January 2, 1992 by •
Abel,
Abraham,
Adam,
beasts,
Brigham Young,
Cain,
creation(s),
creatures,
divinity,
dominion,
earth,
Eden,
environment,
God,
Ham,
happiness,
Hermes,
Holy calling,
Israel,
Joseph Smith,
Nimrod,
Noah,
Paradise,
Pluto,
power(s),
priesthood,
replenish,
responsibility,
revelation(s),
riches,
Satan,
spirits,
subdue,
the Fall,
The LORD,
Two Ways doctrine of the,
wickedness
The New Era 2:10 (October 1972): 24-31; reprinted in The New Era 11:1 (January 1981) and also available in Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1978): 85-99; CWHN 13:3-22. Pointed social commentary concerning the state of the natural environment. — Midgley
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.
December 2, 1983 by •
Analiza Brigham Young,
apostles,
appearances,
awesome,
Babylon,
beauty,
Bible,
Book of Mormon,
Brigham Young,
Christian(s),
condition of the heart,
darkness,
destruction,
division,
Enoch,
equal,
eternal life,
eternal order,
goal,
God,
Heavenly City,
Holy land,
Holy place(s),
invulnerable,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jewish,
Joseph Smith,
kingdom(s) of God,
money,
Mormon(s),
New Education Jerusalem,
obedient,
one heart,
one mind,
peace,
perfection,
power(s),
pure in heart,
purity,
refuge,
rhetoric,
Roman,
safety,
sanctify,
Satan,
sin,
society,
temple(s),
terror,
the Gospel,
The LORD,
the poor,
the Prophets,
the Saints,
the world,
treason,
truth,
Two Ways,
type of,
virtue(s),
Way of Darkness,
Way of Light,
wealth,
wicked,
wickedness,
Zion
“What is Zion? A Distant View,” in What Is Zion? Joseph Smith Lecture Series, 1972-1973 (Provo: BYU Press, 1973): 1-21; CWHN 9:25-62. This talk, originally given in 1973, was circulated prior to publication as “Waiting for Zion,” typed typescript, 34 pp., d.s. A passionate treatment of one of Nibley’s favorite themes. — Midgley
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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January 2, 1974 by •
adversary,
aspiring spirit,
covetousness,
enemy,
flaws,
Indian Policy,
Jesus Christ,
power(s),
Satan,
self-righteousness,
war
The Young Democrat, privately printed leaflets, ed. by Omar Kadar and published in two separate parts in 1970. 4 pp. And 11 pp.l CWHN 13:187-246.
June 9, 1967 by •
computers,
education,
glory,
health,
intelligence,
knowledge,
learning,
mechanism,
power(s),
principles of improvement,
truth,
weaknesses,
wisdom
15 pp., typescript of an addressed delivered on June 9, 1967. For a more refined version of Nibley’s treatment of Brigham Young’s views on education, see his “Educating the Saints,” in CWHN 13:306-345. — Midgley Listen to recording: MP3 Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3. This recording is also found …
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