Archive: "Dead Sea Scrolls" Tag
January 2, 1978 by •
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Soren Kierkegaard,
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the Church,
the critic(s),
the Higher critic(s),
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
January 2, 1977 by •
Abyssinia,
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D. W. Thomas,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
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Zedekiah,
Ziggurat
a series of articles in The Improvement Era, 1953, 1954; CWHN 8:54-126
March 27, 1975 by •
Abraham,
Abyssinia,
Adam,
angel(s),
Apocalypse of Adam,
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Parley P. Pratt,
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R. H. Charles,
Revelation,
Richard Laurence,
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Satan,
scholar(s),
Slavonic Enoch,
The LORD,
Watchers,
wickedness,
Zion
“‘A Strange Thing in the Land’: The Return of the Book of Enoch,” a series of articles in Ensign; CWHN 2:91-301
April 25, 1974 by •
1 Jeu,
2 Jeu,
Adam,
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Clementine Recognitions,
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creation(s) as organization,
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hell,
Ignatius,
joy,
Kabbalah,
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light,
Mandaean writings,
Manichaean writings,
matter,
measurement and creation,
Michael,
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mysteries of creation,
Nag Hammadi codices,
Odes of Solomon,
ordinances,
Origen (early church father),
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Pistis Sophia,
pre-mortal existence,
probation,
progeny,
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salvation,
Satan,
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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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January 2, 1972 by •
ancient writings,
apocrypha,
baptism,
Bible,
biblical manuscripts,
Book of Mormon,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
desert,
Essene documents,
Jewish,
John the Baptist,
Manual of Discipline,
New Education Testament,
Old Testament,
Qumran caves,
Sectarian documents,
Septuagint,
the Gospel of John
Instructor 91:3 (March 1956):71-72,74; CWHN 1:239-244. Some brief references to the Dead Sea Scrolls. — Midgley
March 18, 1969 by •
Adam,
Aeons of Peace,
angel(s) first,
apocryphal works writings,
baptism Christian,
Christianity,
darkness Watchers of,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
drama,
Egypt First Dynasty,
evil One,
God,
good,
Horus,
Jews,
King(s),
knowledge,
light Sons of Light,
Marduk,
matter,
Memphite theology,
Menes,
Messiah,
ordinances,
Plan of Salvation,
Ptah,
resurrection,
salvation,
Satan,
Seth,
Shabako stone,
Sons of Darkness,
Sons of God,
Sons of Heaven,
Sons of Light,
spirit (and matter),
spirituality,
Teti,
the Gospel,
Tiamat,
Two Ways doctrine of the,
Watchers,
Watchers of Darkness
BYU Studies 7:1 (Autumn 1965): 3-27; reprinted in Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Prov: Religious Studies Center, 1978):21-47; CWHN 12:177-211. A talk given as the Second Annual BYU Faculty Lecture on March 17, 1965. — Midgley
July 2, 1967 by •
ancient religious writings,
Arab(s),
Bible,
buried records,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
Dead Sea Scrolls discoveries in 1947 and 1952 and 1956,
desert,
government of Jordan,
Hebrew(s) University,
Jerusalem,
Jews,
Messiah,
Qumran,
Qumran caves,
Teacher of Righteousness,
Wadi Murrabb'at,
wilderness
Instructor 98:7 (July 1963): 233-235; CWHN 1: 245-252. An address originally given on July 5, 1962, to the Seminary and Institute Faculty assembled at Brigham Young University. — Midgley
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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February 24, 1965 by •
Abraham,
Akkadian,
Amarna discoveries tablets,
Amorites,
Asia Minor,
Assurbanipal library,
Babylonia,
Beirut,
Bible,
biblical,
Biblos,
Bokazkoi,
Book of Mormon,
Canaan,
Canaanite,
Celts,
Chaldean(s),
Chinese,
Christian(s),
creation(s),
cuneiform,
Dead Sea Scrolls,
deluge,
Egypt,
Egyptian Wisdom Literature,
Etruscan,
Genesis Apocryphon,
Gilgamish,
Greece,
Greek,
Hazor,
Hebrew(s),
Hittite(s),
Hurian(s),
Hyksos,
Indo-European,
Israel,
Jerusalem,
Jews,
kingship,
Lebanon,
Mari library,
Melchizedek,
Mesopotamia,
Mettoni,
Midian,
Minoan,
Nuzzi library,
Old Testament,
On (city of),
Palestine,
Pearl of Great Price,
Persia,
Philistines,
Ras Shamra library,
religion,
Sectarians,
Semitic,
Shabako stone,
Sumerian,
Syria,
the Flood,
the Nile,
Ugarit,
uniformity,
Yeb,
Zadok,
Zadokites
33 pp., a typed transcript of a talk given on February 24, 1965. A discussion of the religious and cultural impact of Egypt, Babylon and other neighbors on events in Israel. — Midgley Listen to recording: Part 1 Part 2 [Right-click (cntrl-click for macs) and “save link as” to download onto MP3] This recording is also …
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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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