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Egyptian literary figures in the Book of Mormon

Early 1st three verses. Nephi are totally different from the rest of the text is a typical preface or introduction, a literary figure quefrecuentemente compositions featured in the Egyptian. An example is the famous Bremen-Rhind Papyrus, which begins with a preface that contains (1) date, (2) the name of its author, Nasim, (3) the names of his parents and a description their virtues, with a special emphasis on the prophetic call of his father, (4) a curse against anyone who intends to "own the book," probably "due to fears that the book could ever fall into the hands impure. " 1 Compare the above with the preface or foreword written by Nephi (1) your name, (2) the merits of their parents, drawing particular attention of the reader to the valuable lessons learned from his father, (3) a solemn declaration (equivalent to the curse of Nasim) about the veracity of the story and the statement, "and written by my own hand "(1 Ne. 1:3) -

prerequisite for any real introduction, as its purpose is to establish clearly the identity of the first editor (not the last writer) of the text.

Egyptian literary works regularly close to the formula iw-f-pw "so so" and so that it is. " 2 Nephi concludes the main parties of his book with the phrase, "And so, Amen" (1 Ne. 9:6, 14:30, 22:31).

NOTES:

1. Raymond O. Faulkner, The Papyrus Bremner-Rhind, "JEA 23 (1937): 10; EliasJ. Bickerman, "the book's foreword Greek Esther," JBL 63 (1944): 339-62, shows that the tradition of a prologue or introduction was preserved carefully

in Egypt, Francis L. Griffith, "The Teaching of Amenophis the Son of Kanakht, Papyrus BM 10474," JEA 12 (1926): 195.

2. With the formula iw-f-pw concludes the story of Sinuhe and Maxims of the sagas and Kagemeni Ptahotep. Kurt Sethe, Aegyptische Lesestücke (Leipzig: Hinrich, 1924), 17, 42, 43, and Erläuterungen zu den Aegyptischen Lesestücken (Leipzig: Hinrich, 1927), 21, 58, 61. With the phrase "and so the term" Amenophis concludes the dissertation. Griffith, "Amenophis The Teaching of the Son of Kanakht, Papyrus BM 10474," 225.

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