"'Howlers' in the Book of Mormon." Millennial Star 125 (February 1963): 28–34.Abstract: Lists over twenty Book of Mormon points that may have seemed ridiculous in 1830 but that “appear very different” in light of modern scholarship, including transoceanic voyaging, gold plates, steel, elephants, coins, names, literary and ritual patterns, execution, modes of prophecy and revelation.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
An Approach to the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1957. xvi + 416 pp.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
An Approach to the Book of Mormon. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1964. xxii + 416 pp.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
An Approach to the Book of Mormon (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Vol. 6). Edited by John W. Welch. 3rd ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1988. Xvii + 541 pp.Links to available media:
Abstract: Originally published in 1957 as a Melchizedek Priesthood manual , An Approach to the Book of Mormon is Dr. Hugh Nibley’s classic work on the Book of Mormon. A gifted scholar with expertise in ancient languages, literature, and history, Nibley shows numerous details in the Book of Mormon narrative to be in accord with cultural traits of the Middle East.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Bird Island." Dialogue 10/4 (1977): 120–23. An Academics Awareness Lecture given at Brigham Young University on 26 June 1975.Abstract: Satirical lecture on some of the excesses and weaknesses of archaeology and theories of Book of Mormon geography.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Censoring the Joseph Smith Story." A series of articles in the Improvement Era.Abstract: Explains how Joseph Smith’s critics in the 1840s and also Fawn Brodie rewrote Joseph’s story to suit their perceptions of the Book of Mormon and the First Vision.
Keywords: Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon
"Christ among the Ruins." Ensign, July 1983, 14, 16–19.Abstract: A comparison of the Old World early Christian ‘forty-day ministry’ story with the New World 3 Nephi accounts.” Compares Jesus’ post-resurrection words to his disciples in Galilee with accounts in the Book of Mormon.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Critical Opinion of the Pearl of Great Price." July 26, 1967, Brigham Young University Devotional.Links to available media:
Abstract: Hugh Nibley discusses the military strategy and tactics of the wars in the Book of Mormon compared to other modern and ancient warfare.
Keywords: Pearl of Great Price, Book of Mormon
"Freemen and Kingmen in the Book of Mormon." Talk given in 1980, and again on 18 January 1981 at the J. Reuben Clark Law School.Abstract: Captain Moroni was a man of peace. Analyzes war, government, management, the political tactics and strategies of Amalickiah, and the constant struggle between those who follow the ways of righteousness and those who promote wicked political agendas. Includes notes about similar political problems in ancient Mesoamerican societies.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Last Call: An Apocalyptic Warning from the Book of Mormon." Sunstone, January 1988, 14–25.Links to available media:
Abstract: The Book of Mormon’s message of Christ specifically is to “show” and “convince” by a bulwark of historical evidence through which the doctrine must be considered. The ascension motif—righteous man rising above the wicked world by supplicating God—is repeated over and over. It is symbolic and warns mankind to spiritually break away from his real enemy, himself, in the world of sin.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 1." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Lecture 01 - Book of Mormon - Like Nothing Else"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 02 - Book of Mormon - Nephi's Heritage"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 03 - Book of Mormon - Geopolitics 600 BC"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 04 - Book of Mormon - 600 B.C. Setting the Stage"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 05 - Book of Mormon - Jeremiah & Solon: Lehi's Contemporaries"Links to available media:
Keywords: Lehi (Prophet), Book of Mormon
"Lecture 06 - Book of Mormon - 1 Nephi 1 & Jeremiah 29, Lehi's Jerusalem"Links to available media:
Keywords: 1 Nephi, Lehi (Prophet), Book of Mormon
"Lecture 07 - Book of Mormon - 1 Nephi 1 & Jeremiah"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 08 - Book of Mormon - 1 Nephi Escape from Doom"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 09 - Book of Mormon - 1 Nephi 1-3, 15"Links to available media:
Keywords: 1 Nephi, Book of Mormon
"Lecture 10 - Book of Mormon - Dead Sea Scrolls"Links to available media:
Keywords: Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, Book of Mormon
"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 4." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Lecture 100 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 15-18"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 101 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 19-4 Nephi 1"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 102 - Book of Mormon - 4 Nephi 1"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 103 - Book of Mormon - 4 Nephi 1"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 104 - Book of Mormon - 4 Nephi 1:27-Mormon 2"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 105 - Book of Mormon - Mormon 2-5"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 106 - Book of Mormon - Mormon 1-5"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 107 - Book of Mormon - Mormon 8-9"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 108 - Book of Mormon - Mormon 9"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 109 - Book of Mormon - Ether 1-2"Links to available media:
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"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 1." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Lecture 11 - Book of Mormon - 1 Nephi 4-7 Scripture and Family"Links to available media:
Keywords: 1 Nephi, Book of Mormon
"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 4." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Lecture 110 - Book of Mormon - Ether 7-14"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 111 - Book of Mormon - Ether 2-8"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 112 - Book of Mormon - Moroni 1-10"Links to available media:
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"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 1." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Lecture 12 - Book of Mormon - 1 Nephi 8-11 The Tree of Life"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 13 - Book of Mormon - 1 Nephi 12-14 Nephi's Vision"Links to available media:
Keywords: 1 Nephi, Book of Mormon
"Lecture 14 - Book of Mormon - 1 Nephi 15-16"Links to available media:
Keywords: 1 Nephi, Book of Mormon
"Lecture 15 - Book of Mormon - 1 Nephi 17-19,22 Toward the Promised Land"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 16 - Book of Mormon - 2 Nephi 1-4 Atonement"Links to available media:
Keywords: 2 Nephi, Book of Mormon
"Lecture 17 - Book of Mormon - 2 Nephi 2 The Law and The Atonement"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 18 - Book of Mormon - 2 Nephi 3-8"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 19 - Book of Mormon - 2 Nephi 9 The Atonement & Judgment"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 20 - Book of Mormon - 2 Nephi 25 The Jews and Jerusalem"Links to available media:
Keywords: 2 Nephi, Book of Mormon
"Lecture 21 - Book of Mormon - 2 Nephi 25-28 Nephi's Prophecy of our Times"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 22 - Book of Mormon - 2 Nephi 29-31 Scripture and Canon"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 23 - Book of Mormon - 2 Nephi 32--33; Jacob 1--2"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 24 - Book of Mormon - Jacob 3-4 Filthiness and the Atonement"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 25 - Book of Mormon - Jacob 5--7; Enos"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 26 - Book of Mormon - Enos, Jarom, Omni"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 27 - Book of Mormon - Omni, Words of Mormon, Mosiah 1"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 28 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 1-2 King Benjamin's Speech"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 29 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 3-5 King Benjamin's Speech"Links to available media:
