January 2, 1977 by •
Abraham,
alphabet,
ancient,
apocryphal works,
Babylonia,
Book of Mormon,
Books,
Canonicity,
Chinese,
cosmic,
creation(s),
cryptogram,
Daybooks,
Demotic,
dispensation(s),
Egypt,
Egyptian,
Enoch,
eternity,
evolution,
evolutionary,
evolutionary hypothesis,
future,
God,
heaven and earth,
heavenly book,
Heavenly Scribe,
Hebrew(s),
Hermetic,
hieratic,
hieroglyphics,
Hittite(s),
Holy books,
hostile,
house boat Life,
Imhotep,
inscriptions,
Jaredites,
Joseph Smith,
libraries,
memoranda books,
Menes,
Mesopotamia,
miracle of writing,
Moses,
Nephites,
past,
Pearl of Great Price,
Pharaoh,
pictographs,
picture writing,
power(s),
primordial book,
prophet(s),
proto-Elamitic,
proto-Indian,
records,
resurrection,
sacred book,
scripture(s),
Semitic,
Sent One(s),
Seshat,
Shabako stone,
synthesize,
the Book of the Foundation of Temples,
theories,
tools,
Torah,
uniformitarianism,
universe,
universities,
unknown,
view,
vizier of King Zoser,
writing miracle of,
written language,
written record(s)
(Provo: BYU Press, 1973). This was the Commissioner’s Lecture delivered in 1972. Later reprinted (without the complete footnotes) in The New Era 3:9 (September 1973): 38-50; reprinted again in Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1978): 101-127; CWHN 12: 450-490. An examination of writing as a gift from God and …
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March 11, 1976 by •
accumulation,
Brigham Young,
character,
computers,
customs and fashions,
degree,
Dialogue,
discipline,
economy,
education,
eternal progression,
eternity,
experience,
false doctrine,
false ideas,
fashion(s),
glory of God,
god of this world,
Holy Spirit,
honest heart,
ignorance,
intelligence,
Joseph Smith,
kingdom(s),
kitsch,
knowledge,
ladder,
learning,
light,
mediocre,
message,
moral(s) quality,
perishable objects,
practical knowledge,
principles,
real work,
revelation(s),
rhetoric,
riches,
security,
sensibility,
Shakespeare,
success,
talents,
taste,
teaching,
the Gospel,
the mind,
the Spirit,
truth,
vision,
wisdom,
work
Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Provo: BYU Press, 1976): 2-20. A talk given on March 11, 1976 at the Joseph Smith Auditorium at Brigham Young University; CWHN 13: 346-379. 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.
May 21, 1974 by •
Book of Mormon,
dispensation(s),
drama,
education,
eschatology,
eternity,
existence,
expanding mind,
falsehoods,
Heavenly Father,
Hugh Nibley,
ideologies,
Joseph Smith,
patterns,
Perspective,
pre-existence,
pride,
protology,
religious hobbies,
revelation(s),
self-knowledge,
Shakespeare,
temple(s),
testimony,
the Church leadership,
the Gospel,
time,
vanity
13 pp., typed transcript of a BYU Forum Assembly in which Nibley was interviewed by Louis Midgley, May 21, 1974
July 2, 1963 by •
academic feud,
academic fraud,
anamnesis,
annihilation,
Aristotle,
Asael Woodruff,
awareness,
beautiful,
career,
death,
education,
eternal life,
eternity,
futility,
God,
golden proportion,
golden section,
good,
goods,
graduation,
Greek drama,
Hamlet,
insecurity,
intellect,
intent,
John Dewey,
Muses,
other world,
Plato,
Plutarch,
preparation,
reflection,
retirement,
shopping epidemic,
success,
thinking,
training,
true
Talk given to the Retired Teacher’s Association on 9 October 1987, at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. CWHN 9:524-553