Posted by ludwig on July 08, 1999 at 19:25:59:
In Reply to: wrong era posted by rpcman on July 07, 1999 at 14:25:32:
: : It seems that the basic conclusion of the transcript
: : is that it appears to have some egyptian characters
: : that can be identified as numbers. B.H. Roberts concludes:
: Careful here... Roberts was writing a long time ago when Egyptology was barely in its infancy. He wasn't an Egyptologist by any means.
: Quest for the Gold Plates indicates that Thomas Ferguson had looked at the issue and found that three Egyptologists found no Egyptian writings in the copy of the Anthon transcription.
Just looking at the transcript it appears that the
characters represent nothing egyptian. My background
in egyptian however is nil. I made a comparison
with a book that I have that has egyptian in it
and the characters have no resemblance. This method
of course is very novice as I have know training
in linguistics or egyptian. I can tell however if
a word is swahili or spanish thought. Anyways
what did the Quest for the Gold plates conclude.
It seems that with this bit of evidence a lot of
scholarly research would have taken place
to determine what is said or if the characters are
real. I'm not sure where it is said (im at work) but in the BOM
it says something about the reformed egyptian and
it is only a language the nephites used (nice cover
joe smith thought up).
Thanks again for your links and help.