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Rediscovery of the Apocrypha and the Book of Mormon

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 …

Israel’s Neighbors

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 …

Just Another Book?

March 2, 1963 by • anti-Christian, childhood, Christian(s), Coptic church fragment, Dead Sea Scrolls, desert, Egypt, Elizabeth, fables, Infancy Gospels, James Gospel of, James Proto, Jerome Saint, Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, Joseph (sold into Egypt), lions, Mary, miracle(s) stories, moved, New Education Testament, Pharisees, Proto-Gospel of James, Protoevangelium of Jesus, pseudo-wisemen Matthew, pseudo-wisemen Thomas, Qumran, scandalous reports, scribe(s), Serapion, Serapion Life of John the Baptist, temple(s), the poor, Torine, trouble

CWHN 8:148-169

Myths and the Scriptures

June 2, 1956 by • Abraham, Adam, altar of pharaoh, ancient world, apocrypha, Babylonian(s), Bible, Book of Abraham, Catholic(s), Christian(s), clergy, coincidence, contaminated, Dante, dispensation(s), Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptologists, fantasy, Greek myths, Heracles, hierocentric, history, Israel, Israelite history, Jesus Christ, Jewish, Joseph Smith, Lefebure, legends, Milton, Moses, murder bed, myth(s), mythology, nature myths, ordinances, pagan(s), Procrustes, Procrustes bed of, religion, resemblances, rites, ritual, ritual beds, scholar(s), scientific, the Fathers, the Flood, the Gospel, theories, Theseus, true teachings

New Era 1:10 (October 1971): 34-38; CWHN 1:37-47

Historicity of the Bible

June 2, 1956 by • Amarna, ancient history, Bible, Bible World, biblical books, Book of Mormon, Christian(s), Christian(s) church, Christian(s) scholars, Christianity, discoveries, Eduard Meyer, Egypt, Egyptian, Eschatoes, eschatological, eschatology, eternal, evidence, existentialism, faith, Fundamentalist, Gentiles, God, God of miracles, Greeks, Hebrew(s) Patriarchs, historicity, history, Hittite(s), Holy Scriptures, Indo-European, infinite, interpretation, Israel, Israelite history, Jesus Christ, Jewish, Jews, Joseph Smith, Joseph Smith Jr., kingdom(s) of God, liberal, literary, Minoan Script B, miracle(s), Near East, New Education Testament, Old Testament, opinion(s), religion, scholar(s), scholarship, scripture(s), Ugaritic texts

typed transcript of an address given to the Seminary and Institute faculty at BYU on June 19, 1956; CWHN 1: 1-19.

The Lesson of the Sixth Century B.C.

March 20, 1956 by • antiquities, apocalyptic vision, Aristotle, Athenians, Book of Mormon, colonizer, contemplation, Cresus, Cyrus the Great, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptian culture, Greek, Greek studies, history, Jerusalem, Joseph Smith, Laman, leadership, Lehi, Mediterranean, merchants, Near East, Nephi, Palestine, Phalees, Phoenician, prayer, repentance, Roman emperor studies, Semitic merchants, sixth century, Solon, the Nile, Travelian

Devotional given March 20, 1956. 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.

Prophetic Book of Mormon

January 2, 1956 by • abominations, Akish, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Alma, American people, Ammon, annihilation, Babylon, Book of Mormon, Collapse, Constantine, Coriantumr, Corihor, Cumorah, East and West, economy, Egypt, Empire, enemy, Ether, evil, extermination, faith, Gentiles, God, good, Jared, Jaredites, Jesus Christ, Lamanite(s), Lehi, Mormon (the Book of Mormon prophet), Moroni, Mr. Nixon, Nephites, pagan(s), period of, Planned Polarization", polarization, power(s), prophecies, prophet(s), repentance, Romans, Rome, Satan, Shiz, Shule, Soviet(s), special interests, the Gospel, the Gospel of Repentance, The LORD, two poles, Way of Darkness, Way of Light, wickedness, World of the Jaredites

(Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book Company, 1989), 567 pp. CWHN 8

On the Pearl of Great Price

January 2, 1952 by • Abraham, altar, ancient documents, angel(s) of the Lord, Anubis, archaeologist(s), Babylonia, bedstead, Book of Abraham, Book of Mormon, Brested, Chaldean(s), Chaldees, crocodile, Dead Sea Scrolls, Deveria, Eduard Meyer, Egypt, Egyptian, Egyptian drawings, Egyptian papyrus, Egyptologists, engraver, ephod, explanations, Facsimile No. 1, Facsimile No. 2, Facsimile No. 3, facsimiles, figures, fraudulent, funerary, God, gods, hand-picked experts, hawk, Hebrew(s), hieroglyphs, human beginnings sacrifice(s), hypocephali, idolatrous gods, influence, interpretation, Jews, Joseph Smith, Korash, Libnah, lion couch, lotus, Lucy Mack Smith, Mace, Mahmackrah, Mercer, Mesopotamia, Mormon(s), mummies, Nefertum, Nimrod, of the Spirit, original texts, Osiris, Pearl of Great Price, Peters, Petrie, Pharaoh, prejudice(d), Professor, representations, reproductions, Reuben Hedlock, Rev. F. S. Spaulding, revelation(s), sacred crocodile, Sais, Satan, scepter, scholar(s), Serik, Sobec, sword, symbolic drawings, Syria, the critic(s), the four directions, theory, translator, Ur, Urim and Thummim, Vigal, von Bissing, Wepwawet

34 pp., typed transcript of a lecture given on May 13, 1965

Coptic Christian ‘Book of Breathings’

January 1, 1900 by • Abraxas, Christian(s) church, Coptic church papyrus, Egypt, Egyptian(s), gnosis, gnosticism, higher teachings, Isis, ordinances, Satan, secret teachings, signs and symbols, symbols and signs, Trinity

Irenaeus

January 1, 1900 by • abstraction, apostles, Apostolic Fathers, argument, authority, baptism, Bible, bishop(s), blood, Christian(s), Christianity, counterfeit, diffusion, doctrine(s), Egypt, Eucharist, evil, false Christianity, false Christs, false doctrine, false prophets, Gentiles, gifts, gnosis, gnostic library, gnosticism, God, Ignatius, imitation, incomprehensible, Irenaeus, Jesus Christ, mysteries, pagan(s), paganism, philosophers, Pilot, prophecies, reabsorbed, resurrection, revelation(s), Rome, scripture(s), second century, Seventy, spirit (and matter), spiritual gifts, the Church, the Gospel, the Son of God, the Twelve, tradition(s), unction, writings