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"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 2." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Lecture 30 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 6"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 31 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 7"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 32 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 8-10"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 33 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 10-11"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 34 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 12-14"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 35 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 15-16"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 36 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 16-18"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 37 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 19-20"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 38 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 20-23"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 39 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 23-26"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 40 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 26-27"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 41 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 27-29"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 42 - Book of Mormon - Mosiah 29-Alma 1"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 43 - Book of Mormon - Alma 1-2"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 44 - Book of Mormon - Alma 2-3"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 45 - Book of Mormon - Alma 4-5"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 46 - Book of Mormon - Alma 5"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 47 - Book of Mormon - Alma 5-10"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 48 - Book of Mormon - Alma 10-12"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 49 - Book of Mormon - Alma 12-14"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 50 - Book of Mormon - Alma 14-17"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 51 - Book of Mormon - Alma 17-19"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 52 - Book of Mormon - Alma 19-22"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 53 - Book of Mormon - Alma 23-27"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 54 - Book of Mormon - Alma 30-31"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 55 - Book of Mormon - Alma 32-35"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 56 - Book of Mormon - Alma 36-41"Links to available media:
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"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 3." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
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"Lecture 57 - Book of Mormon - Alma 45"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 58 - Book of Mormon - A Review"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 59 - Book of Mormon - Alma 46"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 60 - Book of Mormon - Alma 46"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 61 - Book of Mormon - Alma 46"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 62 - Book of Mormon - Alma 46"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 63 - Book of Mormon - Alma 47"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 64 - Book of Mormon - Alma 47"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 65 - Book of Mormon - Alma 48"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 66 - Book of Mormon - Alma 48"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 67 - Book of Mormon - Alma 48-49"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 68 - Book of Mormon - Alma 49-50"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 69 - Book of Mormon - Alma 49-52"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 70 - Book of Mormon - Alma 52-54"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 71 - Book of Mormon - Alma 54-57"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 72 - Book of Mormon - Alma 57-61"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 73 - Book of Mormon - Alma 62-Helaman 1"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 74 - Book of Mormon - Helaman 1-3"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 75 - Book of Mormon - Helaman 3-6"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 76 - Book of Mormon - Helaman 6"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 77 - Book of Mormon - Helaman 6"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 78 - Book of Mormon - Helaman 6-10"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 79 - Book of Mormon - Helaman 11-13"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 80 - Book of Mormon - Helaman 13-3 Nephi 2"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 81 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 3-5"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 82 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 6-7"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 83 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 8-11"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 84 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 11-15"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 85 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 16-20"Links to available media:
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"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 4." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Lecture 86 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 6"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 87 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 6"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 88 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 6-7"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 89 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 7-8"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 90 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 9"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 91 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 9-10"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 92 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 93 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi; Psalm 19"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 94 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 9-13"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 95 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 11-17"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 96 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 11-19"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 97 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 11"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 98 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 11"Links to available media:
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"Lecture 99 - Book of Mormon - 3 Nephi 12-14"Links to available media:
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"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 1." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
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"Lectures 1-10"Links to available media:
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"Lectures 11-20"Links to available media:
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"Lehi in the Desert." A series of articles in the Improvement Era.
