2026 Annotated Edition · Eugene Seaich
Volume 6: Gnosticism and the Book of Abraham
The Nag Hammadi Texts, the Papyri, and the Facsimiles
The closing volume takes on the hardest problems: Gnostic literature from Nag Hammadi, the Joseph Smith papyri, and the Book of Abraham facsimiles — testing Latter-day Saint claims against the ancient sources with the series’ full scholarly apparatus.
About this volume
Part of Ancient Texts and Mormonism: Discovering the Roots of the Eternal Gospel in the Ancient Primitive Church (2026 Annotated Edition), Eugene Seaich’s study of ancient texts and Latter-day Saint theology, revised and edited with a foreword by Eric Hendrickson. Print length: 485 pages.
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Seaich’s readings of the ancient sources are his interpretation, not official teaching of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The other volumes
- Volume 1 — Introduction and Proem · What Is Mormonism? Apostasy, Orthodoxy, and the Eternal Gospel
- Volume 2 — The Mormon Concept of Deity · Father, Son, Holy Spirit, and the Divine Council
- Volume 3 — Mormon Anthropology · Preexistence, the Heavenly Council, and the Divine Origin of the Soul
- Volume 4 — Mormon Soteriology · Grace, Theosis, and the Three Degrees of Glory
- Volume 5 — The Temple · Ancient Temple Symbolism, the Jerusalem Temple, and the Modern Temple
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