February 1, 1988 by •
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Unquenchable Light,
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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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January 19, 1986 by •
Adam,
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Charles Darwin,
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theories,
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Victorians
9 pp. typed paper, 1965; Seventh East Press (January 18, 1982): 4-7, 12; and CWHN 1: 21-36. This is the manuscript of an essay submitted to the Instructor, and rejected, and circulated with two letters, both dated September 16, 1965, one addressed to “Dear Brother,” 1 p., and the other addressed to “Mr. W,” 5 …
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January 2, 1980 by •
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a series of articles in The Improvement Era, 1968-1970. The following three chapters, “Setting the Stage– The World of Abraham,” “The Sacrifice of Isaac,” and “The Sacrifice of Sarah,” have been reprinted in CWHN 14:163-218, 319-381
May 22, 1978 by •
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Hugh Nibley,
Joseph Justin Scaliger,
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scholarship,
text(s)
in Century II 1:2 (1976): 54-5; CWHN 17:46-50.
January 2, 1978 by •
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The Terrible Questions,
vanity
in Expressions of Faith: Testimonies of Latter-day Saint Scholars, edited by Susan Easton Black (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996): 139-154. Reprinted from a talk given October 31, 1994
Classical Journal 37:5 (February 1942): 291-295; CWHN 10:303
January 2, 1956 by •
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Faust,
Homer Odyssey,
Hugh Nibley,
language(s),
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scholarship,
Shakespeare
Jerry Johnston. “A Legendary Passion for Books and Languages,” Deseret News, Friday, 31 October 1980, C1.