July 2, 1975 by •
baptism,
bishop(s),
center,
center drama,
Christian(s),
Christian(s) church,
Christianity,
corrupt,
creation(s) drama(s),
Cyril,
earth,
Egypt,
Elijah,
fourth century,
Gentile rites,
God,
heaven,
Holy Sepulcher,
interpretation,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jewish rites,
Jews,
Kaaba,
Mormon(s),
Moslem(s),
motif,
mythology,
Nimrod,
North Star,
of the earth,
Old Law,
ordinances,
Osiris,
pagan(s),
Patrologiae,
place of contact,
Plan of Salvation,
Primitive Church,
religious ritual,
rites,
Salt Lake Temple,
salvation,
sanctuary,
scholar(s),
secrecy,
symbolic,
synagogue,
Talmud,
Temple,
temple(s),
temple(s) rites,
the Church,
the Initiation,
three levels,
tradition(s),
universe,
usurper,
Year drama,
Ziggurat
Millennial Star 120:8 (August 1958):228-237, 247-249. Reprinted as What Is a Temple? The Idea of the Temple in History (1963 and 1968); and under the title “What is a Temple?” in The Temple in Antiquity: Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives, ed. by Truman G. Madsen (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1984), 19-37; and in CWHN 4: …
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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
October 25, 1963 by •
Catholic(s) Church,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
Christopher Columbus,
Constantine (Emperor),
Crusades,
Emperor,
God,
Gregory,
Holy peace,
Islam,
Jerome,
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem earthly,
Jerusalem heavenly,
Jews,
Justinian,
Mormon(s),
Mosque of Omar,
Omar,
Palestine,
peace holy,
peace pilgrimage,
pilgrimage peace,
Popes,
Protestant(s),
Reformation,
Rome,
Salidan,
temple(s),
the Law,
wealth
18 pp. typed transcript of a talk given on October 25, 1963. 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.
February 17, 1962 by •
alternative,
Analiza Ann Eliza Young,
Analiza Brigham Young,
Analiza Young,
Ann Eliza Young,
anti-Mormon,
argument,
association,
attack,
bargain,
Brigham Young,
controversy,
credentials,
criminal charges,
education,
evidence,
exploit,
Fawn M. Brodie,
folksy,
geographical gap,
homey,
images,
imposing appendix,
intrigue,
Irving Wallace,
Joseph Smith,
Mormon(s),
Mormonism,
mysteries,
name-dropper,
pictures,
polemic,
probabilities,
purity,
purity of motives,
rhetoric,
rules of advertising,
scholar(s),
schoolmen,
sources,
Stenhouse,
thesis
Lecture II, February 17, 1962 in Seminar on the Prophet Joseph Smith (BYU Extension Publications, 1962): 30-41. This was reprinted (1964), pp. 31-42. Essentially a preview of Sounding Brass (1963). A long satirical list of informal rules commonly followed by those anxious to attack Mormon things. — Midgley Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for …
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March 24, 1959 by •
Bible,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
church,
consensus,
Egyptian,
evidence,
God,
historian(s),
historical evidence,
history,
Homer,
ignorance,
Iliad,
Jews,
knowledge,
Mormon(s),
order,
philosophers,
prophecy,
religion,
religious,
scholar(s),
secular,
Sophists,
the system
in Great Issues Forum, Series 2 (Religion), No. 5 (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, Extension Division, 1955): 22-39; CWHN 12:434-449. This is the published version of the first of several famous exchanges that Nibley has had with Sterling M. McMurrin. This one was held on March 23, 1955, under the sponsorship of the Department …
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January 1, 1946 by •
atheism,
Bible,
Book of Mormon,
dream(s),
Eduard Meyer,
Egyptian texts,
Egyptian(s),
Eight Witnesses,
evolution,
evolutionary scheme,
Fawn M. Brodie,
First Vision,
Gold Plates,
identical anecdotes,
imposter,
insinuation,
Joseph Smith,
King James Bible,
kingdom(s),
law of parsimony,
Mormon(s),
Mormonism,
original religion,
parallels,
persecution,
plausible,
power(s),
preconceived ideas,
prejudice(d),
Rev. Character Caswell,
revealed religion,
revelation(s),
stable doctrine,
temple(s) rites,
Ursprung und Geschichte der Mormonen,
Walters,
witnesses
No Ma’am, That’s Not History: A Brief Review of Mrs. Brodie’s Reluctant Vindication of a Prophet She Seeks to Expose (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1946): 62 pp.; CWHN 11:1. Subsequently reissued without changes at various times. This is a short, witty reply to Fawn M. Brodie’s No Man Knows My History (New York: Knopf, 1945; …
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December 2, 1943 by •
annihilation,
destruction,
doctrine(s),
forewarned,
Jaredites,
Jews,
military action,
Mormon(s),
mutual annihilation,
Nephites,
No more war,
of the dead work of,
peace,
penalty,
perish,
renounce,
salvation,
sword,
the Savior,
truce,
victory,
war,
warned,
work of salvation
Daily Universe, Letter to the Editor, 26 March 1971, entitled “Renounce War.” CWHN 13:267-269