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Hamblin, Laura. “A.M. Revelation.” BYU Studies 28, no. 2 (1988): 28.
Christensen, A. Sherman. “The Abalone Shell.” BYU Studies 35, no. 3 (1995): 132.
BYU Studies Staff. “Abbreviations.” BYU Studies 34, no. 3 (1995): 0.
Card, Orson Scott. “Abel, Cain.” Brigham Young University Studies 21, no. 1 (1981): 36.
Rappleye, Neal. “Abinadi: He Came among Them in Disguise.” BYU Studies Quarterly 57, no. 4 (2018): 219.
Walker, Ronald W. “About the Author.” BYU Studies 43, no. 1 (2004): 302.
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “Abraham and Idrimi.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 71.
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “Abraham and Osiris (Facsimile 3, Figure 1).” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 270.
Toronto, James A. “Abraham Divided: An LDS Perspective on the Middle East.” BYU Studies 34, no. 1 (1994): 103.
Mackay, Thomas W. “Abraham in Egypt: A Collation of Evidence for the Case of the Missing Wife.” Brigham Young University Studies 10, no. 4 (1970): 429-451.

No abstract available.

Keywords: Abraham (Prophet); Sarah (Wife of Abraham)
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “Abraham the Seer.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 129.
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “Abrahamic Astronomy.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 135.
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “The Abrahamic Covenant.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 121.
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “Abrahamic Legends and Lore.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 193.
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “Abraham’s Converts in Haran.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 113.
Farrell, Heather. “Abraham’s Tent.” BYU Studies 47, no. 4 (2008): 93.
Poll, Richard D. “An Abundant Life: The Memoirs of Hugh B. Brown.” BYU Studies 28, no. 3 (1988): 120.
Brinton, Bonnie. “The Academic Anablep.” BYU Studies 49, no. 2 (2010): 25.
Slife, Brent D. “Academic Freedom at BYU from the Perspective of Someone Who Is Not a Latter-day Saint.” BYU Studies 49, no. 2 (2010): 21.
Thomas, Robert K. “Academic Responsibility.” Brigham Young University Studies 11, no. 3 (1971): 293.
Peterson, Paul H. “Accommodating the Saints at General Conference.” BYU Studies 41, no. 2 (2002): 4.
Lyon, T. Edgar. “The Account Books of the Amos Davis Store at Commerce, Illinois.” Brigham Young University Studies 19, no. 2 (1979): 241.
Jones, Helen Walker. “Accountable Emily.” Brigham Young University Studies 22, no. 1 (1982): 46.
Hill, Marvin S., C. Keith Rooker, and Larry T. Wimmer. “Acknowledgements.” Brigham Young University Studies 17, no. 4 (1977): 389.
Forste, Renata T. “Acknowledging Differences While Avoiding Contention.” BYU Studies 49, no. 2 (2010): 38.
Swenson, Sharon. “Active Spectatorship: Spiritual Dimensions of Film.” BYU Studies 46, no. 2 (2007): 247.
BYU Studies Staff. “Acts–Revelation Bibliography by Author.” BYU Studies 34, no. 3 (1995): 110.
BYU Studies Staff. “Acts–Revelation Bibliography by Category.” BYU Studies 34, no. 3 (1995): 89.
Matthews, Robert J. “Adam-ondi-Ahman.” Brigham Young University Studies 13, no. 1 (1972): 27-35.

Adam-ondi-Ahman seems to have had reference at an early date to a general area rather than to a specific spot. If the Prophet Joseph Smith knew at that time (March 1832) of a specific location in Missouri to which the name also applied, he left us no written evidence of it. A second reference came some thirty-six months later, on 28 March 1835: the “valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman” is specified in a revelation to the Prophet as the place where Adam met with his posterity.

Keywords: Adam (Prophet); Adam-ondi-Ahman; Lyman; Wight
Gentry, Leland H. “Adam-ondi-Ahman: A Brief Historical Survey.” Brigham Young University Studies 13, no. 4 (1973): 553.
Richards, James. “Adam’s Song.” BYU Studies 38, no. 3 (1999): 62.
Duncan, Dean. “Adaptation, Enactment, and Ingmar Bergman’s Magic Flute.” BYU Studies 43, no. 3 (2004): 229.
Hicks, Michael. “Advent.” BYU Studies 34, no. 1 (1994): 42.
Bennett, Richard E. “Adventures of a Church Historian.” BYU Studies 38, no. 2 (1999): 203.
Dant, Doris R. Adventures of the Soul: The Best Creative Nonfiction from BYU Studies. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2009.

