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Improvement Era 26, no. 4 (February 1923)
Grant, Heber J.
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Egyptology and the Book of Mormon
Title
Egyptology and the Book of Mormon
Magazine
Improvement Era
Publication Type
Magazine Article
Year of Publication
1923
Authors
Webb, Robert C. (Primary)
Pagination
311–327
Date Published
February 1923
Volume
26
Issue Number
4
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Abstract
This series proposes that the characters on the gold plates were derived from Hieratic or Demotic Egyptian (Mormon 9:32-33). Analysis of other major written languages available ca. 600 B. C.—i.e. Phoenician-Hebrew, Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform—reveals that they do not meet the writing requirements outlined in the Book of Mormon itself. The nature of the gold plates as an alloy is also discussed. The first part covers Phoenician-Hebrew and Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Table of Contents
Subject Keywords
Hieroglyphics
Language
Linguistics
Egyptology
Linguistic Analysis
Language - Reformed Egyptian
Language - Hebrew
Writing System
Language - Egyptian
Language – Semitic
Characters
Language - Semitic
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