December 2, 1970 by •
Abraham,
American Prophet,
Avebury,
Book of Mormon,
cosmos,
Eduard Meyer,
Egyptian(s),
Eric Hornung,
Hopi,
Hotevilla,
Joseph Smith,
ordinances,
scholar(s),
temple(s),
Year-Rite
Address given on 4 December 1999 at BYU.
February 25, 1969 by •
ancient world,
antiquities,
Bible,
Book of Mormon,
Christianity,
Eduard Meyer,
God,
investigations,
Islam,
Joseph Smith and Judaism,
Koran,
miracle(s),
Mohammed,
Mormon(s),
Mormonism,
Moslem(s),
Plan of Salvation,
prophet(s),
religion,
religion revealed,
Satan,
Three Witnesses,
Word of Wisdom
The Ensign 2:3 (March 1972): 55-64. Not all of the footnotes containing the citations for the supporting texts and explanations were published with this essay. — Midgley
March 20, 1968 by •
Abraham,
Abraham literature,
Book of Abraham,
Book of Mormon,
Book of the Dead,
cosmological,
Egypt,
Egyptian,
Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar,
Egyptian papyri,
Egyptologists,
Enoch,
facsimiles,
Idrisi,
Joseph Smith,
Kirtland,
Mormon(s),
Osiris,
papryi,
Pearl of Great Price,
scholar(s),
Sen-Sen fragment,
Stone of Righteousness,
symbols,
the critic(s),
Urim and Thummim
Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 3:2 (Summer 1968): 99-105. This essay concerns the debate over the Joseph Smith Papyri and the bulk of the number contains materials on this issue. — Midgley
(Salt Lake City: Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1957): xvi, 416 pp. ; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1964): xxii, 416 pp. This edition contains a “Preface to Second Edition” by HN, one new chapter (#25) entitled “Strange Ships and Shining Stones,” which is reproduced from …
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November 2, 1966 by •
Book of Mormon,
Book of Mormon forgery or hoax?,
Eduard Meyer,
forgery,
hoax,
Joseph Smith Jr. and the Book of Mormon,
Lehi,
Middle East,
New Education World,
Old World,
Prof. Johannes Meinhold,
Prof. William Foxwell Albright
The Book of Mormon: True or False? Millennial Star 124 (November 1962): 274–77.
July 13, 1965 by •
Alma,
American Indians,
Arab(s) scholar,
arrow divination,
belomancy,
Bible,
Book of Mormon,
brass ball,
compass,
direction,
director,
divination,
divinatory sticks,
Ezekiel,
faith,
familiar,
gifts of God,
God,
Indians American,
Jaredites,
Jesus Christ,
Jewish custom,
Joseph Smith,
Lehi,
Liahona,
magic,
magicians,
miracle(s),
miraculous power,
Nephi,
ordinary,
pointers,
power(s) of God,
punctuation,
revelation(s),
round ball,
shaking,
shining stones,
shooting,
s_hamachul (arabic),
T. Fahd,
temporal,
the critic(s),
the Kaabeh,
time of Ignorance,
tossing,
travelers,
type and shadow,
writing,
zalam
The Improvement Era 64:2 (February 1961):87-89, 104-106, 108-111. An examination of the Liahona in the light of Arabic divination arrows. — Midgley
March 17, 1965 by •
Abraham,
Alma,
ancient Israel practice,
anti-gnostic,
apocrypha,
apocryphal works writings,
Babylonian(s),
Baruch,
Bible,
Book of Jubilees,
Book of Mormon,
buried up unto the Lord,
Cain,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
Coffin texts,
Copper Scroll,
Creation Apocrypha,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
Demotic,
devil(s),
doctrine(s),
Egypt,
Egyptian(s),
ephod of Cia,
false teachers,
filthy water,
Gentiles,
Gilgamish,
God,
Helaman,
hidden book,
hieratic,
hieroglyphics,
house boat Israel,
images,
iron rod,
Isaac,
Isaiah,
Israel,
Jacob,
Jeremiah,
Jesus Christ,
Jewish Apocrypha,
Jews,
Joseph Smith,
Judaism,
King Benjamin,
King(s) Benjamin,
