Stephen O. Smoot
Stephen O. Smoot is a graduate student at the University of Toronto, where he studies Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations with a concentration in Egyptology. He previously received bachelor’s degrees in Ancient Near Eastern Studies and German Studies from Brigham Young University. His work on biblical and Latter-day Saint topics has appeared in such venues as the Religious Studies Center at BYU, the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, and the Interpreter Foundation.
BYU Studies Publications
- "In the Land of the Chaldeans": The Search for Abraham’s Homeland Revisited
- “Sight and Power to Translate”: Revelatory Translation, Seership, and Joseph Smith’s Scriptural Productions(2025)
- A Semitic View of the Facsimiles
- Abraham and Idrimi
- Abraham and Osiris (Facsimile 3, Figure 1)
- Abraham the Seer
- Abraham’s Converts in Haran
- Abrahamic Astronomy
- Abrahamic Legends and Lore
- Ancient Near Eastern Creation Myths
- Appendix [61:4]: Book of Abraham Bibliography
- Approaching the Facsimiles
- By His Own Hand upon Papyrus
- Chiasmus in the Book of Abraham
- Conclusion: Ask the Right Questions and Keep Looking
- Creation from Chaos
- Did Abraham Lie about His Wife, Sarai?
- Egyptianisms in the Book of Abraham
- Facsimile 1 as a Sacrifice Scene
- Facsimile 3: Judgment Scene or Presentation Scene?
- God Sitting upon His Throne (Facsimile 2, Figure 7)
- How Did Joseph Smith Translate the Book of Abraham?
- Human Sacrifice
- Introduction [61:4]
- Isis the Pharaoh (Facsimile 3, Figure 2)
- Jews in Ancient Egypt
- Kolob, the Governing One
- One Day to a Cubit (Facsimile 2, Figure 1)
- Potiphar’s Hill
- Prophets, Pagans, and Papyri: The Jews of Greco-Roman Egypt and the Transmission of the Book of Abraham
- Shinehah, the Sun
- Shulem, One of the King’s Principal Waiters (Facsimile 3, Figure 5)
- Sobek, the God of Pharaoh
- The “Kirtland Egyptian Papers” and the Book of Abraham
- The Abrahamic Covenant
- The Ancient Egyptian View of Abraham
- The Ancient Owners of the Joseph Smith Papyri
- The Blood of the Canaanites
- The Divine Council
- The Fall of Lucifer
- The Foreordination of Abraham
- The Four Sons of Horus (Facsimile 2, Figure 6)
- The Hathor Cow (Facsimile 2, Figure 5)
- The Idolatrous God Elkenah
- The Idolatrous Priest (Facsimile 1, Figure 3)
- The Name of the Lord
- The Plain of Olishem
- The Plains of Moreh
- The Priesthood Ban and the Book of Abraham
- The Purpose and Function of the Egyptian Hypocephalus
- The Relationship between the Book of Abraham and the Joseph Smith Papyri
- The Son of Man
- Ur of the Chaldees
- What Egyptian Papyri Did Joseph Smith Possess?
- Zeptah and Egyptes