January 2, 1993 by •
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BYU Studies 8:2 (Winter 1968): 171-178. On November 27, 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City made available to the Church certain papyri fragments that had once been in the possession of Joseph Smith. These generated considerable interest and also much controversy over the Book of Abraham and what came to be …
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September 20, 1991 by •
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Concilium: Theology in the Age of Renewal 30 (New York: Paulist Press, 1968): 170-173; also printed in England under the same title in Concilium: An International Review of Theology 10 (December 1967): 82-83, and in other foreign-language editions of this Catholic journal in French, pp. 151-153; Portuguese, pp. 144-147; German, pp. 855-856;reprinted, as “The Book …
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February 1, 1988 by •
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a series of articles in three parts in The Improvement Era. This series was to have been continued, but was actually abandoned. The materials were eventually used in “The Passing of the Church,” Church History 30: 2 (June 1961): 131-154; reprinted in When the Lights Went Out (1970, 2001): 1-32; and in BYU Studies 16:1 …
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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.
January 19, 1986 by •
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Victorians
9 pp. typed paper, 1965; Seventh East Press (January 18, 1982): 4-7, 12; and CWHN 1: 21-36. This is the manuscript of an essay submitted to the Instructor, and rejected, and circulated with two letters, both dated September 16, 1965, one addressed to “Dear Brother,” 1 p., and the other addressed to “Mr. W,” 5 …
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December 2, 1983 by •
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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