Dr Moore wrote:
More likely for two of them, but Gee doesn't consider acknowledging in his paper:
* Libnah was borrowed from the Old Testament.
* Elkenah was borrowed from the Old Testament name Elkanah
Yes; I did some exploring myself. Elkanah is all over the Old Testament. I found two of these in the same sentence (but lost my place; will find again).
Also, there are some "kors"
['Korah', 'Korahite', 'Korahites', 'Korathites', 'Kore', 'Korhites']
Malchiram
Maalehacrabbim
we know how Joseph Smith puts pieces of Bible names in different combinations and ad libs. They all have that familiar "Joseph Smith" ring to them.
Anyway, I opened the Book of Abraham for the first time in a decade or two, and I'm baffled. I'm pretty sure Gee is misreading what the Book of Abraham says. Gee sees the names of Five gods, the four you mentioned, plus "Pharaoh", who as I understand it is considered a "god" in Egyptian lore. I'm pretty sure, the Book of Abraham names five individuals, including Pharaoh, who worship five respective false gods. For much of the text, it reads consistently either way. However:
"The priest of Elkenah was also the priest of Pharaoh."
Does it really make sense that the priest of Pharaoh, a living "king of Egypt" if also a deity, and Elkenah, an idol or god symbolized by an idol have the same priest?
"And it came to pass that the priest made an offering unto the god of Pharaoh, and also unto the god of Shagreel,"
So this same priest makes an offering to Pharaoh, "king of egypt", and Shagreel, another idol at the same time?
And then:
"Now the god of Shagreel was the sun."
Sure, that could mean Shagreel is the sun, but it's more straightforward that Shagreel's god is the sun.
And the lynchpin for me:
"Now, at this time it was the custom of the priest of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to offer up upon the altar which was built in the land of Chaldea, for the offering unto these strange gods, men, women, and children."
The priest of Pharaoh offers up to these strange gods, (including Pharaoh's god).
And doesn't "the god of Elkenah" or "the god of Pharaoh" contrast with "The god of Abraham" "the god of Jacob"?