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This book was in many ways a first: first to provide a full collection of Joseph Smith’s Nauvoo discourses in the mature and climatic years of his life; first to reproduce them in exact fidelity to their original written sources in diaries and journals; first to cross-reference them to earlier sayings and discourses of Joseph Smith; first to index all the biblical and other scriptural verses discussed or alluded to; first to provide contextual settings for each discourse in proper chronological sequence; first to footnote the discourses in terms of their historical and doctrinal kinships; and first to interlace all these discourses with other fundamental teachings of this rich and formative period of Church history. ISBN 0-8849-4419-0
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RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
At the foundation of great religions lie holy books. Not all religious books have the sacredness of scripture, but few religions survive and thrive without creating a literature of belief. This book contains proceedings from an RSC symposium on such books. Seldom has the dialogue between the language of scholarship and the language of faith been so intense or sensitive. These proceedings reflect both the devotion believers feel for their scriptures and a rare respect that should mark each encounter with another’s sacred literature. ISBN 0-8849-4409-3
Chapters
Old Testament Topics > Types and Symbols
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > A — C > Creation
RSC Topics > A — C > Crucifixion
Contents:
America’s Decision About Christ / Reid E. Bankhead
A Testimony / Janice White Clemmer
An Appreciation for the Book of Mormon / Robert J. Matthews
Sanctification and Justification are Just and True / Gerald N. Lund
Becoming Perfect in Christ / Robert E. Parsons
The Condescension of the Father and the Son / N. Gaylon Hopkins
The Plates that Mormon Found and the Manuscript that Joseph Smith Lost / Eldin Ricks
Remnants of Israel: Who? When Gathered? / Paul E. Felt
A Man May Know for Himself / Hal L. Taylor
The Nephites and the Law of Moses / H. Donl Peterson
The Same God, Yesterday, Today, and Forever / Monte S. Nyman
Articles
Those who reject the Book of Mormon will be brought into captivity, spiritually and temporally. The early Latter-day Saints left the inhabited areas of America because of the rejection of the Book of Mormon and of Christ by the American people.
A testimonial wherein the author states that knowledge of the Old and New Testaments prepared her for the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon explained her American Indian heritage and gave her dignity.
Speaks about themes covered in the Book of Mormon: the mission of Christ, the Fall and the Atonement, salvation only through Christ, the nature of God, the devil, spiritual gifts, the ministry of angels, and the philosophies of men. Includes a table listing the names of Christ in the Book of Mormon.
A vigorous doctrinal discussion on sanctification and justification, clarifying the terms by examining their Semitic and Greek roots. Explains practical application, arguing that the terms are not abstruse but easily understandable.
The Book of Mormon reveals the paternity of Jesus Christ, his divinity as Creator, and his condescension, or his subjection into the hands of mortal men. The book also reveals the temptations that the Savior had to endure.
The Book of Mormon identifies the remnants of Israel and clarifies their destiny.
Shows how God is the same yesterday, today, and forever through his personal appearances, the manner of his manifestations, and the fact that he is no respecter of persons.
Contents:
The Pearl of Great Price as Scripture / A. Theodore Tuttle
The New Edition of the Scriptures / Robert J. Matthews
Historical Background of the Pearl of Great Price: How the Book Came to Be / James P. Mitchell
Moses One: The Divine Prelude to the Holy Bible / H. Donl Peterson
To Prepare a People / William O. Nelson
Eschatology in the Pearl of Great Price / Rodney Turner
The Duel of the Kings / Richard D. Draper
Understanding Facsimile 2 of the Book of Abraham / James Roy Harris
Astronomy and the Book of Abraham / Fred Holmstrom
Articles
In this volume, nine Latter-day Saint scholars each address the question of Book of Mormon authorship from a different approach. The tests of authenticity they employ rely on analytical techniques borrowed from such diverse disciplines as history, literature, statistics, and ancient Near Eastern studies. For both layman and scholar, this book makes exciting reading. While ultimate acceptance of the Book of Mormon as the word of God is and will remain a spiritual matter, the reasoned analyses, comparisons, and examinations contained in these pages add to the swelling volume of evidence that supports Joseph Smith’s account of the authorship of that book. ISBN 0-8849-4469-7
Chapters
In this article Madsen introduces B. H. Roberts and presents a synopsis of his rigorous life-time study of the Book of Mormon. Roberts approached the Book of Mormon from many different perspectives, all adding to his conviction that it was authentic scripture. The article explores these perspectives and suggests that B. H. Roberts\'s five- decade probing of the book was “shrewd,” “ground-breaking,” and faith-promoting. Through Roberts the modern reader can come to understand the kind of challenge the Book of Mormon poses for an honest inquirer and how one can try to deal with that challenge.
RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
Contents:
Our Faith is Centered in the Living Christ / David B. Haight
Misleading Translations of Paul / Richard L. Anderson
From Tanach to Talmud: The Emerging Rabbinic Judaism Which Jesus Knew / Albert W. Hoffman
The Four Gospels as Testimonies / S. Kent Brown
Spiritual Death, Temporal Death, and the Atonement of Christ / LaMar E. Garrard
The Necessity of the Book of Mormon in Teaching the New Testament / Monte S. Nyman
Fasting in the Perspective of Ancient Israel and the New Testament / Stephen D. Ricks
A Parable of Parables / Robert C. Patch
Paul: Apostle of Grace / Rodney Turner
The Parable of the Two Sons: A Revelation about God / Jay E. Jensen
Let Us Go On Unto Perfection: Paul’s Message in the Book of Hebrews / Leland H. Gentry
New Testament Prophecies of Apostasy / Kent P. Jackson
The Price of Redemption / Robert J. Matthews
Articles
Islam, the faith of the Muslims, is a major world religion. Its believers are found on all of the inhabited continents. Nearly one out of every six people on earth today is Muslim. In common with Christians generally, Mormons as a whole know little of Islam and its adherents. Yet the two religions have many interesting similarities and parallels. Examples include a firm belief in a living God and obedience to him; emphasis on the family; assistance to the poor and other social concerns; a sense of man’s obligation to testify of God; belief in a physical resurrection and a life thereafter; and a total commitment to values and lifestyle rather than a mere creedal recitation. Islam is considered a “biblical faith” in part because Muhammad, the Arabian prophet of the Muslim world, revered the teachings of Abraham and Moses and other Bible prophets. To this common ground between Muslims and Mormons is added the fact that both Muhammad and Joseph Smith are regarded by their respective adherents as instruments in the hand of God in revealing new scriptures, the Qur’an and the Book of Mormon—in each case under angelic direction. In bringing together papers from a symposium held at Brigham Young University in October 1981, this book on Mormons and Muslims presents some of the finest and ablest exponents and interpreters of the Muslim faith. As well as relationships between that faith and Christianity generally, the book offers a new dimension in that much of the focus centers for the first time on parallels, similarities, and contrasts with the religion of the Latter-day Saints. This can be both explicit and implicit, as in chapters on pre-Islamic and Arabian prophets, the idea of redemption in Christianity and Islam, the Muhammad-Joseph Smith comparison, and religious practices of women in Islamic countries. Many spontaneously arising questions about analogies between Mormonism and Islam find here an informed forum for discussion, especially by the Mormon participants who have lived among Muslims and studied their cultures and life-styles. As prophetic figures, how do Joseph Smith and Muhammad compare? What is the role of women in the Muslim faith? Could Hud, the Qur’an prophet, actually be the Book of Mormon Lehi? Is there really a relationship between Jesus Christ and the Mahdi, the redemptive figure in Islam? Not all the answers are here, but the concepts, experiences, and suggested conclusions will certainly inform and stimulate each reader’s thinking. For both critic and believer, for both scholar and general reader, for both Mormon and Muslim, as well as for all serious students of comparative religion, here is an intriguing and authentic exchange leading to a deepening understanding of “spiritual foundations and modern manifestations.” ISBN 0884944832
Chapters
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
RSC Topics > T — Z > World Religions
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > T — Z > World Religions
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > T — Z > World Religions
Prominent scholars of diverse backgrounds participated in a March 1980 symposium, “Scriptures in the Sesquicentennial,” and brought to it their unique insights into the world of records. This book, a compilation of the addresses, explores some of those records that evidence both the antiquity and the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. ISBN 0-8849-4538-3
Articles
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
The answer to “What is a temple?” is partially the answer to “What was the temple?” Here a distinguished array of scholars trests this theme. This collection of essays—which grew out of a BYU symposium of experts—presents recent findings on the temple in antiquity: historical, linguistic, and archaeological data which bear on the idea of the temple in Israelite, Jewish, and Christian traditions. The book includes an expansive introduction to temple traditions and a bibliography for further clarification and comparison. ISBN 0-8849-4518-9
