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FAIR Podcast, Episode 8: Brian M. Hauglid p.2

Brian M. Hauglid discusses more about his brand new book, A Textual History of the Book of Abraham in part two. The papyri Joseph Smith used when he translated the BoA went missing for decades, but...

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“A Most Remarkable Book”: Supplementary Reading

A Most Remarkable Book – Trailer This week FAIR has released a new DVD exploring the issues surrounding the Book of Abraham. “A Most Remarkable Book: Evidence for the Divine Authenticity of the Book of...

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Mormon FAIR-Cast 62: “A Most Remarkable Book”

In this KSL Radio interview, Religion Today host, Martin Tanner, talks with Tyler Livingston, Stephen Smoot and Mike Ash, some of the producers of the recently released DVD on the Book of Abraham...

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Three Mormon Myths About Blacks and the Priesthood

February is black history month. Many white members of The Church will say “who cares?” or “good for them!” or even “aren’t they over that yet?” and move on about their daily tasks. That’s unwise. With...

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Dispelling the Myth of the “Curse of Cain”

In connection with Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith, the priesthood ban is getting a lot of attention from the media again. The most recent turn comes from The Washington Post, where reporter Jason Horowitz...

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Mormon FAIR-Cast 101: Dan Peterson takes questions

Dan Peterson takes questions from callers who both support and oppose the Church on this live interview with Mills Crenshaw that appeared on K-Talk radio on July 31, 2012, in Salt Lake City, Utah....

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The Book of Abraham and Continuing Scholarship: Ask the Right Questions and...

The Book of Abraham continues to be a hotly debated book. Critics of and apologists for the Book of Abraham continue to sound forth their judgments on the fraudulence or authenticity of this...

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Reverend Spalding Strikes Again: A Response to Internet Criticism of Kerry...

Administrator’s note: The following is the result of a combined effort by many FAIR volunteers, all of whom made substantive contributions, and so is posted here under the group authorship “FAIR...

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Mormon FAIR-Cast 139: The Book of Abraham and the Prophetic Power of Joseph...

Now that we have some of the papyrus that was in the possession of Joseph Smith when he translated the Book of Abraham, can it be demonstrated that Joseph Smith is a fraud? In this episode of Religion...

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The Book of Abraham

I just returned from a couple of weeks in Europe where I presented at FAIR conferences in Darmstadt, Germany and Milan and Rome, Italy, on the Book of Abraham.  (Other presentations included topics...

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Mormon FAIR-Cast 160a: Don Bradley and Dan Peterson Taking Questions

Why do people leave the Church? What was in the missing 116 pages of the Book of Mormon? How do we explain the appearance of horses in the Book of Mormon? Did Joseph Smith make up the story of the...

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Mormon FAIR-Cast 160b: Don Bradley and Dan Peterson Taking Questions

Joseph Smith Scholar Don Bradley and Dr. Dan Peterson take calls on K-Talk radio and answer a wide variety of questions in this interview that took place on July 25, 2013 on Drive Time Live with Mills...

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A Book of Abraham Bullseye

Middle Bronze Age autobiographies from Syria are, in the words of A. L. Oppenheim, “without parallel in texts of this type from Mesopotamia and Egypt.” They are very distinct in form and features. They...

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New Research on the Book of Abraham

Fascinating new research regarding the Book of Abraham has been published in the most recent edition of the Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture, published by the Neal A....

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FairMormon Frameworks 9: Richard Bushman – Helping Those in Doubt

Richard Bushman, one of the foremost scholars on Joseph Smith and author of “Rough Stone Rolling,” sits down with me to discuss the experience of a faith crisis and how to support those who are in...

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FairMormon Frameworks 10: Terryl Givens Crucible of Doubt

Terryl Givens, is professor of literature and religion at the University of Richmond, where he holds the James A. Bostwick Chair in English.  He is the author of several books including “By The Hand of...

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Egyptology and the Book of Abraham: An Interview with Egyptologist Kerry...

Mormon fascination with the ancient world stems largely from an exotic corpus of writings found in the canon of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. One book in the Church’s canon, the Book...

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“By His Own Hand, Upon Papyrus”: Another Look

 When the Book of Abraham was first published in March 1842, the title of the work, as it appeared in the Times and Seasons, read thusly: “A TRANSLATION Of some ancient Records that have fallen into...

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Isis and Maat in Facsimile 3 of the Book of Abraham: A Horrific Blunder by...

A recent post at Mormanity, “Shulem in the Book of Abraham: Possible Plausibility?,” suggested that the name Shulem given by Joseph Smith in Facsimile 3 might be more interesting than just a blunder or...

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A New Church History Seminary Manual

[Cross-posted from Ploni Almoni: Mr. So-and-So's Mormon Blog.] The Church has released a new edition of the Doctrine and Covenants and Church History manual for seminary students. One of the remarkable...

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