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The use of the name ''Pharaoh'' is considered anachronistic during Abraham's time by | The use of the name ''Pharaoh'' is considered anachronistic during Abraham's time by scholars, including LDS Scholars.<ref>[http://www.lds-mormon.com/thompson_book_of_abraham.shtml Egyptology and the Book of Abraham]</ref> Most LDS Scholars who adhere to the historicity of the Book of Abraham point to a Jewish redactor who replaced original words with wording that would have been more understandable to his day.<ref>{{cite book| last=Barney | first=Kevin | editor1-last=Gee | editor1-first=John | editor1-link=John Gee | editor2-last=Hauglid | editor2-first=Brian M | contribution=The Facsimiles and Semitic Adaptation of Existing Sources | title=Astronomy, Papyrus, and Covenant | year=2006 | publisher=[[Brigham Young University]] | location=[[Provo, UT]] | isbn=9780934893763 }}</ref> | ||
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In the Latter Day Saint scripture the Book of Abraham, Pharaoh is the proper name of the first king of Egypt.[1] According to the story, all Egyptians descended from him.[2] He was the eldest son of Egyptus, who was the daughter of Ham and Egyptus. Pharaoh was a descendant of the Canaanites,[2] a race of people who according to Latter Day Saint theology had been cursed with black skin.[3] Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) have taught that he inherited the curse of Cain through his grandmother, Egyptus, so that the devil might have representation upon the earth.[4]
Anachronism
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Notes
- ↑ Abraham 1:20–31: Pharaoh, King of Egypt, The Pearl of Great Price: Teacher Manual, (2000), 39–40
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