The Joseph Smith Papyri (JSP) are eleven Egyptian papyrus fragments which were once owned by Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of Mormonism. After Smith's death, they were eventually acquired in 1947 by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) and brought forth again in 1966, after which they were returned to the church Smith founded, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The fragments are portions of a larger set of papyri that Joseph Smith purportedly translated into the Book of Abraham.
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