reformed Egyptian (as described in the Book of Mormon)
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Reformed Egyptian, as described in the Book of Mormon, is a purportedly modified form of Egyptian script used by ancient American prophets to record their religious and historical records on metal plates.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Reformed Egyptian (Book of Mormon) | 0 |
| Reformed Egyptian | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
script described in religious text
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writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithText | gold plates (Book of Mormon) ⓘ |
| claimedEfficiency | takes less space than Hebrew (according to the Book of Mormon) ⓘ |
| claimedOriginContext | Hebrew-speaking migrants adapting Egyptian script (according to the Book of Mormon) ⓘ |
| claimedUsagePeriod | circa 600 BCE to 400 CE (according to the Book of Mormon narrative) ⓘ |
| claimedUsers |
Jaredites (according to some Latter-day Saint interpretations)
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Mormon (Book of Mormon prophet-editor) NERFINISHED ⓘ Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nephites (according to the Book of Mormon) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy | debate over historical authenticity of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Nephite record-keeping (according to the Book of Mormon) ⓘ |
| describedIn | Book of Mormon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Coptic
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Demotic Egyptian ⓘ Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ Hieratic Egyptian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evidenceType | described only in religious texts and testimonies ⓘ |
| extantSamples | none known to modern scholarship ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptionClaim | inscriptions on the gold plates (according to Joseph Smith) ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Mormon (Book of Mormon 9th-century CE Nephite prophet-editor, according to the narrative)
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Moroni (Book of Mormon prophet, according to the narrative) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernCommunityBelief | accepted as real by most believing Latter-day Saints ⓘ |
| modernCriticalView | often regarded as part of a 19th-century religious narrative ⓘ |
| modificationOf | Egyptian script (as claimed in the Book of Mormon) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalDescription | not described in detail in the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| orthographicDescription | not described in detail in the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| phoneticStatus | not described in detail in the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| primarySourceLanguage | Egyptian (as claimed in the Book of Mormon) ⓘ |
| purpose |
recording historical records (according to the Book of Mormon)
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recording religious records (according to the Book of Mormon) ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Anthon Transcript
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Caractors document NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | central to the origin story of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Latter-day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyConsensus | considered unverified and unattested ⓘ |
| scriptClassification | constructed or hypothetical script (from a scholarly perspective) ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | not specified in the Book of Mormon text ⓘ |
| statusInEgyptology | no evidence in Egyptian inscriptions or documents ⓘ |
| statusInLinguistics | not recognized as a historical language or script ⓘ |
| translationClaim | translated into English by Joseph Smith ⓘ |
| translationMethodClaim | divine inspiration (according to Latter-day Saint belief) ⓘ |
| usedBy | ancient American prophets (according to the Book of Mormon) ⓘ |
| verificationStatus | cannot be independently verified with current evidence ⓘ |
| writingMedium | metal plates ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Reformed Egyptian
Mormon (primary editor-narrator)
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reformed Egyptian (as described in the Book of Mormon)
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