Abraham in Egypt

by Nibley, Hugh; Gillum, Gary P.; Lyon, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9781573455275
• ISBN10: 157345527X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Deseret Book Co

Table of Contents

Illustrations	ix
Key to Abbreviations	xiii
Foreword	xv
Editor's Preface	xxviii
Author's Preface to the First Edition	xxxi
The Book of Abraham and the Book of the Dead	1	(73)
Just What Is the Problem?	1	(3)
Abraham's Autobiography	4	(5)
The Fatal Clue	9	(2)
The Emergence of the Book of Abraham: The Apocalypse of Abraham	11	(2)
The Apocalypse of Abraham and the Book of Abraham Compared	13	(13)
The Testament of Abraham	26	(7)
Books of the Dead	33	(9)
Look upon This Picture--and on This	42	(32)
Joseph Smith and the Sources	74	(53)
The Help That Came Too Late	74	(3)
Summary of Study since 1967	77	(7)
Ebla Changes Things	84	(2)
The Appeal to Authority	86	(6)
May We See Your Credentials?	92	(17)
Was Abraham Real? New Theories	109	(5)
The New Dating Game	114	(13)
Joseph Smith and the Critics	127	(36)
Archibald Henry Sayce	128	(3)
W. M. Flinders Petrie	131	(3)
Eduard Meyer	134	(4)
James H. Breasted	138	(4)
Friedrich Freiherr von Bissing	142	(2)
Second String	144	(19)
Setting the Stage--The World of Abraham	163	(56)
Hard Times Come Again	163	(4)
Signs in the Heavens	167	(8)
World Food Shortage	175	(3)
A World in Trouble	178	(2)
Move On!	180	(2)
The Procrustes Cycle	182	(7)
Our Hospitality	189	(4)
Bed or Altar?	193	(4)
Abraham the Hospitable	197	(4)
Let It Begin with Me	201	(2)
Doing the Right Thing	203	(16)
The Rivals	219	(35)
Ritual as History	219	(6)
Kings in Collision	225	(7)
Pharaoh's Misgivings	232	(2)
Abraham and Pharaoh in a Strange Setting	234	(4)
Pharaoh and Canaan--Visiting Celebrities	238	(16)
Pharaoh and Abraham: Where Is Thy Glory?	254	(65)
The Common Quest: Kings and Priests	254	(15)
O Happy Breed!	269	(5)
Records of the Fathers	274	(6)
Would Abraham Dare?	280	(1)
A Noble Race	281	(4)
Others Who Dared: Glory Unlimited	285	(10)
Where to Go for a Sabbatical: ``The Learning of the Egyptians''	295	(6)
The Big Red and White Schoolhouse	301	(18)
The Sacrifice of Isaac	319	(24)
Types and Shadows	319	(9)
The Resurrection Motif	328	(3)
The Uncompleted Sacrifice	331	(5)
Back to the Lion Couch	336	(7)
The Sacrifice of Sarah	343	(39)
A Fateful Journey	343	(3)
Sarah on the Lion Couch	346	(12)
The Humiliation of the King	358	(3)
Brother and Sister	361	(2)
Sarah on Her Own	363	(4)
The Cedar and the Palm: A Romantic Interlude	367	(3)
Breaking the Mold	370	(12)
All the Court's a Stage: Facsimile 3, A Royal Mumming	382	(84)
What Is Going On in Facsimile 3?	382	(22)
Who's Who?	404	(7)
Who Is Sitting on My Throne?	411	(1)
``By Politeness of the King'' (Facsimile 3, Figure 1)	412	(3)
One Big Family	415	(5)
Mystique of the Mask	420	(5)
Facsimile 3, Figures 2 and 4: Questions of Gender	425	(7)
Mixing It Up	432	(8)
Too Many Women?	440	(2)
Crown and Scepter	442	(2)
The All-Purpose Lotus	444	(6)
Why Shulem?	450	(16)
A Pioneer Mother	466	(91)
A Grim Beginning	466	(9)
A Coming-Out Party	475	(2)
The Itinerary	477	(10)
The New Home	487	(9)
The Holy Regatta	496	(15)
Three Is a Crowd	511	(15)
Egypt ... Egyptus: Who's in Charge Here?	526	(4)
More of Pharaoh's Misgivings	530	(27)
The Trouble with Ham	557	(51)
It Starts with Min	557	(5)
Min's Royal Progress	562	(5)
Black and White	567	(6)
Min = Khem and the Lady	573	(5)
The Curse of Ham	578	(5)
The Mark of Cain	583	(2)
No Prejudice	585	(2)
Olimlah	587	(2)
Any Other Suggestions?	589	(19)
The Deseret Connection	608	(40)
Min the Beekeeper	608	(4)
The Bee and the Migrations	612	(5)
Why No Bee Standard?	617	(4)
The Bee and Rites of Resurrection	621	(4)
The Matriarchal Queen Bee	625	(1)
Aristaeus the Bee Man and the Great Migrations	626	(2)
Where Abraham Comes In ... The Two Migrations	628	(3)
The Word Deseret	631	(17)
Conclusion: A Rough Recapitulation	648	(7)
Illustration Sources	655	(11)
Map of Ancient Egypt	666	(2)
Index of Passages	668	(12)
Index of Subjects	680