“Translated from the papyrus, by Joseph Smith…A Translation of some ancient Records, that have fallen into our hands from the catacombs of Egypt. – The Writings of Abraham while he was in Egypt, called the Book of Abraham, by his own hand upon papyrus.” – Intro to Book of Abraham
As a Mormon I remember seeing the Egyptian hieroglyphics in the Pearl of Great Price. Not knowing what they meant or their purpose I wrote them off as a spooky drawing of the Mormon god I didn’t know. It wasn’t until I began my own study of the Church that I began wondering what Egyptian hieroglyphics had to do with God’s word.