knowledge,
Laban,
Lehi,
libraries,
Lord Raglan,
Manual of Discipline,
metaphors,
Nephi,
newly discovered,
Odes of Solomon,
olive tree,
Origins of Religion,
Paanchi,
path,
Pharaoh,
plan of redemption,
plates,
pre-existence,
pride of the world,
private libraries,
prophet(s),
reality,
Reformed Egyptian,
righteous,
Satan,
scripture(s),
Sons of Darkness,
Sons of Light,
star(s),
testamentary literature,
the Gospel of Philip,
The LORD,
The Pearl,
the plan,
the Redeemer,
the two ways,
the wicked,
the Word of God,
third dimension,
treasures,
wilderness,
will of God,
Wisdom of Solomon,
writing,
Zenos,
[Egyptian] genealogical records
58 pp. d.s. typed transcript of a lecture given on March 17, 1965; CWHN 12:212-263. The imagery and practices found in the Book of Mormon are compared with certain phrases and material concerns found in Jewish and Christian apocryphal writings. — Midgley Listen to recording: Part 1 Part 2 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save …
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February 24, 1965 by •
Abraham,
Akkadian,
Amarna discoveries tablets,
Amorites,
Asia Minor,
Assurbanipal library,
Babylonia,
Beirut,
Bible,
biblical,
Biblos,
Bokazkoi,
Book of Mormon,
Canaan,
Canaanite,
Celts,
Chaldean(s),
Chinese,
Christian(s),
creation(s),
cuneiform,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
deluge,
Egypt,
Egyptian Wisdom Literature,
Etruscan,
Genesis Apocryphon,
Gilgamish,
Greece,
Greek,
Hazor,
Hebrew(s),
Hittite(s),
Hurian(s),
Hyksos,
Indo-European,
Israel,
Jerusalem,
Jews,
kingship,
Lebanon,
Mari library,
Melchizedek,
Mesopotamia,
Mettoni,
Midian,
Minoan,
Nuzzi library,
Old Testament,
On (city of),
Palestine,
Pearl of Great Price,
Persia,
Philistines,
Ras Shamra library,
religion,
Sectarians,
Semitic,
Shabako stone,
Sumerian,
Syria,
the Flood,
the Nile,
Ugarit,
uniformity,
Yeb,
Zadok,
Zadokites
33 pp., a typed transcript of a talk given on February 24, 1965. A discussion of the religious and cultural impact of Egypt, Babylon and other neighbors on events in Israel. — Midgley Listen to recording: Part 1 Part 2 [Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3] This recording is also …
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February 19, 1965 by •
angel(s),
angel(s) Moroni,
anti-Mormon writers,
apostles,
Apostolic Fathers,
Book of Mormon,
Christian(s),
E. D. Howe,
E. L. Lewis,
Edinburgh Review,
Eduard Meyer,
Father,
Fawn M. Brodie,
First Vision,
G. Townsend,
God the Father,
Gold Plates,
Henry Caswell,
Hill Cumorah,
J. D. McMillan,
J.B. Turner,
James T. Cobb,
Jesus Christ and the First Vision,
Jewish sectaries,
John C. Bennett,
John Hyde,
John Quincy Adams,
Joseph Smith Jr. and the First Vision,
Joseph Smith Sr.,
Lehi,
Manchester England,
Martin Harris,
Methodism,
Missouri,
Mohammed,
Mormon (the Book of Mormon prophet),
Moroni,
Mr. Lind,
Nephite scripture,
New Education York,
Obadiah Dogberry,
Oliver Cowdery,
Painesville Telegraph,
Palmyra New York,
Palmyra Reflector,
prophet(s),
R. W. Beer,
Rev. Nathaniel Lewis,
Rochester Advertiser and Telegraph,
Rochester Gem,
Sidney Rigdon,
Stone Box,
the Savior,
the Son,
the Spirit of the Almighty,
Transfiguration
33 pp. typed transcript of an address given on February 18, 1961 at a Seminar on Joseph Smith held at BYU. Nibley sets forth various reasons for believing that there had been a suppression of the story of the initial vision of Joseph Smith by his enemies between 1820 and 1838. See also the series …
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