January 19, 1986 by •
Adam,
ancient civilization,
archaeological excavation,
archaeologist(s),
archaeology,
Bible,
Chaldean(s),
Charles Darwin,
China,
controversy,
disbelief(s),
Egyptian(s),
evidence,
evolutionary theory,
God,
history,
Hittite(s),
imagination,
impressions,
interpretation,
investigators,
Jericho,
language(s),
naive science,
Near East,
New Education Uniformity,
opinion(s),
Patriarchs,
prehistory,
prophet(s),
religion,
scholarship,
science,
scientific method,
scripture(s),
speculation,
theories,
unbelief,
uncertainty,
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, 1982 by •
Abraham,
apostles,
Caesar,
Caliphs,
Catholic(s),
Centurion,
Christian(s),
churchmen,
Claudius,
Constantine (Emperor),
economy,
Egypt,
Emperor,
Enoch,
eternal,
Father,
Felix,
Festus,
Gentiles,
God,
Herod Agrippa,
High Priest,
Holy Ghost,
Israel,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jews,
John Chrysostom,
Joseph Smith,
Khan(s),
King(s),
Latter-day Saints,
love,
magistrates,
ministers,
missionary,
Mormonism,
Moses,
party,
Paul the Apostle,
Pharaoh,
polis,
political,
politics,
Popes,
prophet(s),
Protestant(s),
restoration,
Romans,
Rome,
Satan,
Sicarii,
temporal,
the Church,
the Gospel,
the Law,
The LORD,
the press,
the Prince of this World,
the Savior,
Western World,
world(s)
22 pp., typed manuscript for an Academics Lecture given on June 3, 1976 at BYU on politics; CWHN 13:105-137. An examination of how the Saints should understand involvement in politics, among other things drawing upon the examples of Paul and Daniel. — Midgley
January 2, 1980 by •
A. H. Gardiner,
A. H. Sayce,
Abraham,
Anthon Transcript,
authenticity,
B. H. Roberts,
Berlin dictionary,
Bible,
Book of Abraham,
book of Jarom,
Book of Mormon,
Breasted,
Brigham Young,
Christianity,
criticism,
Deseret News,
Deveria,
Eduard Meyer,
Egypt,
Egyptian,
Egyptian Alphabet and Grammar,
Egyptian(s),
Egyptologists,
Egyptology,
evidence,
facsimiles,
fragment(s),
Franklin S. Spalding,
fraud,
God,
Hebrew(s),
hieroglyphics,
hypocephali,
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,
revelation(s),
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
January 2, 1977 by •
Abraham,
alphabet,
ancient,
apocryphal works,
Babylonia,
Book of Mormon,
Books,
Canonicity,
Chinese,
cosmic,
creation(s),
cryptogram,
Daybooks,
Demotic,
dispensation(s),
Egypt,
Egyptian,
Enoch,
eternity,
evolution,
evolutionary,
evolutionary hypothesis,
future,
God,
heaven and earth,
heavenly book,
Heavenly Scribe,
Hebrew(s),
Hermetic,
hieratic,
hieroglyphics,
Hittite(s),
Holy books,
hostile,
house boat Life,
Imhotep,
inscriptions,
Jaredites,
Joseph Smith,
libraries,
memoranda books,
Menes,
Mesopotamia,
miracle of writing,
Moses,
Nephites,
past,
Pearl of Great Price,
Pharaoh,
pictographs,
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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February 25, 1969 by •
ancient world,
antiquities,
Bible,
Book of Mormon,
Christianity,
Eduard Meyer,
God,
investigations,
Islam,
Joseph Smith and Judaism,
Koran,
miracle(s),
Mohammed,
Mormon(s),
Mormonism,
Moslem(s),
Plan of Salvation,
prophet(s),
religion,
religion revealed,
Satan,
Three Witnesses,
Word of Wisdom
The Ensign 2:3 (March 1972): 55-64. Not all of the footnotes containing the citations for the supporting texts and explanations were published with this essay. — 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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Instructor 96:3 (March 1961):84-85; CWHN 8:207-211. A fictional account of how Jerusalem might have been in Nephi’s youth, grounded in roughly contemporary sources. — Midgley