Old Testament Topics > Temple and Tabernacle
Gleaning from the expertise of an eminent array of Latter-day Saint scholars, a Brigham Young University symposium entitled “Isaiah and the Prophets” has brought to light a diversity of thought-provoking ideas relative to the Old Testament. This book contains ten of the addresses given at that symposium. Isaiah and the Prophets is rich in its outpouring of details. The book probes concepts that are pertinent to understanding the Old Testament as the Lord’s prophetic word and the gospel in its fullness. ISBN 0-8849-4522-7
Old Testament Topics > Prophets and Prophecy
Old Testament Topics > Symposia and Collections of Essays
Articles
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
Old Testament Topics > Temple and Tabernacle
Old Testament Topics > Types and Symbols
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
The marriage of Hosea and Gomer illuminates the covenant relationship of Jehovah and Israel
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
Old Testament Topics > Women in the Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
Most scholars who reject the one-man authorship of Isaiah do so because they reject prophecy
Old Testament Topics > Biblical Criticism
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
Contents:
This Generation Shall Have My Word Through You / Bruce R. McConkie
The Living Canon / Richard O. Cowan
In Search of the Sensational / James R. Christianson
Proving the Holy Scriptures / Rex C. Reeve, Jr.
Voting Within the Restored Church of Christ / Wilson K. Andersen
The Joseph Smith Translation: A Primary Source for the Doctrine and Covenants / Robert J. Matthews
Clothed with Bonds of Charity: The Law of Consecration and Stewardship in Ohio, 1830-1838 / Milton V. Backman, Jr.
Six Visions of Eternity: Section 76 / Monte S. Nyman
Latter-day Visions of the Savior / Donald Q. Cannon
What is Man? / LaMar E. Garrard
Restoring the Doctrine and the Covenants / Joseph F. McConkie
Thomas B. Marsh as President of the First Quorum of the Twelve, 1835-1838 / Ronald K. Esplin
More Treasures than One: Section 111 / Kenneth W. Godfrey
Tithing in Ancient and Modern Israel / Stephen D. Ricks
Letters from Liberty Jail / Robert J. Woodford
Items of Instruction: Sections 130 and 131 / Bruce A. Van Orden
The Vision of the Redemption of the Dead / Robert L. Millet
The Doctrine and Covenants and the Conversion Process / James R. Moss
The Doctrine and Covenants and Modern Revelation / James E. Faust
Articles
This book zeroes in on thirteen of the less famous, behind-the-scenes Saints—supporting Saints. These pioneers were typical of the strength, courage, and faith that built the early Utah church as the base on which today’s worldwide church was founded. Their life stories are recounted here with a wealth of fascinating detail. Here, then, are supporting Saints, both men and women, in a variety of situations and occupations. Their stories, absorbing in themselves, bring us also much interesting detail about life in Utah and many other areas a hundred and more years ago. ISBN 0-8849-4565-0
Chapters
RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
RSC Topics > Q — S > Service
RSC Topics > T — Z > Tithing
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
RSC Topics > T — Z > Welfare
RSC Topics > A — C > Bishop
RSC Topics > D — F > First Presidency
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum
RSC Topics > T — Z > Tithing
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
Ten prominent Church scholars presented at the symposium on the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible. Their in-depth study of the Joseph Smith Translation and related scriptures clarifies the Bible from Genesis to Revelation and show how Joseph Smith restored many plain and precious truths to that holy book. This volume brings together those addresses, illuminating this inspired translation as perhaps no other book had done.
Book of Moses Topics > Joseph Smith Translation (JST) > History
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Old Testament Topics > Symposia and Collections of Essays
The Lord has told us that many things in the Apocrypha are true and many false. The fascination that apocryphal writings generally hold for Latter-day Saints was recognized in a 1983 BYU symposium on this topic addressed by fifteen scholars representing a wide range of expertise. Those addresses are collected in this book.