To help celebrate our 50th anniversary, Doris R. Dant has compiled a new book of personal essays titled Adventures of the Soul: The Best Creative Nonfiction from BYU Studies. Expect startling disclosures if you open this book, for these are personal essays—the reality show of literature. Sometimes with brutal candor, these essays trace gospel messages in the lives of the humble. A Xhosa black man with three teeth and a perfectly round head becomes the Savior of all races. A young mother recognizes her entire body belongs to her children—“take, eat!” A harmonica player is awakened and washed by irrigation water, the water of life. A returned missionary learns to see God’s mysterious hand in the life of a former foe. Miracles, love, pain, the substance of life—all can be found in these stories. “Adventures is a page-turner! When there is a point to be illustrated in a talk or a family home evening discussion, readers are likely to reach for this book.” — Karen Lynn Davidson author of Our Latter-day Hymns: The Stories and the Messages and coeditor of Eliza R. Snow: The Complete Poetry “The stories are compelling because we see ourselves in them and sometimes the author sounds just like us.” — Richard Neitzel Holzapfel Director, Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University “The essays in this volume will provoke reactions from tears to laughter and give readers a window into the richness of the Mormon experience in the modern world.” — Nathan B. Oman Assistant Professor at William and Mary Law School

Cowan, Richard O. “Advice from a Prophet: Take Time Out.” Brigham Young University Studies 16, no. 3 (1976): 415.
Peck, Steven L. “Advice on Correct Astronomy.” BYU Studies 35, no. 1 (1995): 40.
Peterson, Daniel C. “Advocacy and Inquiry in the Writing of Latter-day Saint History.” BYU Studies 31, no. 2 (1991): 139.
Madsen, Carol Cornwall. An Advocate for Women: The Public Life of Emmeline B. Wells, 1870–1920. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2021.

In her fifty years as a public figure, Emmeline B. Wells edited the Woman’s Exponent, represented Latter-day Saint women in national women’s organizations, courageously defended her religion in the halls of Congress, and helped mitigate anti-Mormon sentiments, all before becoming Relief Society General President in 1910 at age eighty-two. Her mediating efforts won friends inside and outside LDS circles and earned her a sculpted bust placed in a niche in the Utah state Capitol. The simple inscription speaks volumes: “A Fine Soul Who Served Us.” “Emmeline Wells left indelible footprints not only in Utah—where she had a close working relationship with five church presidents—but on the national stage, including interviews with four U.S. Presidents, one in her own home. . . . Madsen broadens and deepens what she began in her award-winning dissertation [on Wells’s life and work] to provide the full, engaging story of this woman who both chronicled and made history. Wells encouraged and inspired the women of her day. With Madsen’s eloquent retelling, Emmeline’s accomplishments may now inspire those of our own age, too.” Ronald K. Esplin, Joseph Smith Papers general editor, president Mormon History Association (2006–2007)

Welch, Rosalynde Frandsen. “Affinities and Infinities: Joseph Smith and John Milton.” BYU Studies Quarterly 54, no. 3 (2015): 19.
Teichert, Daniel F. “After Anger.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 62, no. 1 (2023): 115.
Nielson, Marilyn Nelson. “After Eden.” BYU Studies 41, no. 2 (2002): 40.
Munger, MaryJan G. “After Sorrow.” BYU Studies 46, no. 3 (2007): 94.
Clark, Gina. “After the Fall.” BYU Studies 38, no. 4 (1999): 26.
Shannon, Avram R. “After Whose Order?: Kingship and Priesthood in the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 60, no. 4 (2021): 75-91.

This article illustrates the Nephite notions of priesthood and church in order to show that the Book of Mormon conception of priesthood is based on Judahite notions of kingly priesthood and ideas firmly rooted in the biblical law of Moses and the Sinai Covenant. This is the underlying idea behind Alma2’s discussion of Melchizedek in Alma 13. In this article, I first look at “priest” in the biblical record and tradition. I follow this with a discussion of Book of Mormon “priesthood” notions up to Alma1 and Alma2 (including the interaction with Nehor). Finally, I examine the conflict between Alma2 and the Nehorite people of Ammonihah, where Alma2 draws on a narrative expansion of the Melchizedek tradition in Genesis 14 to make his point about his priesthood order and its superiority to the order of Nehor.

