (Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2010).
  • Hugh Nibley and Michael D. Rhodes, One Eternal Round (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, 2010).
    • Preface: Michael D. Rhodes
    • Introduction
    • The Critics
    • What Is the Problem?
    • Dispensations and Axial Times
    • Myth, Ritual, and History
    • Abraham and the Great Year-Rite
    • What Is a Hypocephalus?
    • Reading the Hypocephalus: Part 1, Figures 1-4, 22-23
    • Reading the Hypocephalus: Part 2, Figures 5-21
    • The Ascension Dramas
    • Jewel of Discernment
    • Joseph Smith, Hermetic Tradition, and the Hypocephalus
    • The Kabbala
    • Alexander the Great
    • Nimrod
    • Geometry
  • Kevin L. Barney, "On Elkenah as Canaanite El," Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture, 19, no. 1 (2010): 22–35.
  • John Gee, "Marginal Characters in the Book of Abraham Manuscripts," FAIR Conference, Sandy, Utah, August 6, 2010.
  • William Schryver, "The Meaning of the Kirtland Egyptian Papers," FAIR Conference, Sandy, Utah, August 6, 2010.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham: Some Questions and Answers," The Religious Educator 11, no. 1 (2010): 90–106.
  • Andrew W. Cook and Christopher C. Smith, "The Original Length of the Scroll of Hôr," Dialogue 43, no. 4 (Winter 2010): 1–42.

2011

  • Clifford James Stratton, The Facsimiles in the Pearl of Great Price: The Prophet Joseph Smith's "Explanations," (Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2011).
  • John Gee and Kerry Muhlestein, "An Egyptian Context for the Sacrifice of Abraham," Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 20/2 (2011):70–77.
  • John Gee, "An Egyptian View of Abraham," in Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown, eds. Andrew C. Skinner, D. Morgan Davis, and Carl Griffin (Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, 2011), 137–156.
  • Christopher C. Smith, "'That Which is Lost': Assessing the State of the Preservation of the Joseph Smith Papyri," John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 31, no. 1 (Spring/Summer 2011):69–83.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Egyptian Papyri and the Book of Abraham: A Faithful, Egyptological Point of View," in No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues, ed. Robert L. Millett (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011), 217–244.
  • Brian Hauglid, "Thoughts on the Book of Abraham," in No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues, ed. Robert L. Millett (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company and Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2011), 245–258.

2012

  • Robert K. Ritner, The Joseph Smith Egyptian Papyri: A Complete Edition (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2012).
  • John Gee, "Formulas and Faith," Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 1 (2012):60–65.
  • John Gee, "The Book of Abraham, I Presume," FAIR Conference, 2012.
  • Andrew W. Cook, "Formulas and Facts: A Response to John Gee," Dialogue 45, no. 3 (Fall 2012):1–10.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Beautifully Written Upon Papyrus: The Story of the Joseph Smith Papyri," Insight, an Honors Publication (2012):3–9.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Abraham, Isaac, and Osiris-Michael: The Use of Biblical Figures in Egyptian Religion," in Proceedings of Achievements and Problems of Modern Egyptology, ed. A. Belova Galina (Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences, 2012):246–259.

2013

  • Kerry Muhlestein, "The Religious and Cultural Background of Joseph Smith Papyri I," Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 1 (2013):20–33.
  • John Gee, "Abraham and Idrimi," Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 1 (2013):34–39.
  • Quinten Barney, "Sobek: The Idolatrous God of Pharoah Amenemhet III," Journal of Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 2 (2013):22–27.
  • Stephen O. Smoot, "Council, Chaos, and Creation in the Book of Abraham," Journal of Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 2 (2013):28–39.
  • Kerry Muhlestein and Alexander L. Baugh, "Preserving the Joseph Smith Papyri Fragments: What Can We Learn From the Paper on Which the Papyri Were Mounted?," Journal of Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 2 (2013):66–83.
  • John Gee, "Has Olishem Been Discovered?," Journal of Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 2 (2013):104–107.
  • Jeff Lindsay, "Isis and Maat in Facsimile 3 of the Book of Abraham: A Horrific Blunder by Joseph Smith?," FairMormon Blog, December 29, 2013.
  • Hollis R. Johnson, "One Day to a Cubit," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 3 (2013):223–230.
  • Stephen O. Smoot, "'By His Own Hand, Upon Papyrus': Another Look," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture (blog), November 14, 2013.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "The Book of Abraham, Joseph Smith, Revelation, and You," Brigham Young University-Hawaii Devotional, November 12, 2013.

