Any theory attempting to explain the significance of the names in the Book of Abraham should reckon somehow with variant spellings, and I think should usually prefer the earliest spelling. That actually is the rule the apologists usually follow: revert to the earliest manuscripts
But CK, that doesn't appear to be how Kerry handled it. What do you make of that?
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But CK, that doesn't appear to be how Kerry handled it. What do you make of that?
It's called bad methodology. I like Kerry, and he seems to be pretty good at drawing from a lot of Egyptological sources (even if he does seem like a Nibley clone most of the time), but he isn't a very methodical guy. I think he could get a lot of benefit from these kinds of critiques.
I don't know much about Egyptology, but I think that Kevin Barney pretty much laid waste to Kerry's (and Nibley's) connection between Elkenah and the East. The hawk-headed jar is probably not the god that Kerry thinks it is. As for the other connections Kerry makes, I'm not well-informed enough to have an opinion.