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The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri

An Egyptian Endowment

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About the Author & Editor

John Gee

John Gee (Ph.D. in Egyptology, Yale University) is William "Bill" Gay Assistant Research Professor of Egyptology at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, where he is a series editor for Studies in the Book of Abraham and a member of the editorial board of the Eastern Christian Texts series. He is also on the board of directors for the Aziz S. Atiya Fund for Coptic Studies at the University of Utah.

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Key to Abbreviations

Introduction to the Second Edition

Explanation

Chapter 1: What Manner of Document?

Chapter 2: Reproduction and Translation of Joseph Smith Papyri XI and X

Chapter 3: Translated Correctly?

Chapter 4: A More Complete Text of the Book of Breathings

Commentary - Part 1: The Nature and Purpose of the Book of Breathings

Commentary - Part 2: Initiation Rites and Entering the Temple

Commentary - Part 3: The Creation (Resurrection) of Man

Commentary - Part 4: The Garden Story

Commentary - Part 5: The Long Road Back

Commentary - Part 6: The Fearful Passage

Commentary - Part 7: Culmination and Conclusion

Appendix 1: From the Dead Sea Scrolls (1QS)

Appendix 2: From the Odes of Solomon

Appendix 3: The Pearl

Appendix 4: From the Pistis Sophia

Appendix 5: Cyril of Jerusalem's Lectures on the Ordinances

Appendix 6: From the Gospel of Philip

Publication Information

Subject: Ancient Near East
Publication Year: 2005
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1590385395
ISBN 13: 978-1590385395
Page Count: 609
Price: $ 41.56
Imprint: Deseret Book

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