Old Testament Topics > Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha [including intertestamental books and the Dead Sea Scrolls]
Articles
RSC Topics > A — C > Bible
RSC Topics > A — C > Bible
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
Contents:
Introduction: 1985 Sperry Symposium / Robert J. Matthews
1. Spiritual Communication / Richard G. Scott
2. The Doctrine of Godhood in the New Testament / Rodney Turner
3. The Fall of Man / LaMar Garrard
4. To Be As Gods: Original Sin or Eve’s Motive For Mortality? / Alan K. Parrish
5. Insights Into the Atonement from Latter-day Scriptures / Keith W. Perkins
6. The Sacrament: Principles Essential to Exaltation / S. Brent Farley
7. Having A Testimony of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ / Chauncey C. Riddle
8. A New Commandment / George W. Pace
9. Humanity and Practical Christianity: Implications For a World-Wide Church / James R. Christianson
10. Covenants and Covenant People / James R. Moss
11. Affliction and the Plan of Salvation / Philip M. Flammer
12. Political Responsibility and Religious Belief / Gary C. Bryner
13. Personal and Family Preparedness: Lessons From Church History / William G. Hartley
14. Temples, Ordinances, and Art / R. L. Gunn
Articles
While some had previously made the journey individually, the first collective emigration of Utah-bound Welsh Latter-day Saints occurred in 1849. They were led by Dan Jones, a Welshman who had joined the Church in Nauvoo and was one of the last persons to see Joseph Smith alive. The three-hundred-plus emigrants in the two ships were part of the three thousand or so souls brought into the Church during this energetic and enthusiastic mission president’s first ministry in Wales. This book contains interesting detail, narrative, and journal entries of those Welsh Saints. ISBN 0-8849-4628-2
Chapters
Contents:
Rooted and Built Up in Christ / Carlos E. Asay
The Old Testament: An Indispensable Foundation / George A. Horton
Noah, the Ark, the Flood: A Pondered Perspective / James R. Christianson
The Seed of Abraham in the Latter Days / Bruce A. Van Orden
Genesis 22: The Paradigm for True Sacrifice in Latter-day Israel / Andrew C. Skinner
Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith / S. Kent Brown
Kibroth-Hattaavah: The Graves of Lust / Jeff O’Driscoll
The Latter-day Significance of Ancient Temples / Richard O. Cowan
Joseph and Joseph: “He Shall Be Like Unto Me” (2 Nephi 3:15) / Ann N. Madsen, Susan Easton Black
“Has Thou Considered My Servant Job?” / John S. Tanner
Prophets: How Shall We Know Them? / Joseph F. McConkie
Jesus’ Commandment to Search the Words of Isaiah / L. LaMar Adams
A Latter-day Saint Reading of Isaiah in the Twentieth Century: The Example of Isaiah 6 / Paul Y. Hoskisson
Micah, the Second Witness with Isaiah / Monte S. Nyman
The Restoration of the Tribes of Israel in the Writings of Jeremiah and Ezekiel / Stephen D. Ricks
The Last Shall Be First and the First Shall Be Last / LaMar E. Garrard
Daniel: Ancient Prophet for the Latter Days / H. Dean Garrett
Your Daughters Shall Prophesy: A Latter-day Prophecy of Joel, Peter, and Moroni Examined / Alan K. Parrish
Malachi and the Latter Days / Rex C. Reeve Jr
Justification, Ancient and Modern / Chauncey C. Riddle
Ancient Hebrew “Psychology”: A Radical Option for Educators in the Latter Days / Neil J. Flinders, Paul Wangemann
The Restoration as Covenant Renewal / David Rolph Seely
Joseph Smith’s Use of the Old Testament / Grant Underwood
The Brass Plates: An Inspired and Expanded Version of the Old Testament / Robert L. Millet
The Old Testament: Voice from the Past and Witness for the Lord Jesus Christ / Robert J. Matthews
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
Old Testament Topics > Symposia and Collections of Essays
Articles
Strengthening testimonies of Christ by using Old Testament passages
Old Testament Topics > Old Testament: Overviews and Manuals
The historicity of the flood and speculations concerning ways to reconcile scientific findings with the biblical account
Old Testament Topics > Flood
Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Abraham’s test
Old Testament Topics > Abraham and Sarah [see also Covenant]
The Exodus was a means by which the Israelites developed faith
Old Testament Topics > Faith
Examples from Israelite history and modern times of looking beyond the mark in search of personal, prideful desires
Latter-day temples parallel ancient temples, especially those of the Israelites
Book of Mormon Scriptures > 2 Nephi
Old Testament Topics > Joseph and Asenath
Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
Old Testament Scriptures > Ezekiel
Old Testament Topics > Israel, Scattering and Gathering
The offering of the gospel first to the Jews then to the Gentiles in ancient days and its latter-day offering first to the Gentiles and then to the Jews