Abstract: Virtually all that is known of the world in which Lehi is purported to have lived has been discovered within the last hundred years — mostly within the last thirty. How does this information check with that in the book of 1 Nephi? A classic reflection on Lehi’s world in Arabia: poetry, tree of life, family affairs, politics, imagery, travel, tents, and foods. One of the first attempts to test the Book of Mormon against known geographical and cultural details in the regions where Lehi probably traveled in the Old World.
Keywords: 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, Book of Mormon, Lehi (Prophet)
Lehi in the Desert and the World of the Jaredites. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1952. viii + 272 pp.
Keywords: 1 Nephi,2 Nephi, Book of Mormon, Lehi (Prophet), Nephi (Prophet), Jaredites, Ether, Ancient Near East
Lehi in the Desert and the World of the Jaredites. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1980. Contains a new comprehensive index by Gary P. Gillum.
Keywords: 1 Nephi,2 Nephi, Book of Mormon, Lehi (Prophet), Nephi (Prophet), Jaredites, Ether, Ancient Near East
Lehi in the Desert and the World of the Jaredites. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1987. viii + 272 pp. An unedited reprinting of the original version.
Keywords: 1 Nephi,2 Nephi, Book of Mormon, Lehi (Prophet), Nephi (Prophet), Jaredites, Ether, Ancient Near East
Lehi in the Desert; The World of the Jaredites; There Were Jaredites (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Vol. 5). Edited by John W. Welch, Darrell L. Matthews, and Stephen R. Callister. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1988. xviii + 464 pp.Links to available media:
Abstract: Hugh Nibley is probably still best known for his groundbreaking investigations into the ancient Near Eastern backgrounds of Lehi and of the Jaredites. Those classic studies are contained in this volume — the first of several books to appear in the volumes of The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley that deal with the Book of Mormon.
Keywords: 1 Nephi,2 Nephi, Book of Mormon, Lehi (Prophet), Nephi (Prophet), Jaredites, Ether, Ancient Near East
"Mixed Voices: A Study in Book of Mormon Criticism." A series of articles in the Improvement Era.Abstract: A series about the Book of Mormon and its nineteenth-century American critics. David Marks, who heard the story of the book from the Whitmer family, dismissed it as deception that he could not support by purchasing the book. Alexander Campbell, Origen Bacheler, E. D. Hose, and Professor Rafinesque joined him. The critics could not believe in angelic visits, visions, and further revelation from God. They criticized the grammar and content, rebuked the translator as a fraud, a liar, and a money-digging, peep-stone looking cheat. One critic relied upon the words of another without checking to see if there was any truth.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"New Approaches to Book of Mormon Study." A series of articles in the Improvement Era.Abstract: Vividly displays internal and external evidences to test whether the Book of Mormon is or is not a forgery, using the standard scholarly criteria for detecting forged writings. Very insightful comments on methodology for studying the Book of Mormon, evaluating evidence, using newly discovered documents, metal plates, literary criticism, poetry, lower criticism, and history. Also comments on animals, weights and measures, and the use of the Bible in the Book of Mormon.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Rediscovery of the Apocrypha, Part 1." March 18, 1965, Brigham Young University Devotional.Links to available media:
Abstract: Hugh Nibley draws parallels between language and traditions found in the Apocrypha to the culture of the people in the Book of Mormon.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Rediscovery of the Apocrypha, Part 2." March 18, 1965, Brigham Young University Devotional.Links to available media:
Abstract: In the second half of his lecture, Hugh Nibley compares the linguistics and culture of the Book of Mormon to that found in the Apocrypha.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Reflections on War in the Book of Mormon." Talk given on 24 March 1989, at the FARMS Symposium on Warfare in the Book of Mormon.Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Review of Our Book of Mormon, by Sidney B. Sperry." The Improvement Era; 1941-1950 (Volumes 44-53); 1948 (Volume 51); 1948 January (No. 1); Church History Library, 42.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1967. xiii + 451 pp.Keywords: Book of Mormon