Keywords: Alma the Younger; Ammonihah (City of); Melchizedek (King of Salem); Nephite Kingship; Order of Nehor; Priesthood
Livingston, Scott. “Aftergrove.” BYU Studies 49, no. 4 (2010): 155.
Hill, Marvin S. “Afterword 30:4.” BYU Studies 30, no. 4 (1990): 117.
Pratt, John P. “Afterwords 23:2.” Brigham Young University Studies 23, no. 2 (1983): 143.
Newell, Linda King. “Afterwords 25:2.” Brigham Young University Studies 25, no. 2 (1985): 96.
Thomas, Darwin L. “Afterwords 26:2.” Brigham Young University Studies 26, no. 2 (1986): 99.
Poll, Richard D. “Afterwords 27:2.” BYU Studies 27, no. 2 (1987): 136.
Alexander, Thomas G. “Afterwords 29:4.” BYU Studies 29, no. 4 (1989): 143.
Partridge, Dixie Lee. “Again, October.” BYU Studies 40, no. 3 (2001): 173.
Gillum, Gary P. “Against the Grain: Christianity and Democracy, War and Peace.” BYU Studies 48, no. 3 (2009): 169.
Howland, Melissa. “Against the Wall: Johann Huber and the First Mormons in Austria.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 3 (2017): 202.
Harris, John S. “The Age of Wonders.” BYU Studies 30, no. 4 (1990): 58.
Schilaty, Ben. “Agency and Same-Sex Attraction.” BYU Studies Quarterly 58, no. 2 (2019): 81.
Buell, Thea Jo. “Aguas Vivas.” BYU Studies Quarterly 60, no. 1 (2021): 197.
Hauglid, Brian M. “Al-Ghazali, a Muslim Seeker of Truth.” BYU Studies 40, no. 4 (2001): 89.
Walker, Jim. “Alberta Wheat Pool.” Brigham Young University Studies 26, no. 1 (1986): 122.
Palmer, Alison. “Alexander Campbell and Joseph Smith: Nineteenth-Century Restorationists.” BYU Studies Quarterly 58, no. 3 (2019): 192.
Peek, Cecilia M. “Alexander the Great Comes to Jerusalem: The Jewish Response to Hellenism.” BYU Studies 36, no. 3 (1996): 99.
Maynard, Gregory. “Alexander William Doniphan: Man of Justice.” Brigham Young University Studies 13, no. 4 (1973): 462.
Meyer, Casualene. “Alexandria Bay, bibliophile.” BYU Studies 34, no. 1 (1994): 28.
Moss, Kendall. “Alhamdulilah: The Apparent Accidental Establishment of the Church in Guinea.” BYU Studies 45, no. 4 (2006): 19.
Howe, Susan Elizabeth. “Aliens.” BYU Studies Quarterly 54, no. 3 (2015): 180.
Harris, John S. “Alkali.” Brigham Young University Studies 24, no. 3 (1984): 337.
Jacobson, Cardell K. “All Abraham’s Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage.” BYU Studies 45, no. 2 (2006): 163.
Kimball, Richard I. “All Hail to Christmas: Mormon Pioneer Holiday Celebrations.” BYU Studies 40, no. 3 (2001): 6.
Dahl, Paul E. “‘All Is Well . . .’: The Story of ‘the Hymn That Went around the World’” Brigham Young University Studies 21, no. 4 (1981): 515.
Hafen, Bruce C. “All That Was Promised: The St. George Temple and the Unfolding of the Restoration.” BYU Studies Quarterly 54, no. 3 (2015): 193.
Beecher, Maureen Ursenbach. “‘All Things Move in Order in the City’: The Nauvoo Diary of Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs.” Brigham Young University Studies 19, no. 3 (1979): 285.
Howe, Susan Elizabeth. “All Things Sing Praise.” BYU Studies Quarterly 60, no. 1 (2021): 128.
Dant, Doris R. “All Things Testify of Him: Inspirational Paintings by Latter-day Saint Artists.” BYU Studies 38, no. 1 (1999): 221.
Hickman, Trenton L. “All Tucked In.” BYU Studies 36, no. 1 (1996): 200.
Lamb, John D. “All Ye Need to Know.” BYU Studies Quarterly 53, no. 3 (2014): 146.
Malzl, Philipp B. “An Allegory of Eden: Marc Chagall’s Magic Flute Poster.” BYU Studies 43, no. 3 (2004): 218.
Honey, David B. “The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5.” BYU Studies 35, no. 1 (1995): 238.
Jensen, De Lamar. “Allied Strategy in World War II: The Churchill Era, 1942–1943.” Brigham Young University Studies 5, no. 1 (1962): 49.
Neilson, Reid L. “Alma O. Taylor’s Fact-Finding Mission to China.” BYU Studies 40, no. 1 (2001): 176.
Whittaker, David J. “Almanacs in the New England Heritage of Mormonism.” BYU Studies 29, no. 4 (1989): 89.
Blackhurst, Benjamin. “Almost a Psalm, about Inheritance.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 2 (2016): 154.
Jacobson, Cardell K. “Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church.” BYU Studies 50, no. 3 (2011): 174.
Morrell, Jeannette. “Along the Old Utah Highway 91.” Brigham Young University Studies 9, no. 1 (1968): 54.
Larson, Clinton F. “Alpha and Omega at the End.” Brigham Young University Studies 26, no. 3 (1986): 109.
Hicks, Michael. “Altarpiece.” BYU Studies 35, no. 1 (1995): 144.
Palmer, Spencer J. “Alternative Altars: Unconventional and Eastern Spirituality in America.” Brigham Young University Studies 21, no. 2 (1981): 250.
Hickman, Martin B. “The Ambassadorial Years: Some Insights.” Brigham Young University Studies 13, no. 3 (1973): 405.
Harris, John B. “The Ambivalants.” Brigham Young University Studies 20, no. 2 (1980): 150.
Park, Benjamin E. “America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed the Nation.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 2 (2017): 153.
Poll, Richard D. “America and the Rational Road to Peace.” Brigham Young University Studies 3, no. 3 (1961): 3.
Sorenson, John L. “America B.C.: Ancient Settlers in the New World.” Brigham Young University Studies 17, no. 3 (1977): 373.
Browning, Gary L. “American and Russian Perceptions of Freedom and Security.” Brigham Young University Studies 25, no. 1 (1985): 115.
Cooper, Rex. “American Congregations, Volumes 1 and 2.” BYU Studies 35, no. 3 (1995): 173.
Baugh, Alexander L. “American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church.” BYU Studies Quarterly 54, no. 4 (2015): 198.
Sorenson, John L. “The American Discovery of Europe.” BYU Studies 46, no. 3 (2007): 185.
Hilsman, Roger. “American Foreign Policy: Focus on Asia.” Brigham Young University Studies 12, no. 1 (1971): 9.
Kramer, Neal W. “American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation.” BYU Studies 46, no. 3 (2007): 157.
Phillips, James W. “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us.” BYU Studies 50, no. 1 (2011): 159.
Launius, Roger D. “The American Home Missionary Society Collection and Mormonism.” Brigham Young University Studies 23, no. 2 (1983): 201.
Welch, John W. “The American Inns of Court: Reclaiming a Noble Profession.” BYU Studies 38, no. 1 (1999): 219.
Mason, Patrick Q. “American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon.” BYU Studies 44, no. 3 (2005): 184.
Howe, Susan Elizabeth. “The American Political Animal.” BYU Studies Quarterly 61, no. 1 (2022): 212.
Marks, Loren D. “American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope with Modernization and Democracy.” BYU Studies 48, no. 1 (2009): 182.
Bushman, Richard Lyman. “American Religions and the Rise of Mormonism.” Brigham Young University Studies 7, no. 2 (1966): 161.
Porter, Blaine R. “American Teen-Agers of the 1960’s—Our Despair or Hope?” Brigham Young University Studies 16, no. 1 (1975): 48.
Seferovich, Heather M. “American Universities and the Birth of Modern Mormonism, 1867–1940.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 4 (2017): 179.
Abajian, Kathryn J. “American Women Modernists: The Legacy of Robert Henri, 1910–1945.” BYU Studies 47, no. 1 (2008): 191.
Lyon, T. Edgar. “The ‘Americanization’ of Utah for Statehood.” Brigham Young University Studies 12, no. 1 (1971): 138.
Unattributed. “Ammon’s Rehearsal.” BYU Studies 37, no. 1 (1997): 205.
Smart, Lyman. “Among the Mormons.” Brigham Young University Studies 1, no. 1 (1959): 73.
Matheny, Ray T. “An Analysis of the Padilla Gold Plates.” Brigham Young University Studies 19, no. 1 (1978): 21.

