Abraham: Terah, Binding of Isaac, Cave of the Patriarchs, Islamic views on Abraham, Book of Abraham, Eid al-Adha, Lot, Hagar, Ishmael

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: Terah, Binding of Isaac, Cave of the Patriarchs, Islamic views on Abraham, Book of Abraham, Eid al-Adha, Lot, Hagar, Ishmael, Battle of Siddim, Testament of Abraham, Bosom of Abraham, Sarah, Abraham in the Catholic liturgy, Abraham in History and Tradition, Matthew 1:1, Keturah, Sacrifice of Isaac, Nahor, Ibrahim, Haran, Matthew 1:2, Shuah, Zimran, Ishbak, Jokshan, Medan, Midian. Excerpt: The Book of Abraham is a purported translation made in 1835 by Joseph Smith, Jr. of a set of Egyptian papyri purchased from a traveling mummy exhibition. According to Smith, the book 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". Smith's translation of the papyri describes a story of Abraham's early life, including a vision of the cosmos. The work was canonized in 1880 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) as part of their Pearl of Great Price. Thus, it forms a doctrinal foundation for the LDS Church and Mormon fundamentalist denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. It is not considered to be a religious text by the Community of Christ. Other sects in the Latter Day Saint movement have various opinions regarding the Book of Abraham, with some rejecting and some accepting the text as inspired scripture. The book contains several doctrines that are unique to Mormonism, such as the concept of God organizing eternal, pre-existing matter to create the universe instead of creating it ex nihilo. The Book of Abraham papyri were thought lost in the 1871 Great Chicago Fire. However, in 1966 several fragments of the papyri were found in the archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and in the LDS Church archives. They are now referred to as the Joseph Smith Papyri. U...