Since Cumorah: The Book of Mormon in the Modern World (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Vol. 7). Edited by John W. Welch. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1988. xv + 512 pp.Links to available media:
Abstract: A hundred years ago, the Book of Mormon was regarded by the scholarly world as an odd text that simply did not fit their understanding of the ancient world. Since that time, however, numerous ancient records have come to light, including the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi texts. These discoveries have forced scholars to change their views of history, and they place the Book of Mormon in a new light as well. That is why respected Latter-day Saint scholar Hugh Nibley wrote Since Cumorah, a brilliant literary, theological, and historical evaluation of the Book of Mormon as an ancient book.
Keywords: Qumran, Dead Sea Scrolls, Book of Mormon
"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 1." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 1: Transcripts of Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1993. 482 pp. Transcripts of 29 lectures.Links to available media:
Abstract: Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the first of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988-90. Part one contains twenty-nine lectures focusing on 1 Nephi through Mosiah 5. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.
Keywords: Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, Ancient Near East,Lehi (Prophet), Nephi (Prophet), Old Testament, Dead Sea Scrolls,Jacob (Prophet),Enos,Jarom,Omni, Mosiah, King Benjamin
"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 2." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 2: Transcripts of Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1993. 473 pp. Transcripts of 27 lectures.Links to available media:
Abstract: Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the second of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988-90. Part two contains twenty-seven lectures focusing on Mosiah 6 through Alma 41. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 3." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 3: Transcripts of Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1993. 360 pp. Transcripts of 29 lectures.Links to available media:
Abstract: Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the third of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988-90. Part three contains twenty-nine lectures focusing on Alma 45 through 3 Nephi 20. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 4." Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1989.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Semester 4: Transcripts of Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988-1990. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1993. 287 pp. Transcripts of 27 lectures with 5 lectures by John W. Welch.Links to available media:
Abstract: Hugh Nibley is one of the best-known and most highly revered of Latter-day Saint scholars. For over forty years this near-legendary teacher has enthralled his readers and listeners with his encyclopedic knowledge, his wit, and his untiring research in defense of Latter-day Saint beliefs. Now you can join Dr. Nibley in the last of four Honors Book of Mormon classes that he taught at BYU during 1988-90. Part four covers 3 Nephi 6 through Moroni 10. It is vintage Nibley, with his insights, humor, and passionate convictions, discussing a book that he loves and knows so well.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Testing the Book of Mormon." Talk given at a Portland Institute Symposium held in Portland, Oregon, in 1979.Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust." A series of articles in the Improvement Era.Abstract: The changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
"The Bible, the Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon: A Problem of Three Bibles." Improvement Era, November 1965, 974–77, 1013, 1040.Keywords: Bible, Book of Mormon
"The Bible, the Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon: A Problem of Three Bibles (continued)." Improvement Era, December 1965, 1090–91, 1165–68.Keywords: Bible, Book of Mormon
"The Bible, the Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon: A Problem of Three Bibles (continued)." Improvement Era, January 1966, 32–34, 44–46.Keywords: Bible, Book of Mormon
"The Bible, the Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon: A Problem of Three Bibles (continued)." Improvement Era, February 1966, 118–22.Keywords: Bible, Book of Mormon
"The Bible, the Scrolls, and the Book of Mormon: A Problem of Three Bibles (continued)." Improvement Era, March 1966, 196–97, 232–34.Keywords: Bible, Book of Mormon
"BYU Education Week lectures." delivered in the summer of 1965 at Oakland, California.
