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
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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June 2, 1965 by •
ancient civilization,
Arab(s),
Babylonian(s),
Cicero,
conceited,
entertainment,
Hajji Baba,
intellectual,
knowledge,
orators,
persuasion,
philosophy,
Protagoras,
rhetor,
rhetoric,
scholar(s),
self-interest,
Socrates,
Sophistry,
Sophists,
spoiled
“Victoriosa Loquacitas: The Rise of Rhetoric and the Fall of Everything Else,” Western Speech 20:2 (Spring 1956):57-82; CWHN 10:243-286. A study of the rhetoric of the second Sophistic movement and its influence on politics and culture generally, with obvious significance for our own time because of remarkable parallel developments in the current world of business, …
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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 24, 1959 by •
Bible,
Christian(s),
Christianity,
church,
consensus,
Egyptian,
evidence,
God,
historian(s),
historical evidence,
history,
Homer,
ignorance,
Iliad,
Jews,
knowledge,
Mormon(s),
order,
philosophers,
prophecy,
religion,
religious,
scholar(s),
secular,
Sophists,
the system
in Great Issues Forum, Series 2 (Religion), No. 5 (Salt Lake City: University of Utah, Extension Division, 1955): 22-39; CWHN 12:434-449. This is the published version of the first of several famous exchanges that Nibley has had with Sterling M. McMurrin. This one was held on March 23, 1955, under the sponsorship of the Department …
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January 2, 1950 by •
anthropomorphists,
Brigham Young University,
Christianity,
church,
classical,
degree,
God,
graduate studies,
intellectuals,
Jesus Christ,
knowledge,
language(s),
learned world,
learning,
religion,
religious views,
rhetoric,
scholar(s),
schoolmen,
service degree,
Sophists,
spiritualizers,
the Gospel,
the School,
the University,
True Church,
universities
8 pp. Open letter, addressed to “Dear Brother Burgon,” dated July 29, 1960, with a cover letter, addressed to “Dear Brother…,” 1 p., dated August 3, 1960