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In 1864, a pamphlet from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (now Community of Christ) argued that Emma Smith had “been honored of God, in being the chosen instrument to preserve in safety the new translation of the Bible, of the Book of Abraham, of Enoch, together with all the sacred records of the Church.” (Address to the Saints in Utah, 27.)
Address to the Saints in Utah. . . . San Francisco: Turnbull and Smith, 1864.
See Charles E. Bidamon, Wilmette, IL, to Wilford C. Wood, Woods Cross, UT, 28 June 1937, in Evans, “Illinois Yields Church Documents,” 543, 565; “Documents Obtained by Wilford Wood,” Deseret News (Salt Lake City), 21 July 1937, 13; Wilford C. Wood, Woods Cross, UT, to Heber J. Grant, [Salt Lake City], 24 Dec. 1937, microfilm; Wilford C. Wood to Austin Pond, Logan, UT, 7 Aug. 1939, microfilm, Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials, CHL.
Evans, Richard L. “Illinois Yields Church Documents.” Improvement Era 40, no. 9 (Sept. 1937): 543, 565, 573.
Deseret News. Salt Lake City. 1850–.
Wilford C. Wood Collection of Church Historical Materials. Microfilm. CHL. MS 8617.
Footnotes
Book of Abraham Manuscript–C incorporated insertions and did not recopy cancellations from Book of Abraham Manuscript–B. For example, “that is lying before you” under character 7 in Book of Abraham Manuscript–B is not present in Book of Abraham Manuscript–C. In one instance where Parrish and Williams differ, under character 13, Book of Abraham Manuscript–C initially followed Book of Abraham Manuscript–B and then inserted a word to align with Book of Abraham Manuscript–A, which was more complete.
There is one unique reading in this version (“and the god of Koash”) that appears in no other version.
See Historical Introduction to Book of Abraham Manuscript, ca. July–ca. Nov. 1835–A [Abraham 1:4–2:6].
This would match Parrish’s recollection that JS dictated the Book of Abraham to him. (Warren Parrish, Kirtland, OH, 5 Feb. 1838, Letter to the Editor, Painesville [OH] Republican, 15 Feb. 1838, [3].)
Painesville Republican. Painesville, OH. 1836–1841.
| ✦ [12] | The land of Egypt being first discovered, by a woman, who was the daughter of Ham, and the daughter of Zeptah, which in the chaldea, signifies Egypt, which signifies that which is forbidden. Which When this woman discovered the land. it was under water, who after settled her sons in it, and thus from Ham, sprang that race, which preserved, the curse in the land. |
| ✦ [13] | Now the first government, of Egypt was established by Pharaoh, the eldest son of Egyptes, the daughter of Ham, and it was after the manner of <the> government of Ham, which was patriarchal, Pharaoh being a righteous man established his Kingdom, and judged his p[e]ople wisely and justly all his days, seeking earnestly to imitate, that order established by the fathers in the first generations, in the days of the first patriarchal reign, even in the reign of Adam, and also Noah his father, who blessed him with the blessings of the earth and with the blessings of wisdom, but cursed him as pertaining to the priesthood |
| ✦ [14] | Now Pharaoh being of that lineage by which he could not have the right of priesthood, notwithstanding, the Pharaoh’s, would feign claim it. from Noah, through Ham, therefore, my father was led away, by therr their Idolitry, but I shall endeavour hereafter to deliniate the chronology, runining back |
TEXT: This character and the two that follow were written in a different ink flow than the rest of the characters, and they do not match any characters from the extant portions of the papyri. They are composites of characters from the Egyptian Alphabet documents or Grammar and Alphabet volume, including characters 1.15 and 1.19.
TEXT: There is a blue mark in ink or graphite above “which” here and “her” one line above.
TEXT: This insertion likely made after consulting Book of Abraham Manuscript–A.
TEXT: Possibly “them their”.