by Travis Wayne Goodsell (Translator), Travis Wayne Goodsell (Author)
Joseph Smith's manner of translating the Book of Abraham and its facsimiles is shrouded in mystery. Travis Wayne Goodsell goes over Joseph's manner of translation of the facsimiles of the Book of Abraham in a step by step level process to explain this mystery. He goes over the 7 translation types that Joseph used in an easy to understand pattern. And in so doing Travis confirms that Joseph Smith is a correct translator of Egyptian. This book goes over Translation Type #1, Direct Egyptological Meaning. Each Egyptian Hieroglyph is able to be directly translated as the represented object or character. Therefore a fuller translation is given showing this translation type.
Author Biography
Travis is an Abecedarian, one who studies the alphabet, Lexicographer, one who writes dictionaries, and Translator (taking a written foreign language and turning it into English) of ancient languages. He is a graduate of the University of Lethbridge, in Alberta, Canada. He majored in Biblical Studies, studying under Thomas Robinson, and Philosophy of Science, the field of scientific research theory. He minored in ancient languages, disciplining in Biblical Hebrew under W. E. Aufrecht, who studied under Professor Thomas O. Lambin of Harvard University; Greek under Thomas Robinson, and Latin. He also attended the University of Utah, disciplining in Egyptology under Ewa Wasilewska.
Number of Pages: 140
Dimensions: 0.36 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: April 28, 2016
