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The majority of the Book of Abraham was published between November 1835, with minor revisions made in March 1842.
This work was slow and tedious, unlike the Book of Mormon - the majority of which was completed in ~90 days. When asked why this translation was taking so long, Joseph Smith responded that the Papyri "contained ENCODED information, which was difficult to decipher"...
In 1993, Joe Sampson wrote a book, proposing that Joseph was referring to an ancient Hebrew practice of "Kaballah"...
Using poor Xerox copies of the Book of Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar, obtained from LDS church archives, Mr. Sampson was able to show that the characters Joseph Smith recorded in his notes can in fact be extracted from the demotic Egyptian characters found on nine of the surviving scroll fragments...
Joe Sampson concluded that The Prophet Joseph Smith was decoding ancient Hebrew, encoded in the Egyptian demotic script
Joe Sampson concluded that The Prophet Joseph Smith was decoding ancient Hebrew, encoded in the Egyptian demotic script
Mr. Sampson died before his theory could be proven, but in 2009-2011 the LDS Church published full color, high definitions scans of the Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts at https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/
Mr. Sampson died before his theory could be proven, but in 2009-2011 the LDS Church published full color, high definitions scans of the Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts at https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/
On the third page of the Book of Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar...
We can clearly see that Joseph Smith was doing EXACTLY what Joe Sampson theorized he was doing.
Deconstructing Kaballastic meaning from more complex egyptian characters
Joseph Smith also stated that he translated the papyri by using different vowels to indicate five "degrees" of encoding, each "degree" representing a deeper, more expanded, and more complex level of interpretation...
Joseph Smith also stated that he translated the papyri by using different vowels to indicate five "degrees" of encoding, each "degree" representing a deeper, more expanded, and more complex level of interpretation...
Which was inadvertently verified in 2019 during a speech by Dr. Irving Finkel of the British Museum
Which was inadvertently verified in 2019 during a speech by Dr. Irving Finkel of the British Museum
2x Languages/1x Text
2x Languages/1x Text
~12:00 min mark
Text CAN be READ in = Summerian or Akkadain =written 1780 BCwriting in Iraq 3,500 BC
Dr. Irving Finkel - "Cracking Ancient Codes"
Dr. Irving Finkel - "Cracking Ancient Codes"
curator of cuneiform tablets at the British Museum
https://youtu.be/PfYYraMgiBA?t=760 => Jul 24, 2019
https://youtu.be/PfYYraMgiBA?t=760 => Jul 24, 2019
5x different "levels" of meaning...
5x different "levels" of meaning...
5x vowel layers...Reverand Edward Hinks"cuneiform gave him clues about egyptian herioglyphs..."
See also Chinese tones...
See also Chinese tones...
Joseph Smith clearly demonstrates these 5x "levels" of meaning in the different sections of the BoEAG ...
- https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/grammar-and-alphabet-of-the-egyptian-language-circa-july-circa-november-1835/41 / Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language, circa July–circa ... Egyptian Alphabet fourth degree [p. 9]...
- https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/grammar-and-alphabet-of-the-egyptian-language-circa-july-circa-november-1835/51 / Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language, circa July–circa ... Egyptian Alphabet third degree [p. 13]...
- https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summary/grammar-and-alphabet-of-the-egyptian-language-circa-july-circa-november-1835/60 / Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language, circa July–circa ... [remainder of page blank] [p. 16]...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberian_vocalization... (A - E - I - O - U)
vs. Cantillation marks... (think native american pow-wows)
Interested researchers will find these publications to be helpful
Interested researchers will find these publications to be helpful
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