Papers presented at the annual symposium, April 12, 1973. Table of Contents: Religious Intolerance in the Burned-Over District / Milton V. Backman, Jr. James the Just and the Question of Peter’s Leadership in the Light of New Sources / S. Kent Brown Manichaeism, Mormonism, and Apocalypticism / C. Wilfred Griggs

Papers presented at the annual symposium, March 28, 1974.

Table of Contents:
Jeremiah’s Prophecies Concerning the Gathering of the Jews in the Last Days / Victor L. Ludlow
Toward a Better Understanding of the Old Testament as a Result of Joseph Smith’s “New Translation” of the Bible / Robert J. Matthews.

Papers presented at the annual symposium, March 6, 1975.

Table of Contents:
The Gentle Tamers: Women of the Restoration / Kenneth W. Godfrey
Abraham, the Father of the Faithful / Monte S. Nyman
The Origin and Uses of the Sacred Hosanna Shout / Lael Woodbury

Papers presented at the annual symposium, March 11, 1976.

Table of Contents:
More Brigham Young on Education / Hugh W. Nibley
Brigham H. Roberts / Truman G. Madsen
J. Reuben Clark, Jr.: On Our American Heritage / David H. Yarn
The Expanding International Church / Daniel H. Ludlow

Contents:

Moses, Man of Miracles / Mark E. Petersen
The Abrahamic Covenant / Ellis T. Rasmussen
John and His Writings / C. Wilfred Griggs
Significant Episodes in Jesus’ Life / Eldin Ricks
The Hebrew Background of the New Testament / Edward J. Brandt
How to Teach the Scriptures / Max W. Craner
The Testimony of Jesus Christ / David H. Yarn
Paul, Then and Now / Rodney Turner
Wisdom Literature / Robert C. Patch
Peter and His Writings / J. Lewis Taylor
Job: “Yet Will I Trust in Him” / Keith H. Meservy
The Mosaic Law in Ancient and Modern Scripture / Robert J. Matthews
Skill and Power in Reading the Authorized Version / Arthur Henry King
Great are the Words of Isaiah / Hugh W. Nibley

This book is the result of the symposium of twelve renowned scholars at BYU on Judeo-Christian parallels. The contributors brought to the task a careful scrutiny of Mormon source materials, a patient application of their own special methods, and a sensitivity to modern commentaries and to ancient records discovered in recent decades. The striking comparisons, clarifications, and appraisals that result mark out ground for further scholarly research and provide a fascinating overview of these significant topics. ISBN 0-88494-358-5

In this book’s four brilliant approaches to the Jewish stress on extending both the vision and the Law of Moses (Torah) to every phase of life, Jacob Neusner points to the kinships of the two traditions: Learning is a form of devotion to God. The Temple and its ritual exercise of purity was the common concern of the ancient Pharisees and was the most systematic Jewish attempt at intense symbolic infusion of intelligence and light. In the absence of the Temple, after AD 70 observant Jews sought to extend the temple purification process to their own homes and then restructured their ritual into “acts of loving-kindness” and patient study not only of the meaning but the structure of Torah. Today the Mishnah is the continual revelation “element” of Jewish study, open-ended and adaptive and bringing into focus the incidents and acts of all-inclusive religious life. ISBN 0-8849-4350-X

The essays in this volume, including four on today’s world, were selected by a panel of Hugh Nibley’s colleagues. They are singular in their penetration, their originality, and their vitality. Reaching from the apocalyptic visions of original “treasures in heaven” down to the climax of history, they are more than mind-stretching. The delight of Nibley’s brilliant and sometimes biting prose style imparts a sense of the agelessness of what he calls the “three-act play” of human existence. Written specially for this book, the author’s own “intellectual autobiography,” together with his introductory paragraphs for the various chapters, complete the work of making the book a fitting and permanent record of one of the past outstanding historians. The text available here is from the 2nd edition published in 2004. It is available only in PDF format. ISBN 0-8849-4338-0

This book is about two fundamental realities: Death, “the supreme crisis of life,” and Deity, the supreme power in life. These subjects are explored in seven chapters which were originally presented as papers at BYU Religious Studies Center’s first symposium on comparative world religion. The reader will find compelling interest in the book’s wide-ranging perspectives in Asian and Western countries which bear directly upon our understanding of ourselves and of the society in which we live. ISBN 0-88494-342-9

Papers presented at the annual symposium, March 3, 1977.

Table of Contents:
The Life and Contributions of Elder Orson Hyde--“The Olive Branch of Israel” / Howard H. Barron
Revelations Continue / Richard O. Cowan

Contents:

Some Relationships Between Joseph Smith’s Translation of the Bible and the Doctrine and Covenants / Robert J. Matthews
This Generation Shall Have My Word through You / Bruce R. McConkie
A Survey of Textual Changes in the Doctrine and Covenants / Robert J. Woodford
Applying the Doctrine and Covenants to Daily Life / Leaun G. Otten
Ten Questions on the Law of Consecration and the United Order / William O. Nelson
A Preliminary Analysis of the Dating of Dection 10 / Max H. Parkin
How Latter-day Prophets Help Us Understand the Doctrine and Covenants / Roy W. Doxey
The Doctrine and Covenants and the Book of Mormon / C. Max Caldwell
The Lord’s Preface / Jeffrey R. Holland
The Far West Record and the Doctrine and Covenants / Lyndon W. Cook
How the Doctrine and Covenants Inspires Me to Be a Better Teacher / Paul R. Warner
Some Contributions of the Doctrine and Covenants to Our Understanding of the Bible / Ellis T. Rasmussen
Historical Background of the Fifteen Harmony Revelations / Larry C. Porter
Marriage, the Family and the Doctrine and Covenants / Kenneth W. Godfrey
A Covenant People / David J. Whittaker
Revelations Continue / Richard O. Cowan
Unique Doctrines from the Doctrine and Covenants / William E. Berrett
Early Nineteenth Century Health Views and the Word of Wisdom / Kenneth J. Brown