"The Book of Mormon"Keywords: Book of Mormon
"The Book of Mormon and the Ruins: The Main Issues." Lecture dated 13 July 1980.Abstract: Lecture notes regarding Mesoamerican ruins, pre-Columbian, American races, Cumorah, and the disappearance of ancient cultures.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"The Book of Mormon as a Mirror of the East." The Improvement Era; 1941-1950 (Volumes 44-53); 1948 (Volume 51); 1948 April (No. 4); Church History Library, 202– 4, 249–51.Links to available media:
Abstract: "THE AVERAGE MAN," Wrote the great A. E. Housman, "believes that the text of ancient authors is generally sound, not because he has acquainted himself With the elements of the problem, but because he would feel uncomfortable if he did not believe it." The Book of Mormon has enjoyed no such popular support. Indeed, the "average man" would like nothing better than to see it thoroughly exposed once and for all; it has made him feel uncomfortable for over a century. What is holding up the show?
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"The Book of Mormon as a Mirror of the East." Improvement Era, November 1970, 115–20, 122–25.Abstract: Book of Mormon proper names are related to Egyptian etymologies.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"The Book of Mormon As a Record of Military Strategy." April 10, 1967, Brigham Young University Devotional.Links to available media:
Abstract: Hugh Nibley discusses the military strategy and tactics of the wars in the Book of Mormon compared to other modern and ancient warfare.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Time Vindicates the Prophets." Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1954. 30 pamphlets, weekly radio addresses from 7 March to 17 October.
Abstract: In 1954, Hugh Nibley delivered a series of weekly lectures on KSL Radio. The series called “Time Vindicates the Prophets,” was given in answer to those who were challenging the right of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to call themselves Christians.
"The Book of Mormon as a Witness"Abstract: Radio talk on the Book of Mormon as a witness of continuing revelation and God’s dealings with mankind.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"The Book of Mormon: Forty Years After." Talk given at the Sunstone 1988 Book of Mormon Lecture Series, 10 May 1988, at the Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Utah.Abstract: Even after forty years of research, new insights are still to be found in the Book of Mormon. Examples come from the episode at the waters of Sebus, wordprinting, Enos and the princes of India, Isabel as a Phoenician name, the Zoramites as dissenters, and clear statements about God and man, riches, economics, and repentance.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"The Book of Mormon: True or False?" Millennial Star 124 (November 1962): 274–77.Abstract: Argues that if Joseph Smith was not telling the truth when he provided the world with the Book of Mormon, then he recklessly exposed his forgery and fraud to public discovery. The Book of Mormon is authentic history, not a forgery, and not a product of the tendencies of Joseph Smith’s day.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"The Lachish Letters: Documents from Lehi's Day." Ensign, December 1981, 48–54.Abstract: Suggests connections between the Lachish letters written at the time Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians and events associated with Lehi’s departure. Includes political pressures on prophets, types of proper names, and a possible identification of Mulek.
Keywords: Book of Mormon, Lehi (Prophet)
"The Literary Style of the Book of Mormon." Deseret News, Church News, 29 July 1961, 10, 15. Originally a letter addressed to Dear Mr. ——, dated 12 July 1961.Keywords: Book of Mormon
"The Mormon View of the Book of Mormon." Concilium: An International Review of Theology 10 (December 1967): 82–83.Abstract: A summary statement of the content and purpose of the Book of Mormon prepared for Concilium, a journal devoted to an examination of the Christian scriptures. Explains it as an ancient record, a companion to the Bible with revealed Christianity before Christ and 40-day literature from the appearance of Christ among the Nephites.
Keywords: Book of Mormon, Classics
"The Prophetic Book of Mormon." Seventh East Press, 27 March 1982, 6–8, 16–17.Keywords: Book of Mormon
"The Prophetic Book of Mormon." Talk given in a Brigham Young University Alumni House lecture on 23 September 1981.Links to available media:
Keywords: Book of Mormon
The Prophetic Book of Mormon (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Vol. 8). Edited by John W. Welch. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1989. xi + 595 pp.Links to available media:
Abstract: The Book of Mormon is a prophetic book. It was written by prophets and about prophets. It was foreseen by prophets and foresees our day. It was brought forth by prophetic gifts for prophetic purposes. It speaks in a clarion voice of warning to those who would survive the last days.The articles in this volume, brought together under one cover for the first time, approach the Book of Mormon through a variety of prophetic themes. They speak out incisively on such topics as the prophecy of Ezekiel 37, internal and external evidences of the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, literary style in the Book of Mormon, ancient temples and the Book of Mormon, and the Book of Mormon's teachings for the last days.
