Apostles rarely speak to the media, but I get to meet one of the quorum of 12, Elder Holland.

Joseph Smith got these papyri, and he translated them. And subsequently, as the Egyptian,

Egyptologists cracked the code, something completely different. All I'm saying, all I'm saying is that what got translated

got translated into the Word of God,

the vehicle for that,

I do not understand and don't claim to know

and know no Egyptian.

I am Ryan McKnight.

I'm Kara Santa Maria.

I am Christopher Smith. Hi, I'm Kara Santa Maria. I am Christopher Smith.

Hi, I'm Andrew Torres.

This is Naked Mormonism.

The Serial Mormon History Podcast. We've been covering the Book of Abraham for two weeks now.

Part one was the physical aspect, tracking the papyri and the cultural interest in Egyptology

in 19th century Western societies, you know, colloquially referred to as Egyptomania.

Part two covered the spiritual aspect of the Book of Abraham.

A lot of interesting doctrine and theology specific to Mormonism comes from the book of Abraham alone,

including Kolob, the belief in gods instead of God, the Mormon creation passion narrative

that's practiced in the temple today, and of course,

the priesthood ban on any descendant of Cain, all that from the Book of Abraham.

Today, we begin the logical deconstruction of the Book of Abraham.

It's been a long wait getting to this portion of our examination, and I hope you all are looking forward to it just as much as I am.

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