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chew on this

So many LDS/Mormon critics get off on the fact that the papyrus recovered from the collection that Joseph Smith and the Saints obtained doesn’t have the text of the Book of Abraham on it.

Rather it’s an Egyptian Funerary text often refered to as a “Book of Breathings” or the “snsn” text. With it’s famouse facsimilie 1 being placed in the Book of Abraham by Joseph Smith critics have long claimed a ‘home run’ on this matter.-—

Now, however there’s a funerary text with both elements of the snsn papyrus AND a clear reference to Abraham.__

Was Joseph just a good guesser? Is this just a grand coincidence?

I’m not here to try and prove the Book of Abraham. But this is evidence that the case isn’t as much an ‘open and shut’ instance as the LDS critics would feign it to be

Abraham Referenced in Egyptian Papyrus w/ties 2 facsimilie 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBSANPOf6CU

The Book of Abraham for dummies 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcT5OebkBGI

Abraham Referenced in Egyptian Papyrus w/ties 2 facsimilie 1

The Book of Abraham for dummies 6

These are supposed to PROVE something?

Hey!

Look over THERE!!

the fact that the papyrus recovered from the collection that Joseph Smith and the Saints obtained doesn’t have the text of the Book of Abraham on it.

Now, however there’s a funerary text with both elements of the snsn papyrus AND a clear reference to Abraham.__

Resty, please read my post more carefully. It is smith's 'translation' mentions Abraham, not the translation by the egyptologist. It sound like you are citing a work by Gee where the word 'Abraham' was found in a papyrus NOT owned by Smith or used for the boa. However another mormon egyptologist Edward H. Ashment refutes Gee in "The Use of Egyptian Magical Papyri to Authenticate the Book of Abraham"

Was Joseph just a good guesser? Is this just a grand coincidence?

Since Abraham is not mentioned, smith is a grand liar

I’m not here to try and prove the Book of Abraham. But this is evidence that the case isn’t as much an ‘open and shut’ instance as the LDS critics would feign it to be

For lurkers, an excellent reference on the boa can be found here:

http://www.bookofabraham.com/