No abstract available.

Keywords: Gold Plates; Padilla Gold Plates
Cutler, John Alba. “Anaranjado.” BYU Studies Quarterly 57, no. 3 (2018): 80.
Howell, Larry L. “Anatomy of Invention.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 3 (2016): 83.
Sorenson, John L. “Ancient American Inscriptions: Plow Marks or History?” BYU Studies 33, no. 3 (1993): 639.
Reynolds, Noel B. “The Ancient Doctrine of the Two Ways and the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 3 (2017): 49-78.

The Bible describes a bifurcated world in which God bids, commands, and teaches the people he has created to follow him in the way of righteousness, and in which the devil leads people into wickedness. This way of seeing things surfaces explicitly in various texts and is known among scholars as the Doctrine of the Two Ways. While the same teaching has been noticed in the Book of Mormon, there is as yet no study that examines the Book of Mormon presentations systematically to identify the ways in which they might follow any of the ancient versions of the Two Ways doctrine, or the ways in which these might feature original formulations. In this article, Noel Reynolds shows that the Book of Mormon writers did retain most elements of the earliest biblical teaching, but with enriched understandings and original formulations of the Doctrine of the Two Ways in their prophetic teachings. He documents twelve exemplary passages in the Book of Mormon that explicitly refer to two paths or ways and assesses the extent to which these follow or vary from each other or from Jewish and Christian models.

Keywords: Ancient Near East; Church of the Devil; Commandment; Doctrine; Jacob (Son of Lehi); Jesus Christ; King Benjamin; Lehi (Prophet); Mormon (Prophet); Nephi (Son of Helaman); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Opposition: Church of the Lamb of God; Righteousness; Two Ways; Wickedness
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “The Ancient Egyptian View of Abraham.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 197.
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “Ancient Near Eastern Creation Myths.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 172.
James, Brooke. “The Ancient Order of Things: Essays on the Mormon Temple.” BYU Studies Quarterly 60, no. 4 (2021): 222.
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “The Ancient Owners of the Joseph Smith Papyri.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 201.
BYU Studies Staff. “Ancient Temple Worship; Temple Insights.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 1 (2016): 191.
Cheesman, Paul R. “Ancient Writing in the Americas.” Brigham Young University Studies 13, no. 1 (1972): 80-90.

After approximately 140 years, public and scholarly opinion are finally beginning to concede the possibility that writing did indeed exist among the ancient Americans. While I have been waiting for this shift to occur among those who don’t have the Mormons’ axe to grind, I have been collecting every available evidence to support my belief in the existence of such writing. My own findings and the findings of others not only establish the fact that writing did exist in ancient America, but they also indicate that metal plates were frequently used as a medium for this writing and that the writings themselves often denote Old World, specifically Hebrew, origins.

