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Klaus Baer

Translated the Breathing Permit of Hor and analyzed its relationship to the Book of Abraham manuscripts and facsimiles.

egyptology

Affiliation
Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago
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He returned to Chicago in 1965 as Associate Professor at the Oriental Institute and five years later became full Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.

For His Ka: Essays Offered in Memory of Klaus Baer

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Life
1930–1987
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In Memoriam: Klaus Baer (June 22, 1930–May 14, 1987).

News & Notes 110 — In Memoriam: Klaus Baer

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Positions

What is the relationship between the Joseph Smith Papyri and the Book of Abraham?

Hor-papyrus source

Baer identifies and translates the papyrus associated with Facsimiles 1 and 3 as a funerary Breathing Permit for Hor, rather than an Abraham narrative. His reconstruction and comparison with the English manuscripts connect the surviving Egyptian signs with the text Smith treated as the Book of Abraham.

Joseph Smith thought that this papyrus contained the Book of Abraham.

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