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	{{AuthorQuote\|Surely Smith would be able to translate the writings, thereby proving his God-given abilities.}}		{{AuthorQuote\|Surely Smith would be able to translate the writings, thereby proving his God-given abilities.}}
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	{{propaganda\|Joseph was not translating the scrolls in order to provide some sort of proof of his "God-given abilities." This is simply a sarcastic statement on the part of the author.		{{propaganda\|Joseph was not translating the scrolls in order to provide some sort of proof of his "God-given abilities." This is simply a sarcastic statement on the part of the author.
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	Joseph "was positive" that he could translate the Book of Abraham scrolls because "the inscriptions were so similar to those on the ''Book of Mormon'' golden plates..."		Joseph "was positive" that he could translate the Book of Abraham scrolls because "the inscriptions were so similar to those on the ''Book of Mormon'' golden plates..."
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	{{misinformation\|Joseph believed he could translate the Book of Abraham because he said he had translated the ''Book of Mormon'' "by the gift and power of God." If Joseph is perpetuating a fraud, as the author believes, why on earth would Joseph be ''positive'' that he could translate an ancient document when he knew he had made up the existence of the Book of Mormon plates? This theory is not even self-consistent.		{{misinformation\|Joseph believed he could translate the Book of Abraham because he said he had translated the ''Book of Mormon'' "by the gift and power of God." If Joseph is perpetuating a fraud, as the author believes, why on earth would Joseph be ''positive'' that he could translate an ancient document when he knew he had made up the existence of the Book of Mormon plates? This theory is not even self-consistent.
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	The book claims that "modern Mormons" believe that the ''Book of Abraham'' "proves" Joseph Smith's "powers of translation."		The book claims that "modern Mormons" believe that the ''Book of Abraham'' "proves" Joseph Smith's "powers of translation."
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	{{disinformation\|No, "modern Mormons" simply believe that Joseph translated the Book of Abraham from papyri by the gift and power of God.		{{disinformation\|No, "modern Mormons" simply believe that Joseph translated the Book of Abraham from papyri by the gift and power of God.
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	{{AuthorQuote\|The ancient documents Smith acquired were only copies of common Egyptian funeral texts; namely, ''The Book of Breathings'' (which Smith turned into the ''Book of Abraham'') and ''Book of the Dead'' (which Smith said had been written by the Bible's Joseph).}}		{{AuthorQuote\|The ancient documents Smith acquired were only copies of common Egyptian funeral texts; namely, ''The Book of Breathings'' (which Smith turned into the ''Book of Abraham'') and ''Book of the Dead'' (which Smith said had been written by the Bible's Joseph).}}
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	{{misinformation\|Only fragments of the papyri remain. Those fragments do not contain the Book of Abraham, as acknowledged by the Church in 1968. It is unclear how the author developed his association of the ''Book of Breathings'' with the ''Book of Abraham'' and the ''Book of the Dead'' with the writings of Joseph.		{{misinformation\|Only fragments of the papyri remain. Those fragments do not contain the Book of Abraham, as acknowledged by the Church in 1968. It is unclear how the author developed his association of the ''Book of Breathings'' with the ''Book of Abraham'' and the ''Book of the Dead'' with the writings of Joseph.
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	Joseph's interpretations of the facsimilies has been rejected by Egyptologists.		Joseph's interpretations of the facsimilies has been rejected by Egyptologists.
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	Statements are provided in the main text by Dr. A.H. Sayce (Oxford, England), Dr. W.M. Flinders Petrie (London University), James H. Breasted, Ph.D. (Haskell Oriental Museum, University of Chicago), Dr. Arthur C. Mace (Assistant Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Egyptian Art), and Professor S.A.B. Mercer, Ph.D. (Western Theological Seminary, Custodian Hibbard Collection, Egyptian Reproductions).		#Statements are provided in the main text by Dr. A.H. Sayce (Oxford, England), Dr. W.M. Flinders Petrie (London University), James H. Breasted, Ph.D. (Haskell Oriental Museum, University of Chicago), Dr. Arthur C. Mace (Assistant Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Department of Egyptian Art), and Professor S.A.B. Mercer, Ph.D. (Western Theological Seminary, Custodian Hibbard Collection, Egyptian Reproductions).
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	{{information\|This is correct.		{{information\|This is correct.
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	The book reproduces a reconstruction of what Facsimile 1 is alleged to have looked like from Charles M. Larson's book ''By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus''. The author assumes that Larson's reconstruction is valid, noting, among other things that Joseph Smith "missed drawing in the falcon altogether" and that he "incorrectly drew the hand positioning of the figure lying down."		The book reproduces a reconstruction of what Facsimile 1 is alleged to have looked like from Charles M. Larson's book ''By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus''. The author assumes that Larson's reconstruction is valid, noting, among other things that Joseph Smith "missed drawing in the falcon altogether" and that he "incorrectly drew the hand positioning of the figure lying down."
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	Charles M. Larson, ''By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look At the Joseph Smith Papyri'', 1985, 1992 edition.		#Charles M. Larson, ''By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look At the Joseph Smith Papyri'', 1985, 1992 edition.
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	{{misinformation\|Larson's reconstruction of Facsimile 1 has some serious problems.		{{misinformation\|Larson's reconstruction of Facsimile 1 has some serious problems.

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