2014

  • Kerry Muhlestein, "The Book of Abraham and Unnoticed Assumptions," FAIRMormon Conference 2014.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "How We Got the Book of Abraham," Meridian Magazine (July 29, 2014).
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Faulty Assumptions about the Book of Abraham," Meridian Magazine (August 6, 2014).
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "How Joseph Smith Translated the Book of Abraham," Meridian Magazine (August 20, 2014).
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Interpreting the Abraham Facsimiles," Meridian Magazine (September 1, 2014).
  • Stephen Smoot and Quinten Barney, "The Book of the Dead as a Temple Text and the Implications for the Book of Abraham," in The Temple: Ancient and Restored, eds. Stephen D. Ricks and Donald W. Parry, Temple on Mount Zion Series 3 (Orem, UT: Interpreter Foundation and Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2016), 183–209.

2015

  • Matthew J. Grey, "'The Word of the Lord in the Original': Joseph Smith's Study of Hebrew in Kirtland," in Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith and the Ancient World [BYU Church History Symposium 2013] (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 2015), 249–302.
  • John Gee, "Joseph Smith and Ancient Egypt," in Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith and the Ancient World [BYU Church History Symposium 2013] (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 2015), 427–448.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Joseph Smith's Biblical View of Egypt," in Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith and the Ancient World [BYU Church History Symposium 2013] (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 2015), 449–473.
  • Brian Hauglid, "The Book of Abraham and the Egyptian Project: 'A Knowledge of Hidden Languages,'" in Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith and the Ancient World [BYU Church History Symposium 2013] (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center, 2015), 474–511.
  • Ryan Stuart Bingham, "Curses and Marks: Racial Dispensations and Dispensations of Race in Joseph Smith's Bible Revision and the Book of Abraham," Journal of Mormon History 41, no. 3 (July 2015):22–57.
  • Christopher C. Smith, "The Book of Abraham Crisis: A History," Sunstone 178 (Summer 2015):10–11.

2016

  • Kerry Muhlestein and Megan Hansen, "'The Work of Translating': The Book of Abraham's Translation Chronology," in Let Us Reason Together: Essays in Honor of the Life's Work of Robert L. Millett, ed. J. Spencer Fluhman and Brent L. Top (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center and Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, Brigham Young University, 2016):139–162.
  • John Gee, "Shulem, One of the King's Principal Waiters," Interpreter 19 (2016):383–395.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Assessing the Joseph Smith Papyri: An Introduction to the Historiography of their Acquisitions, Translations, and Interpretations," Interpreter 22 (2016):17–49.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Joseph Smith and Egyptian Artifacts: A Model for Evaluating the Prophetic Nature of the Prophet's Ideas about the Ancient World," BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 3 (2016):35–82.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "The Explanation-Defying Book of Abraham," in A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine and Church History, ed. Laura Harris Hales (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and Provo, UT: Brigham Young University's Religious Studies Center, 2016), 79–91.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, "Papyri and Presumptions: A Careful Examination of the Eyewitness Accounts Associated with the Joseph Smith Papyri," Journal of Mormon History 42, no. 4 (October 2016):31–50.
  • Quinten Barney, “The Joseph Smith Papyri and the Writings of Joseph of Egypt,” Journal of Mormon History 42, no. 2 (Spring 2016): 95–109.

2017

  • Mark J. Johnson, "Scriptures With Pictures: Methodology, Unexamined Assumptions, and the Study of the Book of Abraham," Interpreter 25 (2017):1–59.
  • John Gee, An Introduction to the Book of Abraham (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, and Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, Religious Studies Center, 2017).
  • Brian Hauglid, "The Book of Abraham and Translating the Sacred," BYU Religious Education Review (Winter 2017):12–15.
  • Robin Scott Jensen, "The Joseph Smith Papers and the Book of Abraham," BYU Religious Education Review (Winter 2017):16–17.
  • Dennis L. Largey, ed., The Pearl of Great Price Reference Companion (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2017).
  • Brent M. Rodgers et al., eds., The Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volume 5: October 1835–January 1838 (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church Historian’s Press, 2017), 69–88.

