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The Book of Abraham is a scriptural text for some denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. Joseph Smith, Jr., the movement's founder, stated that it was "a translation of some ancient records....purporting to be the writings of Abraham, while he was in Egypt, called the Book of Abraham, written by his own hand, upon papyrus". Joseph Smith claimed that he translated the majority of the text in July 1835. The complete work was first published serially in the Latter Day Saint movement... full article at wikipedia
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