Keywords: Ancient America; Mesoamerica; Writing System
Bushman-Carlton, Marilyn. “‘And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche’” BYU Studies 50, no. 1 (2011): 98.
Athay, R. Grant. “And God Said, Let There Be Lights in the Firmament of the Heaven.” BYU Studies 30, no. 4 (1990): 39.
Summerhays, Mickell J. “And Should We Die…: The Cane Creek Mormon Massacre.” BYU Studies Quarterly 52, no. 1 (2013): 187.
Huntsman, Eric D. “And They Cast Lots: Divination, Democracy, and Josephus.” BYU Studies 36, no. 3 (1996): 365.
Youngreen, Buddy. “And Yet Another Copy of the Anthon Manuscript.” Brigham Young University Studies 20, no. 4 (1980): 346.
Smith, Dennis. “Andrew.” Brigham Young University Studies 25, no. 1 (1985): 113.
Reinwand, Louis. “Andrew Jensen, Latter-day Saint Historian.” Brigham Young University Studies 14, no. 1 (1973): 29.
Peterson, Paul H. “Andrew Jenson Chides the Saints.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 194.
Turley, Richard E., Jr. “The Andrew Jenson Collection.” BYU Studies 47, no. 3 (2008): 8.
Woods, Fred E. “Andrew Jenson’s Illustrated Journey to Iceland, the Land of Fire and Ice, August 1911.” BYU Studies 47, no. 4 (2008): 101.
Finke, Roger. “The Angel and the Beehive.” BYU Studies 35, no. 2 (1995): 190.
WIlliams, Frederick G. “‘An Angel or Rather the Savior’ at the Kirtland Temple Dedication: The Vision of Frederick G. Williams.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 1 (2017): 119.
Astle, Randy. “Angie.” BYU Studies 46, no. 2 (2007): 324.
Mathews, Conan E. “Angular Patterns.” Brigham Young University Studies 2, no. 2 (1960): 188.
Cannon, Donald Q. “Angus M. Cannon and David Whitmer: A Comment on History and Historical Method.” Brigham Young University Studies 20, no. 3 (1980): 297.
Miller, Wade E., and Matthew P. Roper. “Animals in the Book of Mormon: Challenges and Perspectives.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 4 (2017): 133.
Blythe, Christopher J. “Ann Booth’s Vision and Early Conceptions of Redeeming the Dead among Latter-day Saints.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 2 (2017): 105.
Harding, Alec J. “The Annals of the Southern Mission: A Record of the History of the Settlement of Southern Utah.” BYU Studies Quarterly 59, no. 4 (2020): 208.
Walker, Jim. “Anniversary.” Brigham Young University Studies 21, no. 3 (1981): 342.
Lambert, Neal E. “Announcement of Evans Biography Award.” Brigham Young University Studies 24, no. 1 (1984): 110.
Santiago, Tessa M. “Another Marvelous Thing.” BYU Studies 37, no. 1 (1997): 117.
Santiago, Tessa M. “Another Winter’s Tale.” BYU Studies 33, no. 1 (1993): 161.
Stenson, Matthew Scott. “Answering for His Order: Alma’s Clash with the Nehors.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 2 (2016): 127.
Kimball, Stanley B. “The Anthon Transcript: People, Primary Sources, and Problems.” Brigham Young University Studies 10, no. 3 (1970): 325.
Rogers, R. Max. “The Anti-Christian Background of German Literary Naturalism.” Brigham Young University Studies 5, no. 3 (1964): 203.
Blades, Natalie J. “Anticipating the Year 2000: Howard Nielson, BYU, and Statistics.” BYU Studies Quarterly 51, no. 1 (2012): 99.
Woodworth, Jed L. “The Antipolygamy Controversy in U.S. Women’s Movements, 1880–1925.” BYU Studies 38, no. 2 (1999): 217.
Peterson, H. Donl. “Antonio Lebolo: Excavator of the Book of Abraham.” BYU Studies 31, no. 3 (1991): 5.
Kramer, Neal W. “Anxiety in Eden.” BYU Studies 35, no. 3 (1995): 181.
Robinson, Stephen E. “The Apocalypse of Adam.” BYU Studies Quarterly 17, no. 2 (1977): 131-54.

In most forms of Gnosticism secret oral tradition is often associated with accounts of the creation of the world, the experiences of Adam and Eve in the Garden, and the fall of man. It is usually in this creation setting or in a temple or on a mountaintop that Gnosticism places the revelation of the esoteric mysteries and the knowledge needed to thwart the archontic powers and return to God.

Gnosticism is primarily concerned with the questions, Who am I? Where am I from? and What is my destiny? That the answers to these questions are often associated with the creation, the Garden, and the fall of man is probably due to the Gnostic presupposition that the end of all things is to be found in their beginning. Of those documents which manifest this concern, the Nag Hammadi Apocalypse of Adam is perhaps the prime example.

Keywords: Adam (Prophet); Apocalypse of Adam; Eve; Garden of Eden; Gnosticism; Nag Hammadi Library
Brown, S. Kent. “The Apocalypse of Peter: Introduction and Translation.” Brigham Young University Studies 15, no. 2 (1975): 131.
Welch, John W. “The Apocryphal Judas Revisited.” BYU Studies 45, no. 2 (2006): 44.
Paul, Charles R. “The Apostle Paul: His Life and Testimony: The 23rd Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium.” BYU Studies 35, no. 2 (1995): 203.
Cook, Lyndon W. “The Apostle Peter and the Kirtland Temple.” Brigham Young University Studies 15, no. 4 (1975): 550.
Pulido, Elisa Eastwood. “An Apostolic Journey: Stephen L Richards and the Expansion of Missionary Work in South America.” BYU Studies Quarterly 59, no. 3 (2020): 220.
Ricks, Stephen D. “The Appearance of Elijah and Moses in the Kirtland Temple and the Jewish Passover.” Brigham Young University Studies 23, no. 4 (1983): 483.

