Milan D. Smith Jr.
MILAN D. SMITH, JR., received his doctor of law degree from the University of Chicago in 1969. He and his wife, Mady, have six children and live in Los Angeles.
“That Is the Handwriting of Abraham”
Articles/Essays – Volume 23, No. 4
Dialogue, 23.4 (Winter 1990): 167 – 169
In his stimulating article, “Knowing Brother Joseph Again: The Book of Abraham and Joseph Smith as Translator” (DIALOGUE, Winter 1989), Karl Sandberg seeks to explain the Prophet Joseph Smith’s translation of the Book of Abraham almost exclusively in terms of seership (where one does not necessarily actually view the material being deciphered, as opposed to using prophetic gifts to bring to light what was previously hidden or unknown).