Today we’re going through various apologetics and theories around the Book of Abraham to reconcile it being considered scripture along with what we know the literal interpretation of these things to be. What problems do these apologetics create in other areas for believers? Do these theories hold water without a strong bias to believe in spite of all evidence? Do some apologists even admit it?
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00:00:00 Introduction & recap of previous episode
00:11:20 A quick note on the scope of today’s episode
00:14:45 Book of Abraham apologetics
00:30:45 The games apologists play
00:38:30 A few notes on these two videos
00:41:30 The lost/long scroll theory
00:49:15 The manuscripts of the Book of Abraham match the papyrus
00:52:10 The manuscripts tell us where the translation is from
00:54:30 Let’s look at where the translation comes from against Facsimile 1
00:56:30 Math tells us that there is no long scroll
01:06:30 The long/lost scroll references are late and problematic
01:11:15 Brian Hauglid now rejects the long/lost scroll theory
01:16:30 Charlotte Haven’s account is frequently cited
01:20:30 Book of Abraham Apologetic #2: The Catalyst theory
01:24:30 The Book of Abraham itself kills the Catalyst Theory
01:33:25 The Catalyst Theory against the actual source material
01:34:15 Let’s look again against the source material of the Book of Abraham
01:42:15 Look at how Kerry Muhlestein frames this problem
01:46:05 Look at what Kerry Muhlestein is doing here
01:50:45 The Catalyst Theory makes a “Trickster God” look like a foolish God
01:55:30 John Gee Explains why the Catalyst Theory does not work
02:00:00 Joseph Smith absolutely believed it was a translation
02:05:00 Facsimile 3 creates the biggest smoking gun for Joseph Smith
02:06:20 Look at how Joseph Smith describes the translation process
02:15:25 How apologists expand the universe of reality
02:18:05 Kerry Muhlestein misrepresents Abraham on the Lion Couch
02:22:30 Maybe Joseph Smith got it right and everyone else has it wrong
02:26:15 Conclusion on the Book of Abraham translation
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Egyptologist Dr. Robert Ritner on the Book of Abraham:
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