![]() ![]() 27, 1967, the Mormon-owned Deseret News announced that the "collection of payrus manuscripts, long believed to have been destroyed in the Chicago fire of 1871, was presented to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints here Monday by the Metropolitan Museum of Art." ![]() Smith translated the papyrus and published it under the title, "The Book of Abraham." It was accepted by the Mormon Church as Scripture and is now published as part of the Pearl of Great Price-one of the four standard works of the church.įor many years Joseph Smith's collection of papyri was lost, but on Nov. This very same papyrus, it is claimed, was acquired by Joseph Smith in 1835. Book of Abraham: According to Mormon writers, the "Book of Abraham" was supposed to have been written on papyrus by Abraham about 4,000 years ago. ![]()
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