February 2, 1984 by •
a type,
Adam,
Ate (Greek),
Babylon,
beautify,
beauty,
Book of Mormon,
celestial,
Christ's reign on earth,
Christian(s),
city of refuge,
condemnation,
corrupt,
creation(s),
Creator,
creatures,
destruction,
destructive,
dispensation(s),
earth's paradisiacal glory,
Eden,
Enoch,
environment,
eternal order,
excellence,
garden,
garden of Eden,
gathering of Israel,
glory,
God,
heaven,
hunting,
inverse image,
Joseph Smith,
joy,
Last Days,
latter days,
mammon,
Mammonout,
merchants,
Mount Zion,
New Education Jerusalem,
Paradise,
place of gathering,
place of refuge,
pollution,
prepare,
realities,
reality,
redwoods,
restoration of Ten Tribes,
righteous,
Satan,
space,
state of mind,
the Gospel message,
The LORD,
the plan,
the Saints,
the two ways,
the wicked,
time,
war,
way of the world,
work,
world(s),
Zion
in ASBYU Academics Office Presents: Last Lecture Series, 1971-72 (Provo: n.p., 1972 and 1973): 1-14; CWHN 9:1-24. Social commentary touching on themes that have become increasingly common in Nibley’s various addresses and writings containing social commentary. — Midgley
December 2, 1983 by •
Analiza Brigham Young,
apostles,
appearances,
awesome,
Babylon,
beauty,
Bible,
Book of Mormon,
Brigham Young,
Christian(s),
condition of the heart,
darkness,
destruction,
division,
Enoch,
equal,
eternal life,
eternal order,
goal,
God,
Heavenly City,
Holy land,
Holy place(s),
invulnerable,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jewish,
Joseph Smith,
kingdom(s) of God,
money,
Mormon(s),
New Education Jerusalem,
obedient,
one heart,
one mind,
peace,
perfection,
power(s),
pure in heart,
purity,
refuge,
rhetoric,
Roman,
safety,
sanctify,
Satan,
sin,
society,
temple(s),
terror,
the Gospel,
The LORD,
the poor,
the Prophets,
the Saints,
the world,
treason,
truth,
Two Ways,
type of,
virtue(s),
Way of Darkness,
Way of Light,
wealth,
wicked,
wickedness,
Zion
“What is Zion? A Distant View,” in What Is Zion? Joseph Smith Lecture Series, 1972-1973 (Provo: BYU Press, 1973): 1-21; CWHN 9:25-62. This talk, originally given in 1973, was circulated prior to publication as “Waiting for Zion,” typed typescript, 34 pp., d.s. A passionate treatment of one of Nibley’s favorite themes. — Midgley
August 19, 1983 by •
Babylon,
black robes of a false priesthood,
equality,
false priesthood,
headdress,
Justinianeion,
leadership,
management,
mortar-board,
robe(s),
temple(s),
vain things
August 19, 1983 BYU commencement speech, CWHN 13:486-506 Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3 This recording is also found at BYU Speeches.
January 2, 1982 by •
Abraham,
apostles,
Caesar,
Caliphs,
Catholic(s),
Centurion,
Christian(s),
churchmen,
Claudius,
Constantine (Emperor),
economy,
Egypt,
Emperor,
Enoch,
eternal,
Father,
Felix,
Festus,
Gentiles,
God,
Herod Agrippa,
High Priest,
Holy Ghost,
Israel,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jews,
John Chrysostom,
Joseph Smith,
Khan(s),
King(s),
Latter-day Saints,
love,
magistrates,
ministers,
missionary,
Mormonism,
Moses,
party,
Paul the Apostle,
Pharaoh,
polis,
political,
politics,
Popes,
prophet(s),
Protestant(s),
restoration,
Romans,
Rome,
Satan,
Sicarii,
temporal,
the Church,
the Gospel,
the Law,
The LORD,
the press,
the Prince of this World,
the Savior,
Western World,
world(s)
22 pp., typed manuscript for an Academics Lecture given on June 3, 1976 at BYU on politics; CWHN 13:105-137. An examination of how the Saints should understand involvement in politics, among other things drawing upon the examples of Paul and Daniel. — Midgley
July 13, 1980 by •
archaeology,
collapse of civilization,
Hopi,
Inca,
iniquity followers of,
Jaredites,
Maya,
Nephites,
Nephites people before,
Olmecs,
Quetzalcoatl,
ruins
THE RUINS – Who can account for them? Answer: Nobody! The elementary questions remain unanswered. At every step students confess their helplessness before a complete MYSTERY.
November 23, 1979 by •
angel(s) adversarial,
apocalyptic writings,
Apocryphon of John,
Bible,
Book of Enoch,
corruption,
cruelty,
Daughters of Men,
depravity,
earth corruption of,
earthquakes,
Enoch,
Enoch Son of Jared,
evil,
fallen angels,
God,
God charity of,
God wisdom of,
heavenly order exploitation of,
Holy One,
Joseph Smith Jr. and Enoch,
mercy,
Noah,
oaths,
ordinances changed,
Pearl of Great Price,
priestcraft(s),
priesthood false,
Satan and Enoch,
Semiazas,
Seth,
shame,
Sons of Heaven,
Syriac Apocalypse of Paul,
the Flood,
The LORD,
theodicy,
violence,
Watchers,
Zohar
in Pearl of Great Price Symposium, held at Brigham Young University on November 22, 1975: 76-85, 93-96. Reprinted in CWHN 2:1-18
June 27, 1979 by •
accuracy,
appointment,
authentic,
completeness,
evidence,
excellence,
excitement,
exploration,
explore,
graduate school,
information,
integrity,
interest,
interpretation,
language(s),
meticulous,
opinion(s),
original,
patient,
polemic religious,
prestige schools,
production results,
publication,
publish,
read,
religious polemic,
research,
scholar(s),
scholarly writing,
school,
scientific interest,
significant,
vested interest,
writing
(Provo: Mimeographed by the BYU Graduate School, 1966), 11 pp. An address on the rudiments of scholarship given on May 12, 1965 to the BYU History Department Honors Banquet. Presented in the form of a series of answers to hypothetical questions. — Midgley Q. Why is such overwhelming stress laid on publication at the so-called …
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