Old Testament Topics > Judah and the Jews
Old Testament Scriptures > Twelve Minor Prophets
Old Testament Topics > Women in the Old Testament
The implications of ancient Hebrew psychology including the divine origin of man and the responsibility for one’s actions
Old Testament Topics > Restoration and Joseph Smith
Old Testament Topics > Scripture Study
Old Testament Topics > Scripture Study
Old Testament Topics > Teaching the Old Testament
Enhance your study of the New Testament with help from respected gospel teachers. the New Testament and the Latter-day Saints contains a collection of findings from BYU religion professors and other renowned scholars that is perfect for any student of the New Testament. Whether you use it for personal or family study, lesson or talk preparation, or to help you participate in the ongoing dialogue of world academicians, this is one book your gospel library can\'t do without.Inside you\'ll find:Susan Easton Black on New Testament WomenJoseph Fielding McConkie on Special Witnesses of the Birth of ChristMonte S. Nyman on the Stumbling Blocks of First CorinthiansAnd more!The New Testament contains some of the most personal details of our Savior\'s life on earth, and now you can increase your love for this book of scripture as you gain a deeper appreciation of its cultural setting, historical significance, and doctrinal insights by reading the New Testament and the Latter-day Saints.
Contents (first edition):
Preface
Contributors
1. The New Testament and the Latter-day Saints / John K. Carmack
2. Rhetoric versus Revelation: A Consideration of Acts 17, verses 16 to 34 / Richard P. Anderson
3. The New Testament Women: The Exemplars / Susan Easton-Black, Alan K. Parrish
4. The Doctrine of Justification and the Writings of the Apostle Paul / Edward J. Brandt
5. Seducing Spirits and Doctrines of Devils / Leland H. Gentry
6. The “I Am” Passages in the Gospels and in 3 Nephi / James R. Harris
7. The Beatitudes: Eight Qualities that Savor the Eternal Quest / Clark V. Johnson
8. The Book of Mormon, an Interpretive Guide to the New Testament / Dennis Largey
9. Isaiah as Taught By the New Testament Apostles / Victor L. Ludlow
10. We Have Found the Messiah, Which is the Christ / Robert J. Matthews
11. Special Witnesses of the Birth of Christ / Joseph Fielding McConkie
12. Jesus and Josephus Told of the Descruction of Jerusalem / Keith H. Meservy
13. Jude: A Call to Contend for the Faith / T. John Nielsen II
14. Is Any Sick Among You?: Anointing the Sick with Oil in Early Christian and Latter-day Thology and Practice / Walter A. Norton
15. The Stumbling Blocks of First Corinthians / Monte S. Nyman
16. Interpreting the New Testament / Chauncey C. Riddle
17. The Book of Romans: An Orthodox Description of Faith, Works, and Exaltation / Joseph B. Romney
18. Visions of Christ in the Spirit World and the Dead Redeemed / Catherine Thomas
19. Joseph Smith and the Apocalypse of John / Rodney Turner
20. The Revelation / S. Michael Wilcox
21. Securing Divine Protection: Putting on the Armor of God / Clyde J. Williams
Index
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Ether
Articles
The First Annual Book of Mormon Symposium at BYU Joseph Smith called it “the most correct . . . book on earth” and “the keystone of our religion.” Both correctness and keystone are reflected in these papers presented at the Religious Studies Center’s first annual Book of Mormon Symposium at BYU. The foremost consideration is the book’s message about Jesus Christ and His mission and teachings. ISBN 0-8849-4637-1
Articles
RSC Topics > L — P > Learning
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > G — K > God the Father
RSC Topics > G — K > Godhead
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > D — F > Fasting
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
Mormon missionaries began proselyting in Wales in 1840. From their pulpits Welsh religious leaders warned members of their congregations to be wary of this new faith. Their concern was reflected not only in sermons and conversations but also in the Welsh periodical and pamphlet literature as well. Although willing to publish attacks against the Mormons, the editors of the religious periodicals refused to print any of the rebuttals submitted by those under siege. What the Welsh Mormons needed was their own periodical, a vehicle through which they could defend themselves against their enemies and spread their unique religious beliefs as well. The father of the Welsh Mormon press was Captain Dan Jones. This book contains some of the writings that resulted. ISBN 0-8849-4656-8
Articles
RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1845–1877
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
