June 14, 1995 by •
Abraham,
Adam,
blessings,
Book of Abraham,
Book of Mormon,
Book of Moses,
Canaan,
Creator,
cycle,
dispensation(s),
Enoch,
extermination,
God,
Hagar,
Haran (father of Abraham),
High Priest,
idol(s),
Isaac,
Joseph Smith,
Joseph Smith Jr.,
Lot,
migration(s),
Noah,
Pearl of Great Price,
Pharaoh,
Procrustean device,
righteousness,
Sarah,
Sefer ha-Yashar,
seven ages of man,
Sodom and Gomorrah,
the Gospel,
The LORD,
the needy,
the poor,
wealth
18 p. unpublished typescript. Lecture at the LDS Institute, Utah Valley State College, on June 14, 1995.
February 22, 1995 by •
Acts of Thomas,
Adam,
adversary,
anamnesis,
apocrypha,
Canonical writings,
Christian(s),
Coptic Christians,
Council in Heaven,
creation(s),
creation(s) drama(s),
devil(s),
earth,
endless expansion,
eternal progression,
faithful,
Father of Lights,
Gabriel,
garment,
God,
God's Plan,
Great Assembly King,
Guardians,
house boat Light,
Hymn of the Pearl,
in Heaven,
Jesus,
Jews,
matter,
Melchizedek,
Meritorious actions,
Michael,
obedience,
ordinances,
Pistis Sophia,
Plan of Creation,
Sent One(s),
Sons of Light,
Sun-bird,
the Elect,
The LORD,
the Phoenix,
the plan,
the Scriptures,
the Son of God,
the Temple,
Treasury of Light,
Two Ways,
Urstoff,
veil of light,
Watchers,
world(s)
“Treasures in the Heavens: Some Early Christian Insights into the Organizing of Worlds,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 8:3/4 (Autumn/Winter 1974): 76-98. Reprinted in Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1978): 49-84; CWHN 1:171-214. A complex and rich study of the cosmology of the Christian world, which is compared …
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September 9, 1992 by •
Adam,
ancient world,
Ark of the Covenant,
Asiatic(s),
camp,
ceremonial camp,
Christian(s),
combat,
cosmology,
Egypt,
epic hero,
epic literature,
feudalism,
Greeks,
hierocentric state,
Holy Camp,
Holy City,
Jerusalem,
Jews,
King(s),
Mesopotamia,
migration(s),
monarchs,
Near East,
nomads,
Oriental,
outer space,
palace,
Paradise,
pharaohs,
philosophy,
political philosophy,
refuge,
ritual,
Romans,
Royal Progress,
sacred shrine,
sacred tent,
shrine,
State,
tax,
tent(s),
the Flood,
The LORD,
the Temple,
toll,
underworld,
war,
Windflood
Western Political Quarterly 29:4 (December 1966): 599-630; CWHN 10:33-98. An historical study of the roots of taxation, property and political dominion. — Midgley
January 2, 1992 by •
Abel,
Abraham,
Adam,
beasts,
Brigham Young,
Cain,
creation(s),
creatures,
divinity,
dominion,
earth,
Eden,
environment,
God,
Ham,
happiness,
Hermes,
Holy calling,
Israel,
Joseph Smith,
Nimrod,
Noah,
Paradise,
Pluto,
power(s),
priesthood,
replenish,
responsibility,
revelation(s),
riches,
Satan,
spirits,
subdue,
the Fall,
The LORD,
Two Ways doctrine of the,
wickedness
The New Era 2:10 (October 1972): 24-31; reprinted in The New Era 11:1 (January 1981) and also available in Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless (Provo: Religious Studies Center, 1978): 85-99; CWHN 13:3-22. Pointed social commentary concerning the state of the natural environment. — Midgley
February 2, 1984 by •
a type,
Adam,
Ate (Greek),
Babylon,
beautify,
beauty,
Book of Mormon,
celestial,
Christ's reign on earth,
Christian(s),
city of refuge,
condemnation,
corrupt,
creation(s),
Creator,
creatures,
destruction,
destructive,
dispensation(s),
earth's paradisiacal glory,
Eden,
Enoch,
environment,
eternal order,
excellence,
garden,
garden of Eden,
gathering of Israel,
glory,
God,
heaven,
hunting,
inverse image,
Joseph Smith,
joy,
Last Days,
latter days,
mammon,
Mammonout,
merchants,
Mount Zion,
New Education Jerusalem,
Paradise,
place of gathering,
place of refuge,
pollution,
prepare,
realities,
reality,
redwoods,
restoration of Ten Tribes,
righteous,
Satan,
space,
state of mind,
the Gospel message,
The LORD,
the plan,
the Saints,
the two ways,
the wicked,
time,
war,
way of the world,
work,
world(s),
Zion
in ASBYU Academics Office Presents: Last Lecture Series, 1971-72 (Provo: n.p., 1972 and 1973): 1-14; CWHN 9:1-24. Social commentary touching on themes that have become increasingly common in Nibley’s various addresses and writings containing social commentary. — Midgley
December 2, 1983 by •
Analiza Brigham Young,
apostles,
appearances,
awesome,
Babylon,
beauty,
Bible,
Book of Mormon,
Brigham Young,
Christian(s),
condition of the heart,
darkness,
destruction,
division,
Enoch,
equal,
eternal life,
eternal order,
goal,
God,
Heavenly City,
Holy land,
Holy place(s),
invulnerable,
Jerusalem,
Jesus Christ,
Jewish,
Joseph Smith,
kingdom(s) of God,
money,
Mormon(s),
New Education Jerusalem,
obedient,
one heart,
one mind,
peace,
perfection,
power(s),
pure in heart,
purity,
refuge,
rhetoric,
Roman,
safety,
sanctify,
Satan,
sin,
society,
temple(s),
terror,
the Gospel,
The LORD,
the poor,
the Prophets,
the Saints,
the world,
treason,
truth,
Two Ways,
type of,
virtue(s),
Way of Darkness,
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