A brief note in the History of the Church under the date of Sunday, 3 April 1836, records the appearance of the Lord, Moses, Elias, and Elijah to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in the Kirtland Temple. Subsequent writers have noted that this date corresponds to the Jewish Passover, during which the arrival of Elijah is traditionally awaited. A parenthetical note in the Missionary Training Manual: For Use in the Jewish Proselyting Program states the correlation of the two events emphatically. There we are informed that Elijah appeared in the Kirtland Temple “at about the same hour that the Jewish families in that time zone would have been preparing to begin their feast of the Passover.” These statements, although correct in their identification of the Jewish Passover with the ritual expectation of Elijah and in their connecting the time of the appearance of Elijah in the Kirtland Temple with the Passover season, warrant further elucidation and modest chronological correction.

Keywords: Elijah (Prophet); Kirtland Temple; Moses (Prophet); Passover
Allen, James B. “Appendix I: Historical Milestones.” BYU Studies 34, no. 2 (1995): 343.
Allen, James B. “Appendix II: Microfilm Places and Operators.” BYU Studies 34, no. 2 (1995): 347.
Allen, James B. “Appendix III: Microfilm Production.” BYU Studies 34, no. 2 (1995): 351.
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “Appendix: Book of Abraham Bibliography.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 285.
Clark, J. Reuben, Jr. “Appendix: The Clark Memorandum on the Monroe Doctrine (an extract).” Brigham Young University Studies 13, no. 3 (1973): 453.
Partridge, Dixie Lee. “Appetite.” BYU Studies 50, no. 3 (2011): 82.
de Jong, Gerrit, Jr. “An Approach to Modernity in Art.” Brigham Young University Studies 1, no. 2 & 2, no. 1 (1959): 33.
Hardy, Grant R. “Approaching Completion: The Book of Mormon Critical Text Project: A Review of Royal Skousen’s Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon and The History of the Text of the Book of Mormon: Grammatical Variation.” BYU Studies Quarterly 57, no. 1 (2018): 159.
Smoot, Stephen O., John Gee, Kerry Muhlestein, and John S. Thompson. “Approaching the Facsimiles.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2022): 209.
Brown, S. Kent. “April Sixth.” Brigham Young University Studies 22, no. 3 (1982): 375.
Clark, John E. “Archaeological Trends and the Book of Mormon Origins.” BYU Studies 44, no. 4 (2005): 83.
Berge, Dale L. “Archaeology at the Peter Whitmer Farm, Seneca County, New York.” Brigham Young University Studies 13, no. 2 (1973): 172.
Jones, Steven E. “Archaeometry Applied to Olmec Iron-Ore Beads.” BYU Studies 37, no. 4 (1998): 128.
Bushman, Richard Lyman. “The Archive of Restoration Culture, 1997–2002.” BYU Studies 45, no. 4 (2006): 99.
Madsen, Truman G. “Are Christians Mormon?” Brigham Young University Studies 15, no. 1 (1974): 73.
Paulsen, David L. “Are Christians Mormon?: Reassessing Joseph Smith’s Theology in His Bicentennial.” BYU Studies 45, no. 1 (2006): 35.
Hedengren, Paul. “Are Mormons Christians?; Offenders for a Word.” BYU Studies 33, no. 3 (1993): 635.
King, Arthur Henry. Arm the Children. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2011.

As the century closes, subcultures are being swallowed up by a world culture of mass media and increased secularization. Like a great and abominable church, much of this culture is fundamentally opposed to the principles of the gospel. For twenty-five years, Arthur Henry King has critiqued this mass culture. But he does more. He teaches us to spiritu­ally arm ourselves and our children to win the battle against the destructive forces encompassing us worldwide. King’s talks encourage a deeper commitment to a life of repentance and service and an empathy for the unconverted. They counsel us to turn away from the ugly, vulgar, violent entertainments of our time. Rather, we should seek happiness, not as a goal, but as an activity that includes learning from the best art, music, and literature. By attending to the minute particulars of texts and to the de­tails of everyday living, we free ourselves from traditions that stunt our souls. We open our hearts and minds to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, our souls to the Atonement. Professor King persuasively argues that genuine education begins in homes where parents read the scriptures to and with their children. The language and moral­ity of scripture then form the foundation for learning and judging every activity, art, and discipline. Arm the Children includes all the talks found in King’s Abundance of the Heart plus several previously unpublished talks that continue his jeremiad on behalf of us all.

Olson, Terrance D. “Arm the Children: Faith’s Response to a Violent World.” BYU Studies 39, no. 1 (2000): 215.
Clark, E. Douglas. “Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Abraham.” BYU Studies Quarterly 53, no. 2 (2014): 173.
Toit, Herman du, and Doris R. Dant. Art and Spirituality: The Visual Culture of Christian Faith. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2006.