Volume 1 in the Occasional Papers Series This volume contains the preliminary reports from the 1984 field campaign of the Brigham Young University excavation team at Seila in the Fayum in Egypt. As both this set of reports and those expected from later expeditions will demonstrate, the work done near the Egyptian town of Seila will have a significant impact on further studies of not only Egypt’s Old Kingdom but also the Greco-Roman era. The essays in this volume demonstrate the unusually broad approach to the project this diversity of specialists allowed the team to take. ISBN 0-8849-4680-0
Articles
In this volume, twenty-one prominent social scientists address the complex set of relationships that emerge between religion and the family. They show that increased knowledge of how religions and families influence each other sheds light on vaguely understood processes of social change and sharpens questions asked about the church and family influence on such things as marriage, divorce, abortion, birth control, children, sex roles, authority patterns, and belief systems. The authors discuss the religion and family connection in a variety of settings: Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Mormon, Amish, Ireland, and Middletown, U.S.A., among others. ISBN 0-8849-4636-3
RSC Topics > L — P > Parenting
Articles
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
RSC Topics > G — K > Happiness
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > D — F > Family
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > T — Z > Youth
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
In 1989 there were two Sperry Symposiums held. The first was in February on the Doctrine and Covenants, which was published later that year as Doctrines for Exaltation. The second was in October on the Old Testament, which was published in 1990 as A Witness of Jesus Christ.
The Doctrine and Covenants is the book of modern-day scripture that teaches member of the Church about eternal families, temple work, the degrees of glory, Church organization, and many other great truths about the Restoration.
Contents:
The Sacred Role of Women / Susan Easton Black
The Doctrine and Covenants on Temples and Their Functions / Richard O. Cowan
Light, Truth, and Grace: Three Interrelated Salvation Themes in Doctrine and Covenants 93 / Richard D. Draper
The Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood / S. Brent Farley
God, Natural Law, and the Doctrine and Covenants / LaMar E. Garrard
Redemption for the Dead / Leland H. Gentry
Salvation Cannot Come Without Revelation / Richard Neitzel Holzapfel
The Law of Consecration: The Covenant that Requires All and Gives Everything / Clark V. Johnson
The Doctrine of Submission and Forgiveness / Daniel K Judd
Revelation on the Priesthood: The Dawning of a New Day in Africa / E. Dale LeBaron
The Doctrine and Covenants Leads Us to Christ / Robert England Lee
What is the Dispensation of the Fulness of Times? / Robert J. Matthews
Quest for the City of God: The Doctrine of Zion in Modern Revelation / Robert L. Millet
The Second Gathering of the Literal Seed / Monte S. Nyman
Doctrine and Covenants 76 and the Visions of Resurrected Life in the Teachings of Elder John A. Widtsoe / Alan K. Parrish
The New and Everlasting Covenant / Chauncey C. Riddle
Eyes that See Afar / S. Michael Wilcox
The Articles and Covenants of the Church of Christ and the Book of Mormon / Robert J. Woodford
Articles
Perhaps no institution has had a bigger hand in shaping the history of the Western world in the Christian era than the Roman Catholic Church. But how was that church itself shaped? What kinds of forces and personalities operated in the molding process? This book addresses such questions. The author supplies commentary on facts and claims, along with much interesting detail. His expressed hope was “that this study might lead to better understanding and better tolerance among religious groups.” ISBN 0-8849-4679-7
Chapters
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
One of Mormondom’s premier poets came from a stone tenement in the slums of Glasgow. Taking readers back to John’s early years, the book recreates early nineteenth-century Scotland, providing an analysis of the social milieu in which he existed, interspersed with autobiographical accounts of his own youthful experiences, including the death of his father, John’s apprenticeship to a weaver at age nine, and his efforts at self-education. As his story continues, we see his bright hopes become reality. Then the gospel found him. He embraced it fully and anxiously awaited the “call” to join the Saints in Zion. As well as telling the story, the author explores the poetry and prose of John Lyon, comparing and analyzing its merits and giving background information on the various writings. Appendices include his poetry and prose. ISBN 0-8849-4708-4
