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Two Or Three Witnesses, Michael Hicks
The Holy Land: A Premodern Photo Tour, Byu Studies
The Holy Land: A Premodern Photo Tour, Byu Studies
BYU Studies Quarterly
The following photographic essay presents a series of rare vistas from Jerusalem and Palestine photographed about a century ago. More changes have occurred in the Holy Land in the last one hundred years than in the previous two thousand. Pictures such as these take the viewer back into the premodern era of the land of Israel. Their unpaved streets and simple landscapes are the same that greeted President George A. Smith and his party on their visit to the Holy Land in 1873 (see Journal of Discourses, 16:93-102) or that surrounded Orson Hyde as he prayed on the Mount …
Loving God And Mankind: Rites Of Passage And The Humanities, Eric B. Shumway
Loving God And Mankind: Rites Of Passage And The Humanities, Eric B. Shumway
BYU Studies Quarterly
This article was first given as an address to the College of Humanities at Brigham Young University, October 10,1996.
Captain Dan Jones And The Blind Man, Ronald D. Dennis
Captain Dan Jones And The Blind Man, Ronald D. Dennis
BYU Studies Quarterly
The 1847 pamphlets, one a polemic by convert-turned-antagonist Daniel Jones and the other a rebuttal by Elder Dan Jones, give an interesting glimpse into an early LDS missionary work in Wales.
States Of Grace, Dixie Partridge
Sage Junction, Dixie Partridge
Feasting On The Word: The Literary Testimony Of The Book Of Mormon Richard Dilworth Rust, Steven Walker
Feasting On The Word: The Literary Testimony Of The Book Of Mormon Richard Dilworth Rust, Steven Walker
BYU Studies Quarterly
Richard Dilworth Rust. Feasting on the Word: The Literary Testimony of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1997. viii; 293 pp. Index, notes, works cited. $16.95.
The Viper On The Hearth: Mormons, Myths And The Construction Of Heresy Terryl L. Givens, Grant Underwood
The Viper On The Hearth: Mormons, Myths And The Construction Of Heresy Terryl L. Givens, Grant Underwood
BYU Studies Quarterly
Terryl L. Givens. The Viper on the Hearth: Mormons, Myths, and the Construction of Heresy. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. x; 205 pp. Index, notes. $35.00.
Symbols In Stone: Symbolism On The Early Temples Of The Restoration Matthew B. Brown And Paul Thomas Smith, Joseph Fielding Mcconkie
Symbols In Stone: Symbolism On The Early Temples Of The Restoration Matthew B. Brown And Paul Thomas Smith, Joseph Fielding Mcconkie
BYU Studies Quarterly
Matthew B. Brown and Paul Thomas Smith. Symbols in Stone: Symbolism on the Early Temples of the Restoration. American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, 1997. xi; 194 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, bibliography, index. $19.95.
Images Of Ancient America: Visualizing Book Of Mormon Life John L. Sorenson, Allen J. Christenson
Images Of Ancient America: Visualizing Book Of Mormon Life John L. Sorenson, Allen J. Christenson
BYU Studies Quarterly
John L. Sorenson. Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1998. viii; 241 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $39.95.
Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths Karen Armstrong; Jerusalem: The Eternal City David B. Galbraith, D. Kelly Ogden And Andrew C. Skinner, Gordon A. Madsen
Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths Karen Armstrong; Jerusalem: The Eternal City David B. Galbraith, D. Kelly Ogden And Andrew C. Skinner, Gordon A. Madsen
BYU Studies Quarterly
Karen Armstrong. Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. xxi; 471 pp. Index, illustrations, maps, bibliography. $17.50.
David B. Galbraith, D. Kelly Ogden, Andrew C. Skinner. Jerusalem: The Eternal City. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996. xi; 493 pp. Index, illustrations, maps, appendices, bibliography. $24.95.
