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Egyptianisms in the Book of Abraham

An Egyptianism is a literary or linguistic feature of the Egyptian language. Since Egyptian was not well understood in Joseph Smith's day, it is thought that any knowledge of Egyptian that Joseph Smith may have possessed could only have come by revelation. What Egyptianisms are found in the Book of Abraham?

From ⁠BYU Studies Quarterly, volume 61, number 4⁠.

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