Chapters
RSC Topics > D — F > Family
RSC Topics > D — F > Endowment
RSC Topics > D — F > Family
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
The Third Annual Book of Mormon Symposium at BYU In this volume, twenty-two scholars comment knowledgeably on a variety of themes evoked by the prophetic words of Isaiah, Lehi, Nephi, and Jacob as given in 2 Nephi. Contributors discuss doctrines of Christ such as repentance, baptism, the gift of the Holy Ghost, the Fall, the Atonement, hope, endurance, the name of Jesus Christ as revealed to the Nephites, and the Nephite diligence in teaching and transmitting the gospel. Comments on the early Nephite period deepen our appreciation for Nephi’s spiritual strength. Although many perspectives are offered here, its underlying purpose is to illumine, clarify, and reinforce the gospel of Jesus Christ. ISBN 0-8849-4699-1
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Jacob
Articles
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > L — P > Learning
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > G — K > Gospel of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
The Second Annual Book of Mormon Symposium at BYU In a variety of themes and approaches, the symposium papers reproduced in this volume explore the first book in the Book of Mormon—First Nephi. The value of the Book of Mormon, historical background of the plates, and the title page are all discussed. How the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ, how its biblical allusions and its affirmations of God’s dealings with man establish the truth of the Bible; and how textual evidences further verify the authenticity of the Book of Mormon are demonstrated. ISBN 0-8849-4647-9
Articles
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > A — C > Apostasy
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > T — Z > Trials
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
“For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pas the immortality and eternal life of man.” This profound doctrinal statement is one of many contained in the Pearl of Great Price, the smallest of the standard works and the last to be canonized. Studying that scripture in depth adds immensely to our understanding of the Lord’s eternal plan. Comprising addresses delivered at a symposium on the Pearl of Great Price, this book combines the insights and testimonies of thirteen gospel scholars. All things were created to bear witness of God. As here shown, the Pearl of Great Price does that in many ways.
Articles
First, I want to deal with the figure of the Son of Man in ancient literature, reviewing along the way what current biblical scholarship says about this personality, especially since he is mentioned prominently in nonscriptural sources. Second, I intend to treat the question of the anthropomorphic view of God in scripture, specifically in the Old Testament. Third, I wish to touch on the issue of the nature of the titles used for deity throughout scripture, for we all have the impression that a great many are applied to God, especially within the pages of the Old Testament. Fourth and last, I want to single out the parallels in ancient Christian and Jewish literature to the remarkable, almost singular theological position to which we Latter-day Saints are committed when we call deity a Man, whether Man of Holiness, Man of Counsel (Moses 7:35), or some similar title.
Book of Moses Topics > Messianic and Christological Themes in the Book of Moses
RSC Topics > L — P > Pearl of Great Price
RSC Topics > L — P > Pearl of Great Price
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
When the Lord taught the parable of the pearl of great price (Matthew 13:45–46), he could have had direct reference to the great teachings on missionary work found within the Pearl of Great Price we value today as one of our choicest scriptural records. Contained within the histories, visions, doctrinal teachings and other inspired revelations in this standard work are some of the most important foundations and principles of missionary work for this and previous dispensations. As we learn of them our appreciation for the importance of sharing the gospel with others grows, and our understanding of the role of each member of the Church in taking the gospel to the nations of the earth deepens.
RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Missionary Work
RSC Topics > L — P > Pearl of Great Price
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > G — K > Godhead
Old Testament Scriptures > Genesis
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Abraham
RSC Topics > L — P > Pearl of Great Price
Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > L — P > Missionary Work
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation