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Q&R with Dr. Kerry Muhlestein! Tough Book of Abraham Questions

Q&R with Dr. Kerry Muhlestein! Tough Book of Abraham Questions

FromChurch History Matters


Q&R with Dr. Kerry Muhlestein! Tough Book of Abraham Questions

FromChurch History Matters

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Length:
70 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

There was in 2nd Century BC Egypt an indisputable multicultural sharing of religious ideas between Jews, Greeks, and Egyptians. How should that fact influence how we evaluate Joseph Smith’s interpretations of the Abraham facsimiles in general and individual hieroglyphics on the facsimiles specifically? 
On a related note, some of Joseph’s descriptions of Facsimile #2 contain temple themes, saying more will be revealed about those in the temple. Can Egyptologists today read those hieroglyphs? And are they actually connected in any way to what we learn about in our modern temples? 
Also, Dr. Robert Ritner is an Egyptologist who has critiqued LDS scholarship on the Book of Abraham. Has he been adequately responded to? 
And finally, what are the top three most solid intellectual evidences for the book of Abraham having ancient connections which Joseph Smith could not have known about?
In today’s episode of Church History Matters, we dive into all of these questions and more with Dr. Kerry Muhlstein, an Eyptologist and scholar on the Book of Abraham. 
For show notes and transcript for this and other episodes go to https://doctrineandcovenantscentral.org/church-history-matters-podcast/   
Released:
Oct 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Church History Matters Podcast features in-depth conversations between Scott and Casey where they dive deep into both the challenges and beauty of Latter-day Saint Church History