2018

  • Stephen O. Smoot, "Pressing Forward with the Book of Abraham" [Review of John Gee's An Introduction to the Book of Abraham], Interpreter 28 (2018):299–308.
  • Robin Scott Jensen and Brian M. Hauglid, eds. The Joseph Smith Papers, Revelations and Translations, Volume 4: Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church Historian’s Press, 2018).
  • Kerry Muhlestein, “The Book of Abraham, Revelation, and You,” Ensign 48 (December 2018): 54–57.

2019

  • Alex D. Smith, Christian K. Heimburger, and Christopher James Blythe, eds., The Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volume 9: December 1841–April 1842 (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church Historian’s Press, 2019), 251–264.
  • Terryl Givens, The Pearl of Greatest Price: Mormonism’s Most Controversial Scripture (New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2019).
  • Jeff Lindsay, “A Precious Resource with Some Gaps,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 13–104.
  • John Gee, "The Joseph Smith Papers Project Stumbles," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019) 175–86.
  • Quinten Barney, “The Neglected Facsimile: An Examination and Comparative Study of Facsimile No. 3 of The Book of Abraham,” MA thesis, Brigham Young University, 2019.

2020

  • Matthew J. Grow and Matthew C. Godfrey, "The Joseph Smith Papers and the Book of Abraham: A Response to Recent Reviews," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 97–104.
  • Jeff Lindsay, "A Welcome Response, but Flaws Remain," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 105–112.
  • John Gee, "Taking Stock," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 113–18.
  • Matthew J. Grey, “Approaching Egyptian Papyri through Biblical Language: Joseph Smith’s Use of Hebrew in His Translation of the Book of Abraham,” in Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity, eds. Michael Hubbard MacKay, Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Brian M. Hauglid (Salt Lake City, UT: The University of Utah Press, 2020), 390—451.
  • John S. Thompson, “‘We May Not Understand Our Words’: The Book of Abraham and the Concept of Translation in The Pearl of Greatest Price,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 1–48.
  • John Gee “Four Idolatrous Gods in the Book of Abraham,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 38 (2020): 133-152.
  • Stephen O. Smoot, “‘From the Catecombs of Egypt’: Latter-day Saint Engagement with Ancient Egypt and the Contest of Religious Identity,” Journal of Mormon History 46, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 1–44.
  • J. Ward Moody, “Times of Reckoning and Set Times in Abraham 3,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 38 (2020): 1–14.

2021

  • John Gee, “Fantasy and Reality in the Translation of the Book of Abraham,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 127–170.
  • John Gee, “Prolegomena to a Study of the Egyptian Alphabet Documents in the Joseph Smith Papers,” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 77–98.
  • Dan Vogel, Book of Abraham Apologetics: A Review and Critique (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2021).
  • Jeff Lindsay, "Book of Abraham Polemics: Dan Vogel’s Broad Critique of the Defense of the Book of Abraham," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 47 (2021): 107–150.
  • Stephen O. Smoot , "Framing the Book of Abraham: Presumptions and Paradigms," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 47 (2021): 263–338.
  • Shon D. Hopkin, “The Covenant among Covenants: The Abrahamic Covenant and Biblical Covenant Making,” in From Creation to Sinai: The Old Testament through the Lens of the Restoration, ed. by Daniel L. Belnap and Aaron P. Schade (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2021), 235–42, 247–48.
  • Avram R. Shannon, “Abraham: A Man of Relationships,” in From Creation to Sinai: The Old Testament through the Lens of the Restoration, ed. Daniel L. Belnap and Aaron P. Schade (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2021), 279–309.
  • John Gee, “The Wanderings of Abraham,” in From Creation to Sinai: The Old Testament through the Lens of the Restoration, ed. by Daniel L. Belnap and Aaron P. Schade (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2021), 251–78.

2022

  • John Gee, "'The Wind and the Fire to Be My Chariot': The Anachronism that Wasn’t," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 299–320.
  • John S. Thompson, "'Being of that Lineage':Generational Curses and Inheritance in the Book of Abraham," Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 54 (2022): 97–146.
  • Stephen O. Smoot, “Did Joseph Smith Use a Seer Stone in the Translation of the Book of Abraham?” Religious Educator 23, no. 2 (2022): 65–107.
  • Kerry Muhlestein, Let’s Talk about the Book of Abraham (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2022).

2023

  • Stephen O. Smoot, John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, John S. Thompson, "A Guide to the Book of Abraham," BYU Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 5–301.
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