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Traditions About the Early Life of Abraham (co-authored with Brian M. Hauglid and John Gee) (Provo: FARMS, 2001). Divisions and Chapters:
Editors’ Introduction
   Earliest Traditions about the Early Life of Abraham
      Hecataeus
      Judith
      Philo the Epic Poet
      Artapanus
      Euolemus
      Anonymous Work
      Sibylline Oracles
      Orphica
      Jubilees
      Pseudo-Philo
      Genesis Apocryphon
      Damascus Document
      Genesis Commentary: 4QcommGen A
   Jewish Traditions about the Early Life of Abraham
      Philo of Alexandria
      Pirqe de Rabbi Eliezer
      Josephus
      Bahir
      Apocalypse of Abraham
      4 Ezra
      Mishnah
      ‘Abot de Rabbi Nathan
      Targum Jonathan
      Targum Neofiti I
      Targum Rishon of Esther
      Hellenistic Synagogal Prayers
      Targum Onqelos
      Tanna debe Eliyahu
      Pesikta Rabbati
      Sefer ha-Razim
      Sefer Yetzirah
      Midrash Rabbah
     Babylonian Talmud
      Book of Noah
      Rashi
      Medieval Testament of Naphtali
      Chronicles of Jerahmeel
      Book of Jasher
      Zohar
      The story of Abraham Our Father from What Happened to Him with Nimrod
      The Story of Abraham
      A Study (Midrash) of Abraham Our Father
      Revelation of Moses
   Christian Traditions about the Early Life of Abraham
      Clementine Recognitions
      Gregory of Nyssa
      Book of the Cave of Treasures
      John Chrysostom
      Jerome
      Epiphanius
      Philaster of Brescia
      Augustine
      Commentarium in Genesim
      John Malalas
      Book of the Rolls
      Jacob of Edessa
      The Venerable Bede
      Alcuin
      Exposito super septem visions libri Apocalypsis
      Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan
      George Syncellus
      De computo
      Anonymous Christian Chronicle
      Rabanus Maurus
      Freculphus Lexoviensis
      Glossa ordinaria
      George Hamartolos
      Angelomus Luxoviensis
      Catena Severi
      Syriac Commentary on Genesis
      Sa‘id ibn Batriq (Eutychius)
      Mahbub of Menbidj (Agapius)
      Symeon Logothetes
      Ibn al-Tayyib
      Rupertus Tuitensis
      Hugh of St. Victor
      Herveus Burgidolensis
      Ioannes Zonaras
      Michael the Syrian
      Michael Glycas
      Petrus Comestor
      Georgius Cedrenus
      Book of the Bee
      Bar Hebraeus
      Nicophorus Gregoras
      Kebra Nagast
      Ethiopic Story of Joseph
      Bakhayla Mika’el (Zosimas)
      Armenian Paraphrase of Genesis
      Armenian Question
      Abel and Other Pieces
   Muslim Traditions about the Early Life of Abraham
      Qur’an
      Ka’b al-Ahbar
      Ibn Ishaq
      Ishaq ibn Bishr
      Al-Bukhari
      Al-Ya’qubi
      Al-tabari
      Al-Mas’udi
      Al-Maqdisi
      Al-Tha’labi
      Al-Biruni
      Al-Tarafi
      Al-Kisa’I
      Al-Nisaburi
      Al-Zamakhshari
      Rawandi
      Ibn al-Jawzi
      Ibn al-Athir
      Al-Baidawi
      Abu al-Fida
      Al-Rabghuzi
      Ibm Kathir
      Other Muslim Traditions about the Prophet Abraham
   Other Traditions about the Early Life of Abraham
      Asatir
      Vettius Valens
      Firmicus Maternus
      Falasha Story
      Story of Qiqel and the Death of Yahya
   Appendices
      A. Excerpts from the Theban Cache and Other Egyptian Texts
      B. The Sufi Philosophers and Kolob
      C. MS Huntington 388
   Illustrations

Book of Abraham Symposium, ed. by John A. Tvedtnes as Symposium Chairman (Salt Lake City: Institute of Religion, 1971). Papers:
   “The Validity of Scientific Investigation of Gospel Topics” (Henry Eyring)
   “A Brief History of the Lebolo Papyri an Mummies” (Jay M. Todd)
   “A Brief History of the ‘Egyptian Alphabet & Grammar’ and Related Documents (James R. Clark)
   “Emic and Etic Studies: The Proper Approach to the Book of Abraham” (Richley H. Crapo)
   “The Discovery and Date of the Joseph Smith Papyri” (Aziz S. Atiya)
   “Internal Evidence for an Abrahamic Oral Tradition” (John A. Tvedtnes)
   “Abraham: His Sons and Daughters” (Rodney Turner)
   “Astronomy in the Book of Abraham” (R. Grant Athay)
   “Facsimile Two” summary only (Hugh W. Nibley)
   “The Critics of the Book of Abraham” (John A. Tvedtnes)

“A Study of the Hor Sensen Papyrus” (co‑authored with Richley H. Crapo), Newsletter & Proceedings of the SEHA (Society for Early Historic Archaeology) No. 109, (25 October 1968). Originally presented as a joint paper to the 18th annual Symposium on the Archaeology of the Scriptures and Allied Fields. Reprinted in its entirety in Jay M. Todd, The Saga of the Book of Abraham (Salt Lake City: Deseret, 1969). Posted on the Mormonism Researched web page.

Rediscovery of Smith Papyri Affects Book of Abraham” (co-authored with Richley N. Crapo), LDSSA Commentary, 27 March 1969

“Papyri Give Further Book of Abraham Insight” (co-authored with Richley N. Crapo), LDSSA Commentary, May 1969

“The Hor Sensen Papyrus as a Mnemonic Device: A Further Study” (co‑authored with Richley N. Crapo), Newsletter & Proceedings of the SEHA No. 114 (2 June 1969)

“The Use of Mnemonic Devices in Oral Traditions, as Exemplified by the Book of Abraham and the Sensen Papyrus,” Newsletter & Proceedings of the SEHA No. 120 (April 1970). Originally presented as a paper to the 19th annual Symposium on the Archae­ology of the Scriptures and Allied Fields, 18 October 1969. Also posted on the Ancient America Foundation web site.

 “Drought in the Time of Abraham,” FARMS Update 117, Insights: An Ancient Window 18/4 (April 1998). French version, “La secheresse a l’epoque d’Abraham,” posted on the Idumea web site.

“Abrahamic Lore in Support of the Book of Abraham,” FARMS videotape and audiotape with transcript (Paper TVE-99a). Presented as part of the FARMS Book of Abraham Lecture Series, 1999. The statistics given in this presentation became outdated as more ancient texts supporting the Book of Abraham came to our attention. The research reflects findings that ultimately led to the publication of the 2001 book Traditions about the Early Life of Abraham,” co-edited by John Tvedtnes, Brian Hauglid, and John Gee.

“Abraham and the Urim and Thummim,” FARMS Update 149, Insights: An Ancient Window 21/8 (August 2001). Summary posted on the web site of the Seer Stone Society. French version, “Abraham et l’urim et le thummim,” posted on the Idumea web site.

“Authentic Ancient Names in the Book of Abraham,” unpublished paper presented at the 2005 FAIR symposium. Video of the presentation available on the web at: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6.