Book of Abraham Insights

Ptah

Zeptah and Egyptes

Book of Abraham Insight #8 The Book of Abraham contains the following account of the discovery of Egypt by the descendants of Ham: “The land of Egypt [was]

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Relief of the god Sobek

Sobek, The God of Pharaoh

Book of Abraham Insight #7 The opening chapter of the Book of Abraham identifies “the god of Pharaoh” as being one of the idolatrous gods worshipped by Abraham’s

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Ur

Ur of the Chaldees

Book of Abraham Insight #4 The opening verse of the Book of Abraham places the story “in the land of the Chaldeans” (Abraham 1:1). Several references to the

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Olishem

The Plain of Olishem

Book of Abraham Insight #3 The opening chapter of the Book of Abraham mentions a location named “the plain of Olishem” (Abraham 1:10). It isn’t clear from the

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Sacrifice

Human Sacrifice

Book of Abraham Insight #2 The Book of Abraham begins with an account of the biblical patriarch Abraham almost being sacrificed to “dumb idols” and “strange gods” (Abraham

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Abraham by Emily Gordon side-by-side with an image of the statue of Idrimi via the Maxwell Institute.

Abraham and Idrimi

Book of Abraham Insight #1 The Book of Abraham narrates the life of the biblical patriarch in a first-person autobiographical voice. The book begins: “In the land of

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