[…] present state the manuscript is exasperatingly jumbled. Apparently it had been cut up and faultily mounted be fore it was brought to Kirtland, Ohio. Dealers have always known that a number of small pieces […]
[…] office was Lloyd, his deep voice, resonant and fresh with the office staff as his mentor per formed his morning routine. He waved at Dennis through the glass. Lloyd was a huge man with […]
[…] extreme of the position was attained. Julius Wellhausen’s phrasing of the “classical documentary hypothesis” then became orthodox for virtually all well-educated divines and secular scholars on antiquity. Four major strands of tradition—or early sources—were […]
[…] the presiding quorums of the First Presidency and Twelve Apostles—collectively, a small, tightly-knit group of Mormonism’s elite. Former President and Historian Joseph Fielding Smith said, “There is no variance among the teachers in Israel […]
[…] cases, controversies about LDS historical topics have spilled over into the national press. In the last generation, for example, disputes about the accuracy of Fawn Brodie’s No Man Knows My History and Juanita Brooks’s […]
[…] my childhood, I spent untold hours seated unobtrusively in an obscure corner while the grown-ups visited—visited be fore a missionary farewell or wedding, after a funeral, during a family reunion. And often the talk […]
[…] most rewarding and durable of human relationships. As Mormons, many of us tend to have our needs for friendship filled by spouse, children, and extended family, enjoy colleagues at work and people in our […]
[…] once belonging to an Egyptian lady named Ta-shere-Min. These scrolls tell of “the terrors which she felt for the next world and about the great dreams which she had for eternal life.” An article […]
[…] their antipathy. They cannot resist twisting the knife. Mr. Walters, by contrast, sticks to his facts. He foregoes the attacks on Joseph’s character and the credibility or veracity of his followers. He candidly presents […]
[…] he was “passionately fond of the company of the other sex,” exhibited “strong parental affection” and “ambition for distinction,” and possessed “highmindedness, independence, self-confidence, dignity (and) aspiration for greatness.” Besides being printed in the […]