January 12, 1988 by •
Abraham,
Alma,
America,
apocalyptic,
Book of Mormon,
Captain Moroni,
charity,
crime,
Cumorah,
cursing and blessing,
desert,
destruction,
Egypt,
Egyptian,
Enoch,
evil,
freedom,
Gadianton(s) robbers,
gain,
Gentiles,
God,
history,
Indians American,
inequality,
iniquity,
Jacob,
Jaredites,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Joseph Smith,
judges,
judgment(s),
King Mosiah,
Laman,
Lamanite(s),
Lehi,
liberty,
money,
Mormon (the Book of Mormon prophet),
Moroni,
Nephi,
Nephites,
New Education World,
Old World,
popularity,
power(s),
pride,
priestcraft(s),
probation,
rebellion,
Rekhabite(s),
repent,
repentance,
riches,
righteous,
righteous society,
righteousness,
robbers,
Satan,
secret abominations,
sin,
the Gospel,
the Law,
Title of Liberty,
transgression,
unbelief,
war,
weaknesses,
wilderness
CWHN 8:498-532 This article is based on a transcript of a talk given at the 1986 Sunstone Theological Symposium in Salt Lake City. It was published in Sunstone 12 (January 1988): 14—25.
July 13, 1980 by •
archaeology,
collapse of civilization,
Hopi,
Inca,
iniquity followers of,
Jaredites,
Maya,
Nephites,
Nephites people before,
Olmecs,
Quetzalcoatl,
ruins
THE RUINS – Who can account for them? Answer: Nobody! The elementary questions remain unanswered. At every step students confess their helplessness before a complete MYSTERY.
June 4, 1980 by •
Analiza Brigham Young,
Babylon,
bloodshed,
Brigham Young,
conflict,
contention,
enemy,
God,
Lamanite(s),
Latter-day Saints,
Mormon (the Book of Mormon prophet),
nation(s),
Nephi,
Nephites,
peace,
prophecies,
war,
wicked world,
wickedness,
world(s),
Zion
The Ensign 1:7 (July 1971): 53-55; CWHN 13:270-277. See also Nibley’s anti-war letter of March 29, 1971 in BYU Daily Universe
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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September 2, 1976 by •
America ancient,
ancient America,
Book of Mormon,
Central America,
Christian(s) church,
divine power,
Egyptian(s),
God,
hierocentric,
Hopewell culture,
Liahona,
Messiah,
Nephites,
New Education World,
Old World,
powerhouses,
religious structures,
ruins,
sacred centers,
temple(s),
Urim and Thummim
in The Ensign 2:9 (September 1972): 46-49; reprinted in Parry, Donald W., ed. Temples of the Ancient World (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1994), 29-47; CWHN 8: 265-273.