February 22, 1995 by •
Acts of Thomas,
Adam,
adversary,
anamnesis,
apocrypha,
Canonical writings,
Christian(s),
Coptic Christians,
Council in Heaven,
creation(s),
creation(s) drama(s),
devil(s),
earth,
endless expansion,
eternal progression,
faithful,
Father of Lights,
Gabriel,
garment,
God,
God's Plan,
Great Assembly King,
Guardians,
house boat Light,
Hymn of the Pearl,
in Heaven,
Jesus,
Jews,
matter,
Melchizedek,
Meritorious actions,
Michael,
obedience,
ordinances,
Pistis Sophia,
Plan of Creation,
Sent One(s),
Sons of Light,
Sun-bird,
the Elect,
The LORD,
the Phoenix,
the plan,
the Scriptures,
the Son of God,
the Temple,
Treasury of Light,
Two Ways,
Urstoff,
veil of light,
Watchers,
world(s)
“Treasures in the Heavens: Some Early Christian Insights into the Organizing of Worlds,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 8:3/4 (Autumn/Winter 1974): 76-98. Reprinted in Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1978): 49-84; CWHN 1:171-214. A complex and rich study of the cosmology of the Christian world, which is compared …
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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
May 20, 1991 by •
Babylon,
celestial Kingdom,
creation(s),
enlightenment,
eternal society,
free lunch,
intelligence,
knowledge,
moral(s) life,
mysteries of creation,
preparation,
progress,
sacrifice,
Satan,
security,
temple(s),
the mind,
timeless existence,
understanding,
work
But What Kind of Work. Talk given to the Cannon-Hinckley Club on 19 May 1987.
February 2, 1984 by •
a type,
Adam,
Ate (Greek),
Babylon,
beautify,
beauty,
Book of Mormon,
celestial,
Christ's reign on earth,
Christian(s),
city of refuge,
condemnation,
corrupt,
creation(s),
Creator,
creatures,
destruction,
destructive,
dispensation(s),
earth's paradisiacal glory,
Eden,
Enoch,
environment,
eternal order,
excellence,
garden,
garden of Eden,
gathering of Israel,
glory,
God,
heaven,
hunting,
inverse image,
Joseph Smith,
joy,
Last Days,
latter days,
mammon,
Mammonout,
merchants,
Mount Zion,
New Education Jerusalem,
Paradise,
place of gathering,
place of refuge,
pollution,
prepare,
realities,
reality,
redwoods,
restoration of Ten Tribes,
righteous,
Satan,
space,
state of mind,
the Gospel message,
The LORD,
the plan,
the Saints,
the two ways,
the wicked,
time,
war,
way of the world,
work,
world(s),
Zion
in ASBYU Academics Office Presents: Last Lecture Series, 1971-72 (Provo: n.p., 1972 and 1973): 1-14; CWHN 9:1-24. Social commentary touching on themes that have become increasingly common in Nibley’s various addresses and writings containing social commentary. — Midgley
BYU Today 34 (August 1980): 12-13
January 2, 1977 by •
Abraham,
alphabet,
ancient,
apocryphal works,
Babylonia,
Book of Mormon,
Books,
Canonicity,
Chinese,
cosmic,
creation(s),
cryptogram,
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Egypt,
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Enoch,
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Imhotep,
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Joseph Smith,
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memoranda books,
Menes,
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Moses,
Nephites,
past,
Pearl of Great Price,
Pharaoh,
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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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