1707: Book of Abraham, Part 2: Translation Apologetics w/ LDS Discussions - 31

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re going through various apologetics and theories around the Book of Abraham to reconcile it being considered scripture along with what we know the literal interpretation of these things to be. What problems do these apologetics create in other areas for believers? Do these theories hold water without a strong bias to believe in spite of all evidence? Do some apologists even admit it?

LDS Discussion Essay on Book of Abraham

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I am your host for today John Delin
0:05.7	It is December 1st, 2022
0:08.4	And we are back for another epic episode with Mike of LDS discussions where we are examining
0:16.3	Mormon Church truth claims
0:18.3	I think we're around episode 30 or 31 in the series
0:22.9	What we're trying to do for those who are new to this series is we're trying to just
0:26.8	Take a thoughtful evidence-based look at Mormon Church truth claims
0:32.4	specifically for people that want to know the truth based on evidence. We're trying to do it in as
0:40.0	unbiased and as a dispassionate way as possible and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. So
0:47.2	That's what we're doing today. We're going to be covering part two of the discussion of the Book of Abraham
0:52.7	the Book of Abraham translation from the papyrus. We've already covered part one if you haven't checked that out
0:59.1	Go back and listen to that and then you can listen to today for a series that builds upon itself
1:06.0	I also want to make sure and mention the epic 13-hour series that radio free Mormon and I did with Dr. Robert Rittner
1:13.6	You can check that out on Mormon Stories podcast
1:15.6	But if you want a legit Egyptologist may he rest in peace Dr. Robert Rittner
1:20.9	analyzing the Book of Abraham papyrus and the translation with top-notch world-class scholarship
1:28.6	That's the source to dig deep
1:31.3	Today and in this series we're kind of doing an analysis at a bit of a higher level for people who want to learn this stuff faster and maybe
1:40.0	Not as in depth. I also just want to make sure number one. I want to ask everybody if you're watching us on YouTube
1:46.1	It would be really useful if you would subscribe to the YouTube channel
1:51.0	We're trying to break 100,000 YouTube subscribers
1:54.3	That would be really helpful for us to help us reach as many people as possible and to be able to make this program
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