Council, Chaos, and Creation in the Book of Abraham

Authors

Stephen O. Smoot

Abstract

The Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price depicts the creation, including the motifs of the divine council, primeval chaos, and creation from preexisting matter. This depiction fits nicely in an ancient Near Eastern cultural background and has strong affinities with the depiction of the cosmos found in the Hebrew Bible and other ancient Near Eastern texts (especially Egyptian and Mesopotamian).

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Smoot, Stephen O. (2013) "Council, Chaos, and Creation in the Book of Abraham," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies: Vol. 22: No. 2, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol22/iss2/4