October 10, 1997 by •
Adam's curse,
Analiza Brigham Young,
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Egypt,
Joseph Smith,
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temple(s) work,
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wealth,
work
3 pp., s.s., typed transcript of a lecture given on March 19, 1964 Listening to Mr. Huff is like listening to Casals play the Bach Unaccompanied on the cello. So I’ll give you a bar of “Chopsticks,” and then we can get back to Hoffer. Now, what he said is entirely in line with what …
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January 2, 1993 by •
Abraham Book of,
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Athanasius,
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Egyptian,
Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar,
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Joseph Smith,
Joseph Smith Kircher,
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Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Mormon(s),
Mormon(s) scholarship,
mummies,
Pearl of Great Price,
schoolmen,
the Church,
the schoolman
BYU Studies 8:2 (Winter 1968): 171-178. On November 27, 1967 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City made available to the Church certain papyri fragments that had once been in the possession of Joseph Smith. These generated considerable interest and also much controversy over the Book of Abraham and what came to be …
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February 1, 1986 by •
accuse,
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Ammon,
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Civil War,
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God,
Mormon(s),
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Saddam,
savagery,
sword,
tyrant(s),
uncertainty,
war,
wickedness
Talk given on 21 February 1991 at BYU.
December 2, 1983 by •
Analiza Brigham Young,
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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, 1980 by •
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Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar,
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facsimiles,
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Franklin S. Spalding,
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God,
Hebrew(s),
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hypocephalus,
ignorance,
interpretation,
J. M. Sjodahl,
Joseph Smith,
Latter-day Saints,
learned doctors,
linguistic,
Lythgoe,
manuscript(s),
Mormon(s),
mummies,
opinion(s),
papryi,
Pearl of Great Price,
Peters,
Petrie,
Pharaoh,
prophet(s),
Ramesseum Dramatic Text,
Reuben Hedlock,
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Robert C. Webb,
Royal Society,
S. A. B. Mercer,
scholar(s),
scholarship,
text(s),
the characters,
the critic(s),
Thebes,
translation,
translator,
truth,
Urim and Thummim,
writings
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