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Distributed for Brigham Young University

Edited by John Gee and Brian M. Hauglid

Astronomy, Papyrus, and Covenant

186 pages,  9 x 12  © 2005
Series: Brigham Young University - Studies in the Book of Abraham

Cloth $49.95

ISBN: 9780934893763   Published April 2005

Preface
List of Abbreviations
 
1.  "And I saw the Stars":  The Book of Abraham and Ancient Geocentric Astronomy
John Gee, William J. Hamblin, and Daniel C. Peterson
 
2.  Astronomy and the Creation in the Book of Abraham
Michael D. Rhodes and J. Ward Moody
 
3.  Cedars and Stars:  Enduring Symbols of Cosmic Kingship in Abraham's Encounter with Pharaoh
E. Douglas Clark
 
4.  Abraham's Visions of the Heavens
Jared W. Ludlow
 
5.  The Creation of Humankind, an Allegory?  A Note on Abraham 5:7 14-16
Richard D. Draper
 
6.  "We Beg You, Our King!" Some Reflections on the Jews in Persian and Ptolemaic Egypt
Peter C. Nadig
 
7.  Facsimile 3 and Book of the Dead 125
John Gee
 
8.  The Facsimiles and Semitic Adaptation of Existing Sources
Kevin L. Barney
 
9.  The Book of Abraham and Muslim Tradition
Brian M. Hauglid
 
10.  Sarah and Hagar:  Ancient Women of the Abrahamic Covenant
Janet Hovorka
 
11.  The Redemption of Abraham
Jennifer Lane
 
12.  A Wanderer in a Strange Land:  Abraham in America, 1800-1850
Andrew H. Hedges
 
Citation Index
Subject Index
Foreign Terms Used in this Volume
Contributors
About FARMS
Subjects



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