Book of Abraham Insights

Scribe

By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus

Book of Abraham Insight #23 In the current (2013) edition of the Pearl of Great Price, the Book of Abraham is prefaced with this explanatory note: “A Translation

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Abrahamic Covenant

The Abrahamic Covenant

Book of Abraham Insight #22 One of the important doctrinal contributions of the Book of Abraham is its elaboration on the nature of the Abrahamic covenant (Abraham 2:6–11).1

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Foreordination of Abraham

The Foreordination of Abraham

Book of Abraham Insight #21 One of the most important doctrinal teachings in the Book of Abraham is that of the pre-mortal existence of humankind and the foreordination

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Kolob

Creation from Chaos

Book of Abraham Insight #19 Creedal Christianity teaches that God created the universe ex nihilo or out of nothing. As explained by one scholar, The most widely accepted

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Divine Council

The Divine Council

Book of Abraham Insight #18 One thing that differentiates the Book of Abraham’s account of the Creation from the biblical account in Genesis is that the Book of

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Kolob

Kolob, The Governing One

Book of Abraham Insight #17 One of the more memorable contributions of the Book of Abraham is its depiction of Kolob (Abraham 1:3–4, 9, 16; Facsimile 2, Fig.

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