ClarkGoble wrote:Not to state the obvious but that quote doesn't identify the Hor papyri. We may infer that from other things like the vingettes. But I don't think that quote clarifies things as much as you think. Thus my wanting to get a clear statement from Joseph. More importantly though how God communicated this to him. There is after all a big difference between a revelation "one of these scrolls has Abraham material on it" and "this particular scroll has Abraham material on it."
The Hor papyrus is documented as the very material in which Joseph Smith dissected his Book of Abraham. The Kirtland Papers attest to this but more importantly, the Book of Abraham narrative makes it crystal clear that the Hor papyrus to include Facsimile No. 1, is the very roll which contained the ancient record, the writings of Abraham, written by his own hand.
Book of Abraham wrote:And it came to pass that the priests laid violence upon me, that they might slay me also, as they did those virgins upon this altar; and that you may have a knowledge of this altar, I will refer you to the representation at the commencement of this record.