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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Instructor 96:3 (March 1961):84-85; CWHN 8:207-211. A fictional account of how Jerusalem might have been in Nephi’s youth, grounded in roughly contemporary sources. — Midgley
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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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.
January 1, 1900 by •
Book of Mormon,
brass plates,
bronze,
Demotic,
desert,
Egypt,
Egyptian,
Egyptologists,
Elephantine documents,
gold,
Hebrew(s),
hieratic,
Jehoiakim King,
Jeremiah,
Jerusalem,
Jews,
Laban,
Lachish Letters,
Lehi,
Meroitic,
military,
Mulek,
Mulekites,
Mulekiyah,
names,
Nedabiah,
Nephi,
ostraca,
Palestine,
papyrus,
prophet(s),
Reformed Egyptian,
Rekhabite(s),
Torczyner,
visionary,
Yaush,
Zedekiah
Encyclopedia Judaica 9 (New York: Macmillan and the Encyclopedia Judaica Publishing, Jerusalem, 1972): columns 1568-75; CWHN 4: 323-354. A treatment of the role and symbolic power of Jerusalem for Christians. This was also circulated in pamphlet form by the Israeli Foreign Ministry. — Midgley