Original sentence: According to Smith, the book was "a translation of some ancient records... purporting to be the writings of Abraham, while he was in Egypt, called the Book of Abraham, written by his own hand, upon papyrus".As a result, the Book of Abraham has been the source of significant controversy, generally divided along religious lines: Latter-day Saint scholars tend to accept it as an authentic, ancient interpretation of more ancient scripture while non-Latter-day Saint scholars tend to reject it.The Book of Abraham is a work produced between 1835 and 1842 by Joseph Smith following the purchase of two Egyptian scrolls from a traveling mummy exhibition.The work was canonized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1880 as part of its Pearl of Great Price.Upon examination by professional Egyptologists (both Latter-day Saint and otherwise), these fragments were identified as Egyptian funerary texts, including the "Breathing Permit of Hôr" and the "Book of the Dead", among others
Edited sentence: According to Smith, the book was "a translation of some ancient records [...] purporting to be the writings of Abraham, while he was in Egypt, called the Book of Abraham, written by his own hand, upon papyrus".Although many Latter-day Saint scholars defend its authenticity, no other scholars regard it as an ancient text.As a result, the Book of Abraham has been the source of significant controversy.The Book of Abraham is a work produced between 1835 and 1842 by Joseph Smith based, he said, on Egyptian papyri purchased from a traveling mummy exhibition.The work was canonized in 1880, by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) as part of its Pearl of Great Price.Upon examination by professional Mormon and non-Mormon Egyptologists, these fragments were identified as Egyptian funerary texts, including the "Breathing Permit of Hôr" and the "Book of the Dead", among others