January 2, 1988 by •
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translation provisional
Deseret News, “Church News,” July 29, 1961, 10, 15. Originally a letter addressed to “Dear Mr. —-,” dated July 12, 1961. Reprinted in Saints Herald (October 9, 1961): 969-9, 975; CWHN 8:212-218.
Salt Lake Tribune (Sunday, November 25, 1973): 2G. This was a reply to a “Common Carrier” article by Jerald and Sandra Tanner, in the Salt Lake Tribune (November 11, 1973): 6B. Nibley focuses on the debate over the Book of Abraham and the Joseph Smith Papyri. — Midgley First of all let me make perfectly …
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July 2, 1975 by •
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Millennial Star 120:8 (August 1958):228-237, 247-249. Reprinted as What Is a Temple? The Idea of the Temple in History (1963 and 1968); and under the title “What is a Temple?” in The Temple in Antiquity: Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives, ed. by Truman G. Madsen (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1984), 19-37; and in CWHN 4: …
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November 2, 1966 by •
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The Book of Mormon: True or False? Millennial Star 124 (November 1962): 274–77.
August 2, 1962 by •
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Millennial Star 125:2 (February 1963): 28-34; CWHN 8: 243-258. Nibley shows that a long list of mistakes presumably made by Joseph Smith may actually turn out to be, on closer inspection and with fuller understanding, vindications of its authenticity. — Midgley
January 2, 1956 by •
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Jerry Johnston. “A Legendary Passion for Books and Languages,” Deseret News, Friday, 31 October 1980, C1.
The Christmas Quest. Millennial Star 112 (January 1950): 4–5.
December 2, 1943 by •
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Daily Universe, Letter to the Editor, 26 March 1971, entitled “Renounce War.” CWHN 13:267-269