[Key Excerpts] On the papyri acquisition: "The book of Abraham was first published in 1842 and was canonized as part of the Pearl of Great Price in 1880. The book originated with Egyptian papyri that Joseph Smith translated beginning in 1835. Many people saw the papyri, but no one except Joseph Smith claimed to understand them." On the rediscovery of the papyri: "In 1966, several fragments of the Joseph Smith Papyri were rediscovered in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and given to the Church. Scholars recognized the fragments as portions of standard Egyptian funerary documents, including the Book of Breathings and the Book of the Dead." On the translation question: "None of the characters on the papyrus fragments mentioned Abraham's name or any of the events recorded in the book of Abraham. Mormon and non-Mormon Egyptologists agree that the characters on the fragments do not match the translation given in the book of Abraham." On proposed explanations: "Some have assumed that the book of Abraham was a literal translation of specific characters on the papyri. But Joseph Smith's study of the papyri may have led to a revelation about key events and teachings in the life of Abraham, rather than a literal translation of the papyri in the traditional sense. According to this view, Joseph's translation was not a conventional translation but rather an extended, inspired meditation." On the catalyst theory: "Others have suggested that Joseph's translation was not directly tied to the characters on the papyri. According to this theory, the physical artifacts served as a catalyst for revelation, prompting a divine communication that drew on Abraham's life and teachings but was not derived from the Egyptian text itself."