S5 E14 The Book of Abraham Introduced and Understood (Abraham 1-2)
The Scriptures Are Real
Kerry Muhlestein
4.8 • 539 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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In this episode from four years ago Kerry and his co-host Lamar Newmeyer explore the story of the Book of Abraham. They tell the story of how Egyptian papyri got from Egypt to Joseph Smith. They explore what we do and don’t know about the translation process of the Book of Abraham. They talk about what we know about the priest who owned some of the papyri Joseph Smith acquired and how surprisingly his interests match the Book of Abraham. Kerry explains some important elements of Facsimile One. They provide a lot of other information about the Book of Abraham.
They mention some websites that may be helpful for you: https://bookofabraham.org/
https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/introduction-book-of-abraham-61-4
https://pearlofgreatpricecentral.org/
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for joining us on the Scriptures A Real podcast. |
| 0:12.1 | This is an episode we did in 2022 with Lamar Newmire and myself about the Book of Abraham. |
| 0:18.8 | And it's something so many people have questions about, |
| 0:21.3 | and we're hitting the Book of Abraham again. I'd really love for everyone to have access to this. |
| 0:25.9 | Not many people were listening back then. So here we go as we talk about the Book of Abraham. |
| 0:30.1 | Hello, everybody, and welcome to The Scriptures Are Real. I am your host, or co-host, Lamar Newmeier, |
| 0:39.7 | and I have with me, Carrie Mulestein, who you've seen before on this channel. Hi, how are you doing, Carrie? Good, good. How are you? |
| 0:45.0 | I'm doing well. We're, we're miles apart, but we're close in our, in our technological way, |
| 0:51.2 | we're close by. Yep. So, I So today we are discussing the Book of Abraham. |
| 0:57.9 | We're going to be talking about the Old Testament this year, and part of that Old Testament |
| 1:01.7 | actually begins in the Pearl of Great Price, which discusses the Book of Moses and the |
| 1:07.1 | Book of Abraham. |
| 1:08.5 | So Kerry has some expertise in this area. He spent a lot of time |
| 1:13.6 | over in the Middle East and Jerusalem and areas surrounding there in Egypt, of course, and has |
| 1:19.8 | quite a bit of knowledge about this. So let me ask you, Carrie, if we're talking about the |
| 1:23.7 | Book of Abraham, can you tell me if I was, I'm sitting in our regular gospel doctrine |
| 1:28.9 | class and I say, where does the book of Abraham come from? Was it parchment that somebody found? |
| 1:34.4 | Was it already in there? Was it, did Joe Smith just receive the revelation? How does that, |
| 1:40.3 | how does the book of Abraham come about? It's a great question. And one that I wish we had |
| 1:47.6 | a simple answer to. I mean, there is a simple answer. The simple answer is it came from God. |
| 1:54.0 | So that's the simple answer. Okay. Yeah. A little more complex than that. And, you know, |
| 1:59.7 | for like a just gospel doctrine class, I wish it were simple. |
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