Since 1998 the Brigham Young University Museum of Art has hosted the biennial Art, Belief, Meaning Symposium. The purpose of the symposium is to provide an opportunity for Latter-day Saint artists, critics, and commentators to contribute to the ongoing discussion about issues related to art and spirituality. Our goal is to articulate our interest in the making of art that not only is relevant and meaningful for our day, but which also bears witness and gives perspective to the realities that flow from the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. The symposium provides a welcome forum for discussion regarding issues that have always concerned serious religious artists: • What is the role of the artist in relation to the mission of the Church? • What is the place of self expression, belief, and inspiration in religious art? • Do artists have a “mission” through their work? • How does individual testimony find expression in the work of the artist? • Does religion create untenable tensions in the expression of the artist? • What is the relationship between idea and technique in religious art? • Can religious art find expression through contemporary art movements? This series provides an opportunity for like-minded believers, those with deep and often passionate interests in the arts, to come together, reason together, and benefit from each others’ points of view. Hopefully others who find themselves confronted by similar issues will benefit from a careful reading of these essays.

Mathews, Conan E. “Art and the Church.” Brigham Young University Studies 3, no. 2 (1961): 3.
Toit, Herman du, and Doris R. Dant, eds. Art, Belief, Meaning: The Arts and the Restored Gospel. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2011.

Elder M. Russell Ballard once said, Inspired art speaks in the language of eternity, teaching things to the heart that the eyes and ears can never understand. Students and scholars at Brigham Young University discuss art in our theology in this new publication entitled Art, Belief, Meaning. The articles in this volume come from the proceedings of the 2003 Art, Belief, and Meaning symposium. This volume starts by analyzing some of the challenges of being a Latter-day Saint artist. Examples include Pat Debenham’s “Seduction of Our Gifts” and Tanya Rizzuti’s “Imparting One to Another: The Role of Humility, Charity, and Consecration within an Artistic Community.” The next section deals with the aesthetics of art. Articles in this section like Grant L. Lunds’s “What Makes a Good Image? What Makes a Good Life?” and Bruce H. Smith’s “What Can You Do with an Eclair?” help us to understand what makes art beautiful. The last section looks at the role of postmodernism in art. Some articles include “Taking Off Our Shoes: On Seeing the Other Religiously” by Keith H. Lane, and Nancy Andruk’s “Accountability, Efficacy, and Postmodernism.”

Cook, Lyndon W. “The Articles of Faith.” Brigham Young University Studies 17, no. 2 (1977): 254.
Bradshaw, Merrill K. “The Articles of Faith—Composer’s Commentary.” Brigham Young University Studies 3, no. 3 (1961): 73.
Leonard, Glen M., ed. Artifacts Speak: Revisiting Old Stories about Treasured Latter-day Saint Heirlooms. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2022.

This book reports on selected buildings and objects that bring to life important events that took place in the first two decades of the Restoration. As museum curators and historians worked to exhibit and tell the history of these objects, they sometimes found that stories told about them were incorrect. This collection’s aim is to tell a more accurate history about these treasured heirlooms. Since the beginning of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, members have kept records and honored their past. Documents and artifacts provide evidence of sacred events and connect the spiritual aspect of the Church to tangible objects. This book reports on selected buildings and objects that bring to life important events that took place in the first two decades of the Restoration. As museum curators and historians worked to exhibit and tell the history of these objects, they sometimes found that stories told about them were incorrect. This collection’s aim is to tell a more accurate history about these treasured heirlooms. Items discussed in this volume: The two Smith family homes in Palmyra-Manchester, New York The artifacts of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, including weapons, canes, Carthage Jail, and watches Eliza R. Snow’s watch, given to her by Joseph Smith The Nauvoo Temple bells The Relief Society Campanile on Temple Square Cannons and other artillery used in Nauvoo and Utah Odometers used on the pioneer trail Telling a better history of these physical objects helps preserve them for future generations. 504 pages Paperback

Kimball, Edward L. “The Artist and the Forger: Han van Meegeren and Mark Hofmann.” BYU Studies 27, no. 4 (1987): 5-16.

In 1947 the artist Han van Meegeren stood in the criminal court in Amsterdam and admitted he was guilty of forgery in what may be the greatest known art fraud. Forty years later, in 1987, Mark Hofmann confessed his guilt of forgery, fraud, and murder growing out of what may be the greatest known historical document fraud. The two cases show some striking similarities.These two men, the artist and the forger, turned their considerable talents to crime because of vanity, anger, and greed. They might have gone undetected, but the love of money held them captive. They risked again and again exposure and imprisonment, unable to quit while ahead. Their forgeries went undetected for years but ultimately came to light when police began investigating the men for much different crimes. As bizarre as the story of Mark Hofmann may seem, he was merely acting out a new production of an old play.

Keywords: Forgery; Hofmann Forgeries; Mark Hofmann; Salamander Letter
Anderson, Travis T. “Artistry and Aesthetics in Contemporary Mormon and Iranian Film.” BYU Studies 48, no. 2 (2009): 111.
Packer, Boyd K. “The Arts and the Spirit of the Lord.” Brigham Young University Studies 16, no. 4 (1976): 575.
Probert, Josh E. “The Artwork of Ron Richmond: Catharsis no. 27 and Triplus.” BYU Studies 46, no. 1 (2007): 176.
Major, Jill C. “Artworks in the Celestial Room of the First Nauvoo Temple.” BYU Studies 41, no. 2 (2002): 47.
Reed, Leonard. “‘As a Bird Sings’: Hannah Tapfield King, Poetess and Pioneer.” BYU Studies Quarterly 51, no. 3 (2012): 101.
Tice, Richard Ellis. “As Fire.” BYU Studies 44, no. 2 (2005): 168.
Bennion, Lowell L. “As for Me and My House.” BYU Studies 30, no. 2 (1990): 124.
Taylor, Sally T. “As He Has Spoken.” Brigham Young University Studies 25, no. 4 (1985): 146.
Nibley, Hugh W. “As Things Stand at the Moment.” Brigham Young University Studies 9, no. 1. (1968): 69–102.

