THE
BOOK OF
ABRAHAM.
ITS
AUTHENTICITY ESTABLISHED AS A DIVINE AND ANCIENT RECORD.
WITH COPIOUS
REFERENCES TO ANCIENT AND MODERN AUTHORITIES.
BY ELDER GEO.
REYNOLDS. 1879.
SALT LAKE
CITY, UTAH:
DESERET NEWS PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ESTABLISHMENT.
introductory.�the discovery and subsequent history of the mummies.�translation of the papyrus by the prophet joseph smith.
abraham's early life in ur.� human sacrifices.�causes which led abraham to leave chaldea.�confirmatory testimony of joshua, josephus, the book of judith, etc.
ABRAHAM AS A PREACHER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.�THE TESTIMONY OF PAUL.�HIS MINISTRY IN UR AND
HABAN.�GOD'S COVENANT WITH HIM BASED ON THE GOSPEL.
ABRAHAM
IN EGYPT.�CONFIRMATORY STATEMENTS OF JOSEPHUS, NICOLAUS OF DAMASCUS, AND
OTHERS.�ABRAHAM'S INFLUENCE ON THE RELIGIONS OF EGYPT, PERSIA AND HINDOOSTAN.�TRACES
OF GOSPEL TEACHING IN THE MYTHOLOGIES OF EGYPT, PERSIA, CHALDEA, GREECE AND ROME.�FIRST
DEPARTURES FROM THE TRUE FAITH.�THE EGYPTIAN WORSHIP OF ADAM AND THE
PATRIARCHS.�THE BOOK OF THE DEAD.
the ancient pagan mysteries.�their history and intent.�the cir�cular plate in the book of abraham.�its purport and use.
the chronology of the ancients.�A key to its mysteries.�the antediluvian MONARCHS.�JOSEPHUS AND CHINESE CHRONOLOGY.�ABBA-HAM on pharaoh's throne.�he makes a treaty ending a one hundred years war.�cheops.
the means by which abraham was taught astronomy.�the abrahamic system of astronomy.�from the earth to kolob.�the system proven true by recent research.�testimony or various authors.�alcyone.� mr. petrie's testimony.� admissions that the ancients were taught scientific truths by divine revelation.
abraham
as a pyramid builder.�philition.�the uses of the pyramids.�the coffer a
baptismal font. � symbolism in baptism for the dead.�the sacred cubit.�
"one day to a cubit." �alcyone.�the sun's distance.�pyramid
references to astronomical truths.�summary of pyramid references.
scientific objections to the prophet's translation of the book op abraham. � M. deveria's translation. � samples of ancient languages in the book of abraham.�word roots.� lack op chronologic sequence.�conclusion.