I'm John Gee, and I'm the author of "An Introduction to the Book of Abraham."
The book is a classical
introduction to a subject; it describes the background of Abraham,
it tells a little bit about it's
history, mentions some of the controversies surrounding it, but
mainly focuses on the content of the book itself. I think one of the things that this book brings out is how well
the Book of Abraham fits as an autobiography
of Abraham and of Abraham's day.
I've spent at least a quarter of a century doing research on the Book of Abraham.
Researching the book of Abraham is a
challenging task. On the one hand, there are parts deal with
Ancient Egypt. The book of Abraham itself stops before Abraham actually gets into Egypt,
so you need to know about
assets of
Abraham's day outside of Egypt. I'm hoping that
in publishing this book,
those who have concerns about the Book of Abraham
can have those concerns laid.
The people who are interested in the research will have a tool that they can use to get access to that research and,
so, I'm hoping that the that a wide variety of readers will this book insightful.
