February 1, 1988 by •
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a series of articles in three parts in The Improvement Era. This series was to have been continued, but was actually abandoned. The materials were eventually used in “The Passing of the Church,” Church History 30: 2 (June 1961): 131-154; reprinted in When the Lights Went Out (1970, 2001): 1-32; and in BYU Studies 16:1 …
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January 2, 1985 by •
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Looking Backward. In The Temple in Antiquity: Ancient Records and Modern Perspectives, edited by Truman G. Madsen, 39–51. Provo, UT: RSC, 1984.
February 1, 1981 by •
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Western Political Quarterly 6:4 (1953):631-657; CWHN 10:195. An examination of the problem of loyalty in the 4th century, with obvious significance for our own time. — Midgley
January 2, 1980 by •
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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
June 27, 1979 by •
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(Provo: Mimeographed by the BYU Graduate School, 1966), 11 pp. An address on the rudiments of scholarship given on May 12, 1965 to the BYU History Department Honors Banquet. Presented in the form of a series of answers to hypothetical questions. — Midgley Q. Why is such overwhelming stress laid on publication at the so-called …
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January 2, 1978 by •
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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