February 1, 1988 by •
Apostolic Church,
Arab(s),
ben Chaiyim,
Bible,
Catholic(s),
censorship,
Christian(s) church,
churchmen,
Constantine,
control,
darkness,
deception,
destruction of documents,
documents,
emendation,
Eusebius,
evidence,
evolution,
Ezekiel,
fact(s),
fair deception,
falsification,
fiction,
follies of translation,
forgery,
George Orwell,
God,
Greek,
historian(s),
history,
idioms,
illusion,
interpreting,
Jerome,
Jesus,
Jesus Christ,
Jews,
kale apate,
knowledge,
Koran,
language(s),
lie,
lying,
Masoretic text,
Middle Ages,
New Education Testament,
Odes of Solomon,
opinion(s),
Origen (early church father),
Patrologiae,
Protestant(s),
Roman emperor church,
Romans,
rule of,
salvation,
scholar(s),
scholarship,
scientific,
scripture(s),
selecting,
Septuagint,
shortcuts,
substitution,
the ancients,
the Church history,
translations,
translator,
unfavorable,
Unquenchable Light,
Vatican excavations Library,
writing
a series of articles in three parts in The Improvement Era. This series was to have been continued, but was actually abandoned. The materials were eventually used in “The Passing of the Church,” Church History 30: 2 (June 1961): 131-154; reprinted in When the Lights Went Out (1970, 2001): 1-32; and in BYU Studies 16:1 …
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April 25, 1974 by •
1 Jeu,
2 Jeu,
Adam,
Adam as Michael,
ancient prayer circle,
ancient religious writings,
animals,
Apocalypse of Abraham,
Askew Manuscript,
Berlin Papyrus,
Book of Enoch,
Book of Nature,
Books,
children of God,
Christian(s) cosmology,
Clementine Recognitions,
cosmism,
creatio ex nihilo,
creation(s) as organization,
damnation,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
degrees of glory,
Disneyland,
divinity,
dogs,
Egyptian(s),
energy,
eternal progression,
Ginza,
Gregory of Nyssa,
heavens,
hell,
Ignatius,
joy,
Kabbalah,
libraries of ancient writings,
light,
Mandaean writings,
Manichaean writings,
matter,
measurement and creation,
Michael,
mortality,
Mother of the Living,
multiplicity of worlds,
mysteries of creation,
Nag Hammadi codices,
Odes of Solomon,
ordinances,
Origen (early church father),
physical world,
Pistis Sophia,
pre-mortal existence,
probation,
progeny,
progression,
purification,
salvation,
Satan,
science fiction,
Sefer Yetzirah,
Sent One(s),
skena,
Sons of Light,
space,
spark (of creation),
spirit (and matter),
the Gospel of Philip,
the Gospel of Truth,
topos,
treasure (physical substance),
Walt Disney,
world(s),
writings ancient,
Zohar
“Secrets of the Scriptures — The Creation,” 29 pp., typed transcript of a talk given in Glendale, California in 1969. One of the best examples of Nibley’s use of ancient apocryphal writings. The talk was also unusual in that he expressed gratitude that it was being recorded. Brothers and Sisters, I am actually glad that …
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November 2, 1971 by •
Adam,
Apocrypha of Abraham,
Coptic church writings,
Forty Days,
gnosticism,
hierarchy,
Jesus Christ Forty Days teachings,
Manuscript 96,
Odes of Solomon,
ordinances,
Origen (early church father),
Pistis Sophia,
prayer,
Psalms of Thomas,
Qumran,
Sent One(s),
the Gospel of Philip
a typed transcript of a talk given at a Long Beach, California, Seminar graduation, late in 1967; 27 pp. s.s.; 44 pp. d.s. Also circulated as “Teachings from the Dead Sea Scrolls.” A survey of teachings in a large number of apocryphal, pseudepigraphal and patristic writings. — Midgley The Status of Apocalyptic Oseterley: “Apocalyptic Literature” …
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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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March 3, 1964 by •
Abraham and the early Christian church,
Axial change Period of history (600 B.C.),
Boghaz-Keui Turkey,
Book of Mormon buried libraries,
Chenoboskian writings,
Christian(s) history,
Christian(s) library,
Coptic church,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
discoveries at Amarna Royal Archives,
Egyptian Egyptian-Christian Library,
Forty Days,
gnosis pre-Christian,
Greeks,
Hittite(s) records and annals,
Isaac,
Jacob,
Jesus Christ time of,
Jewish Library,
Jews,
Joseph Smith Jr. and the early Christian church,
libraries,
manuscript(s),
Martin Luther,
Nag Hammadi codices,
Odes of Solomon,
Palestine,
patternism,
Pearl of Great Price,
pre-mortal existence,
priesthood,
Prof. William Foxwell Albright,
Protestantism,
Pylos,
Ras Shamra,
redemption,
rediscovery,
Reformation,
restoration of all things,
resurrection,
Roman Catholicism,
sacrament,
shewbread,
temple(s) libraries,
the Church,
the Fall,
the Gospel of the Twelve Apostles,
Two Ways doctrine of the
The Early Christian Church in the Light of Some Newly Discovered Papyri from Egypt (Provo: BYU Extension Publications, 1964): 20 pp. An address delivered to the BYU Tri-Stake Fireside, March 3, 1964, which draws attention to the contents of some of the Coptic Nag Hammadi materials. — Midgley Listen to recording: MP3 [Right-click (cntrl-click for …
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