solemn, and ponderous thoughts can only find them out,” Joseph said.24 He was willing to put in the time, and the painstaking effort, to understand the things of God. He studied German so he could read Luther’s superb translation of the scriptures. He studied Hebrew so he could get closer to the original text of the Old Testament. Notwithstanding his calling as a seer, he labored to understand Egyptian as he worked his way through the papyri that led to his production of the Book of Abraham.
