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# Pearl of Great Price

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Pearl of Great Price (PGP) is a collection of scriptures of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The PGP includes: the [Book of Abraham]?, a book dealing with Abraham's journeyings in Egypt, containing many distinctive Mormon doctrines such as eternal progression; the [Book of Moses]?, a retelling of Genesis and Exodus; the [Joseph Smith-History]?, a history of the early Mormon church by [Joseph Smith]?; [Joseph Smith-Matthew]?, a translation of the Gospel of Matthew? by Joseph Smith; and the Articles of Faith, a brief summary of the major doctrines of the Mormon faith written by Joseph Smith for a newspaper.

Joseph Smith claimed he translated the books of Abraham and Moses from Egyptian papyri in his possession; Mormons believe this, but non-Mormon scholars reject this claim. Egyptian papyri which were in the posession of Joseph Smith still exist, and contain nothing resembling the texts Joseph Smith claims to have translated. It is however possible that the texts Joseph Smith translated different papyri which have not survived, but non-Mormons would not consider this likely.

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