Keywords: Book of Mormon
"Since Cumorah: New Voices from the Dust." A series of articles in the Improvement Era.Abstract: The changing attitudes of biblical scholars toward basic questions about scripture allow room for claims made by the Book of Mormon. Discusses external evidences, the primitive church, Lehi, Zenos, the olive tree, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
"The Testament of Lehi: Part 1." Improvement Era, July 1965, 616–17, 645–48.Keywords: Book of Mormon, Lehi (Prophet)
"The Testament of Lehi: Part 1 (continued)." Improvement Era, August 1965, 696–99, 702, 704.Keywords: Book of Mormon, Lehi (Prophet)
"The World of the Jaredites." A series of articles in the Improvement Era.
Abstract: A detailed reconstruction of the epic milieu and ancient historical setting in the third millennium B.C. in Mesopotamia and Asia relative to details about the Jaredites: their ships, shining stones, government, wars, society, and worldview.
Keywords: Book of Mormon, Jaredites
"There Were Jaredites." A series of articles in the Improvement Era.Abstract: This wide-ranging series discusses the “epic milieu” of the second millennium B.C. and places the Jaredites in their historical context alongside the Babylonians, Egyptians, early Greeks and others. Makes a comparison between the Book of Ether and ancient writings of Babylon, Egypt, Sumer, and others. The description of the Jaredite boats seem to resemble the boat of Ut-Napitshtim who was the Sumerian counter-part of Noah. Old Jewish and even older Indian sources record the use of shining stones that protect the owner beneath the water. These have been traced back to Babylonian tales of the deluge. Since the Jaredite record reports that their boats were patterned after Noah’s ark, ancient myths that surely have their foundation in real events help to provide greater understanding of the book of Ether. The book of Ether meets all the criteria of epic traditions of heroic societies. The remains of heroic societies are difficult to identify.
Keywords: Book of Mormon, Jaredites
"There Were Jaredites." Improvement Era, January 1956, 30–32, 58–61.Abstract: This wide-ranging series discusses the “epic milieu” of the second millennium B.C. and places the Jaredites in their historical context alongside the Babylonians, Egyptians, early Greeks and others. Makes a comparison between the Book of Ether and ancient writings of Babylon, Egypt, Sumer, and others. The description of the Jaredite boats seem to resemble the boat of Ut-Napitshtim who was the Sumerian counter-part of Noah. Old Jewish and even older Indian sources record the use of shining stones that protect the owner beneath the water. These have been traced back to Babylonian tales of the deluge. Since the Jaredite record reports that their boats were patterned after Noah’s ark, ancient myths that surely have their foundation in real events help to provide greater understanding of the book of Ether. The book of Ether meets all the criteria of epic traditions of heroic societies. The remains of heroic societies are difficult to identify.
Keywords: Book of Mormon, Jaredites
"There Were Jaredites." A series of articles in the Improvement Era, continued.Abstract: This wide-ranging series discusses the “epic milieu” of the second millennium B.C. and places the Jaredites in their historical context alongside the Babylonians, Egyptians, early Greeks and others. Makes a comparison between the Book of Ether and ancient writings of Babylon, Egypt, Sumer, and others. The description of the Jaredite boats seem to resemble the boat of Ut-Napitshtim who was the Sumerian counter-part of Noah. Old Jewish and even older Indian sources record the use of shining stones that protect the owner beneath the water. These have been traced back to Babylonian tales of the deluge. Since the Jaredite record reports that their boats were patterned after Noah’s ark, ancient myths that surely have their foundation in real events help to provide greater understanding of the book of Ether. The book of Ether meets all the criteria of epic traditions of heroic societies. The remains of heroic societies are difficult to identify.
Keywords: Book of Mormon, Jaredites
"Warfare and the Book of Mormon." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 127–45. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1990.Abstract: Compares the descriptions of warfare in the Book of Mormon with the writings and axioms of Karl von Clausewitz’s military treatise, Vom Kriege, that served the military as a bible for 150 years and was published in 1833. Descriptions of Book of Mormon warfare match von Clausewitz’s principles very well. Again the internal evidence of the Book of Mormon establishes its accuracy in describing technical subjects unknown to Joseph Smith.
Keywords: Book of Mormon