Reprinted in Studies of the Books of Moses and Abraham: Articles from BYU Studies. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

A review of a piece by Wallace Turner arguing against the authenticity of the Joesph Smith Papyri and the Book of Abraham, and a defense of the papyri and book themselves.

Allred, David A. “Asian American Mormons: Bridging Cultures.” BYU Studies 42, no. 2 (2003): 171.
Lambert, Neal E. “The Association for Mormon Letters.” Brigham Young University Studies 17, no. 2 (1977): 254.
Bennion, Mark D. “Astonishment.” BYU Studies 45, no. 4 (2006): 120.
Clark, Marden J. “Astronomy.” Brigham Young University Studies 8, no. 1 (1967): 6.
Hurlbut, Jennifer. “Astronomy, Papyrus, and Covenant.” BYU Studies 46, no. 3 (2007): 191.
Pearce, Jared. “At Least in Heaven There’s Food.” BYU Studies Quarterly 58, no. 4 (2019): 48.
Jensen, R. Devan. “At Sword’s Point: Part 1: A Documentary History of the Utah War to 1858, and Part 2: A Documentary History of the Utah War, 1858-1859.” BYU Studies Quarterly 57, no. 1 (2018): 220.
Hawkins, Lisa Bolin. “At the Gate of Heaven.” BYU Studies 36, no. 2 (1996): 6.
Hart, Patricia. “At the Heart of the Labyrinth.” Brigham Young University Studies 21, no. 3 (1981): 373.
Levinson, Bernard M. “At the Intersection of Scribal Training and Theological Profundity.” Brigham Young University Studies Quarterly 59, no. 2 – Supplement (2020): 85.
Hurlbut, Jennifer. “At the Pulpit: 185 Years of Discourses by Latter-day Saint Women.” BYU Studies Quarterly 57, no. 1 (2018): 222.
Anderson, Richard Lloyd. “Atchison’s Letters and the Causes of Mormon Expulsion from Missouri.” Brigham Young University Studies 26, no. 3 (1986): 3.
Underwood, Grant. “Attempting to Situate Joseph Smith.” BYU Studies 44, no. 4 (2005): 41-52.

Undergirding Richard Bushman’s insightful paper is a profound recognition (and a reminder) that histories are the creations of authors, not photographs of the past. Every aspect of writing a history, from the selection of sources to the interpretation of those sources bears the imprint of the author. The profoundly precarious and contingent character of all reconstruction of the past led Roland Barthes to quip that biography is “a novel that dare not speak its name.” Clearly, this is an overstatement, but it does warn us away from an unhealthy critical complacency when engaging in studying written histories.

Keywords: Bushman; Histories; Joseph; Jr.; Richard L.; Smith; Sources
Harline, Paula. “Audacious Women: Early British Mormon Immigrants.” BYU Studies 36, no. 1 (1996): 189.
Gunter, Susan E. “August 10, 1995.” BYU Studies 38, no. 1 (1999): 186.
BYU Studies Staff. “Author Index (31:4).” BYU Studies 31, no. 4 (1991): 41.
Keller, Roger R. “Authority and Worldwide Growth.” BYU Studies 44, no. 4 (2005): 307.
Campbell, Eugene E. “Authority Conflicts in the Mormon Battalion.” Brigham Young University Studies 8, no. 2 (1968): 127.
Searle, Howard C. “Authorship of the History of Brigham Young: A Review Essay.” Brigham Young University Studies 22, no. 3 (1982): 367.
Searle, Howard C. “Authorship of the History of Joseph Smith: A Review Essay.” Brigham Young University Studies 21, no. 1 (1981): 101.
Bitton, Davis. “The Autobiography of B. H. Roberts.” BYU Studies 32, no. 3 (1992): 112.
Goldberg, James. “Autobiography of Jane Elizabeth Manning James.” BYU Studies Quarterly 57, no. 4 (2018): 149.
Plessis, Jacques du. “Avenues toward Christianity: Mormonism in Comparative Church History.” BYU Studies 42, no. 1 (2003): 175.
Reid, Kim Webb. “Aviophobia.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 2 (2017): 147.
Hume, Martha Haskins. “The Awakening and Solstice.” Brigham Young University Studies 8, no. 2 (1968): 126.
Backman, Milton V., Jr. “Awakenings in the Burned-Over District: New Light on the Historical Setting of the First Vision.” Brigham Young University Studies 9, no. 3 (1969): 301.
BYU Studies Staff. “The Awkward State of Utah: Coming of Age in the Nation, 1896?1945.” BYU Studies Quarterly 56, no. 2 (2017): 176.

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