Brief Notices, Jed L. Woodworth, Gary L. Hatch, Beth Hamilton, John W. Welch, Cynthia Doxey
Brief Notices, Jed L. Woodworth, Gary L. Hatch, Beth Hamilton, John W. Welch, Cynthia Doxey
BYU Studies Quarterly
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End Matter, Byu Studies
Front Matter, Byu Studies
The Search For The Physical Cause Of Jesus Christ's Death, W. Reid Litchfield
The Search For The Physical Cause Of Jesus Christ's Death, W. Reid Litchfield
BYU Studies Quarterly
Using both modern medical knowledge and accounts in the Gospels to study Jesus' death increases our appreciation for the Atonement.
Evidence For A New Testament Miracle, John W. Welch
Evidence For A New Testament Miracle, John W. Welch
BYU Studies Quarterly
Mark 8:22-26 records Jesus' healing of a blind man at Bethsaida. When the villagers brought the man to Jesus, Jesus took him outside the town, spit on the man's eyes, laid his hands on him, and asked him if he could see anything. The man answered, "I see men as trees, walking." Jesus then put his hands on the man's eyes again and made him look up, and with that the man could see clearly and normally. Jesus sent the man home, instructing him not to tell anyone back in the town. This account contains several remarkable details and raises …
Archaeometry Applied To Olmec Iron-Ore Beads, Steven E. Jones, Samuel T. Jones, David E. Jones
Archaeometry Applied To Olmec Iron-Ore Beads, Steven E. Jones, Samuel T. Jones, David E. Jones
BYU Studies Quarterly
Modern research tools reveal the curious workmanship used in the ancient drilling of small beads found at archaeological digs in Mesoamerica.
Domestic Violence, Casualene Meyer
The Mormon Battalion And The Gadsden Purchase, Richard O. Cowan
The Mormon Battalion And The Gadsden Purchase, Richard O. Cowan
BYU Studies Quarterly
The battalion's pioneering trek through uncharted territory left its mark on the U.S.-Mexican border and blazed a trail for the future Southern Pacific Railroad.
"I Dreamed Of Ketching Fish": The Outdoor Life Of Wilford Woodruff, Phil Murdock, Fred E. Woods
"I Dreamed Of Ketching Fish": The Outdoor Life Of Wilford Woodruff, Phil Murdock, Fred E. Woods
BYU Studies Quarterly
Known as both a "mighty fisher" of men and an enthusiastic literal fisherman, President Woodruff melded the spiritual metaphor of fishing with the temporal reality.
Index, Byu Studies
Full Issue, Byu Studies
Dancing The Buckles Off Their Shoes In Pioneer Utah, Larry V. Shumway
Dancing The Buckles Off Their Shoes In Pioneer Utah, Larry V. Shumway
BYU Studies Quarterly
Endorsed by Mormon leaders as a healthy and uplifting activity, dancing served the important functions of revitalizing the pioneers' spirits and nurturing their sense of community.
Riddle, Nancy Baird
Of Tethering And Flight, Sundy Watanabe
Santa Maria, Lisa Ann Jackson
"A Memorable Creation": The Life And Art Of Effie Marquess Carmack, Noel A. Carmack
"A Memorable Creation": The Life And Art Of Effie Marquess Carmack, Noel A. Carmack
BYU Studies Quarterly
A woman who could have surrendered to the barrages of adversity, Carmack challenged the inevitable, just kept going if the inevitable won, and created beauty in the meantime.
Without (The) Law, Paul Y. Hoskisson
Without (The) Law, Paul Y. Hoskisson
BYU Studies Quarterly
Doctrine and Covenants 76:72 and 137:7 become clearer with an understanding of two New Testament Greek expressions that differentiate between "not having the covenant law" and "lawless."
In The Thirty And Fourth Year: A Geologist's View Of The Great Destruction In 3 Nephi, Bart J. Kowallis
In The Thirty And Fourth Year: A Geologist's View Of The Great Destruction In 3 Nephi, Bart J. Kowallis
BYU Studies Quarterly
Geological studies and eyewitness accounts of volcanic activity show the likelihood that the massive destruction reported in 3 Nephi was caused by an explosive volcanic eruption.
The "Prognostication" Of Asa Wild, Elden J. Watson
The "Prognostication" Of Asa Wild, Elden J. Watson
BYU Studies Quarterly
Upstate New York newspapers in October 1823 carried a statement by a visionary soul who believed that God would soon open the way for a restoration of primitive Christianity.