The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Volume 14: Abraham in Egypt by Hugh Nibley -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Illustrations Key to Abbreviations Foreword Editor’s Preface Author’s Preface to the First Edition The Book of Abraham and the Book of the Dead

Just What Is the Problem? Abraham’s Autobiography The Fatal Clue The Emergence of the Book of Abraham: The Apocalypse of Abraham The Apocalypse of Abraham and the Book of Abraham Compared The Testament of Abraham Books of the Dead Look upon This Picture-and on This

Joseph Smith and the Sources

The Help That Came Too Late Summary of Study since 1967 Ebla Changes Things The Appeal to Authority May We See Your Credentials? Was Abraham Real? New Theories The New Dating Game

Joseph Smith and the Critics

Archibald Henry Sayce W. M. Flinders Petrie Eduard Meyer James H. Breasted Friedrich Freiherr von Bissing Second String

Setting the Stage—The World of Abraham

Hard Times Come Again Signs in the Heavens World Food Shortage A World in Trouble Move On! The Procrustes Cycle Our Hospitality Bed or Altar? Abraham the Hospitable Let It Begin with Me Doing the Right Thing

The Rivals

Ritual as History Kings in Collision Pharaoh’s Misgivings Abraham and Pharaoh in a Strange Setting Pharaoh and Canaan-Visiting Celebrities

Pharaoh and Abraham: Where Is Thy Glory?

The Common Quest: Kings and Priests O Happy Breed! Records of the Fathers Would Abraham Dare? A Noble Race Others Who Dared: Glory Unlimited Where to Go for a Sabbatical: “The Learning of the Egyptians” The Big Red and White Schoolhouse

The Sacrifice of Isaac

Types and Shadows The Resurrection Motif The Uncompleted Sacrifice Back to the Lion Couch

The Sacrifice of Sarah

A Fateful Journey Sarah on the Lion Couch The Humiliation of the King Brother and Sister Sarah on Her Own The Cedar and the Palm: A Romantic Interlude Breaking the Mold

All the Court’s a Stage: Facsimile 3, a Royal Mumming

What Is Going On in Facsimile 3? Who’s Who? Who Is Sitting on My Throne? “By Politeness of the King” (Facsimile 3, Figure 1) One Big Family Mystique of the Mask Facsimile 3, Figures 2 and 4: Questions of Gender Mixing It Up Too Many Women? Crown and Scepter The All-Purpose Lotus Why Shulem?

A Pioneer Mother

A Grim Beginning A Coming-Out Party The Itinerary The New Home The Holy Regatta Three Is a Crowd Egypt . . . Egyptus: Who’s in Charge Here? More of Pharaoh’s Misgivings

The Trouble with Ham

It Starts with Min Min’s Royal Progress Black and White Min = Khem and the Lady The Curse of Ham The Mark of Cain No Prejudice Olimlah Any Other Suggestions?

The Deseret Connection

Min the Beekeeper The Bee and the Migrations Why No Bee Standard? The Bee and Rites of Resurrection The Matriarchal Queen Bee Aristaeus the Bee Man and the Great Migrations Where Abraham Comes In . . . The Two Migrations The Word Deseret

Conclusion: A Rough Recapitulation Illustration Sources Map of Ancient Egypt