Much of the basic work on the Book of Abraham remains to be done, but the following are the most important or original works.

19th- and 20th-Century History of the Papyri

Jay M. Todd, The Saga of the Book of Abraham (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1969).

H. Donl Peterson, The Story of the Book of Abraham: Mummies, Manuscripts, and Mormonism (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1995).

Brian L. Smith, "A Book of Abraham Research Update," BYU Religious Studies Center Newsletter, May 1997, 5–8.

John Gee, "A History of the Joseph Smith Papyri and Book of Abraham" (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1999).

Editions of the Joseph Smith Papyri

"New Light on Joseph Smith's Egyptian Papyri," Improvement Era 71/2 (1968): 40–40i.

Hugh W. Nibley, The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri: An Egyptian Endowment (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1975).

Size of the JSP and Translation of the Book of Abraham

Hugh W. Nibley, "Judging and Prejudging the Book of Abraham" (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1984).

John Gee, "A History of the Joseph Smith Papyri and Book of Abraham" (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1999).

John Gee, "Eyewitness, Hearsay, and Physical Evidence of the Joseph Smith Papyri," in The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2000), 175–217.

Ancient Background of the Joseph Smith Papyri

Hugh W. Nibley, The Message of the Joseph Smith Papyri: An Egyptian Endowment (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1975).

John Gee, "Abraham in Ancient Egyptian Texts," Ensign, July 1992, 60–62.

John Gee, "Abracadabra, Isaac, and Jacob," Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7/1 (1995): 19–84.

John Gee, "The Ancient Owners of the Joseph Smith Papyri" (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1999).

Role of the Book of Abraham in Latter-day Saint Thought

John Gee, "The Role of the Book of Abraham in the Restoration" (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1997).

Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham

Michael D. Rhodes, "A Translation and Commentary of the Joseph Smith Hypocephalus," BYU Studies 17/3 (1977): 259–74.

Michael D. Rhodes, "The Joseph Smith Hypocephalus . . . Seventeen Years Later" (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1994).

Abrahamic Background of the Book of Abraham

Hugh W. Nibley, "A New Look at the Pearl of Great Price," Improvement Era 71/1–73/5 (January 1968–May 1970); reprinted as a booklet (Provo, Utah: FARMS).

John A. Tvedtnes, "The Location of Abraham's Birthplace and the Original Homeland of the Hebrews," in Ur of the Chaldeans: Increasing Evidence on the Birthplace of Abraham and the Original Homeland of the Hebrews (Provo, Utah: Society for Early Historic Archaeology, 1985), 8–42.

Paul Y. Hoskisson, "Where Was Ur of the Chaldees?" in The Pearl of Great Price: Revelations from God, ed. H. Donl Peterson and Charles D. Tate Jr. (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center, 1989), 119–36.

Daniel C. Peterson, "News from Antiquity," Ensign, January 1994, 16–21.

Hugh W. Nibley, Abraham in Egypt, 2nd ed. (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 2000).

John Gee and Stephen D. Ricks, "Historical Plausibility: The Book of Abraham as a Case Study," in Historicity and the Latter-day Saint Scriptures, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center, forthcoming).

John A. Tvedtnes, Brian M. Hauglid, and John Gee, Early Traditions about Abraham Relevant to a Study of the Book of Abraham (Provo, Utah: FARMS, forthcoming).