2025 Abraham and His Family Conference
Videos and Audio RecordingsA playlist of all 22 videos is available at
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRMn4gyXMWLvuFiYuKoae7LfSYTzDetNq
Saturday, May 3, Morning Session
Welcome and Introduction
Welcome by David Seely
Opening Prayer by Scott Gordon
Opening Prayer by Scott Gordon
Approaching Eternal Life: Temple Elements by the Numbers in Facsimile 2
John W. Welch and Michael D. Rhodes
Abraham the Astronomer
Stephen O. Smoot
“My Name Is the Sun”: Patriarchs, Planets, and the Book of Abraham
Allen Hansen and Spencer Kraus
“That Lineage”: Rival Priesthood Claims in the Book of Abraham
Avram R. Shannon
Saturday, May 3, Afternoon Session
Proper Names and Foreign Words in the Book of Abraham
Stephen Ricks
The Ten Tests of Abraham and Sarah: A Jewish Tradition
David and Jo Ann Seely
Panel Discussion and Audience Questions: Perspectives on the Book of Abraham
David Calabro, Michael D. Rhodes, Stephen O. Smoot, and John S. Thompson
Saturday, May 10, Morning Session
Welcome and Introduction
Welcome by John W. Welch
Opening Prayer by Allen Hansen
Opening Prayer by Allen Hansen
Echoes of the Temple and Jerusalem in the Abraham Story
Gary A. Rendsburg
The Redeemer and the Redeemed
John Gee
Ḥesed and the Redemption of Abraham
Jennifer C. Lane
Saturday, May 10, Afternoon Session
The Qur’anic view of Abraham
Daniel C. Peterson
Abraham: Man of Perfect Faith
Spencer Kraus and Allen Hansen
Abram Meets Melchizedek, with Joseph Smith at the Reader’s Side
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
Panel Discussion and Audience Questions: Personal Views on Abraham and His Family
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Daniel C. Peterson, Jennifer C. Lane, Gary A. Rendsburg, and John W. Welch
