Did Joseph Smith write a book titled “Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar”?
The church still has Joseph Smith’s bound, 34-page book called Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar. The book has the hieroglyphs and a very similar English ‘translation.’ Smith translated thousands of English words from about 80 hieroglyphs. Joseph said this was the writing of Abraham and the word of his god. Actually it was a variant of the Book of the Dead, a pagan Egyptian magic book filled with heathen idols, often buried with mummies.
