There are no mental gymnastics like Mormon mental gymnastics. Behold, the new Gospel Topics essay on lds.org. The argument basically is: Yes yes, we admit that Joseph Smiths translation of the Egyptian papyri does not match up at all to what we know the papyri actually says, but in spite of the facts, were sticking to our story that the Book of Abraham is a translation of that papyri because we can get around those facts by simply making up a different definition of the word translate. And this essay completely avoids any discussion of the issue of the facsimiles that are in the Pearl of Great Price, as part of the LDS canon, which do not translate to what the PoGP says they translate to AT ALL. But my favorite part comes at the very end. None of these Gospel Topics essays state their authorship, so general authorities can always have plausible deniability, but this essay does say this: The Church acknowledges the contribution of scholars to the historical content presented in this article; their work is used with permission. OK. Who in the Church acknowledges exactly whose contribution? Who are the scholars that worked on this thing? I want them to put their scholarly reputation on the line by having their names attached to it. Go on, scholars, if you think that this is good scholarship, then put your names to it.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:24:58 +0000
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