Item Detail
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13743
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English
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Something to Move Mountains : The Book of Mormon in Hugh Nibley's Correspondence
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Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
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1997
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6
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Provo, UT
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Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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1-25
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Hugh Nibley’s correspondence reveals a lifelong fascination with the Book of Mormon. This is significant for two reasons: First, Nibley has taken the book seriously longer than we have as a church, and second, the private Hugh Nibley is as devoted to the Book of Mormon as is the public man. Nibley’s interest in the book is threefold: he recognizes the striking similarities it shares with other ancient Near Eastern texts; acknowledges its witness to Joseph Smith’s divine calling; and, most importantly, perceives the relevance and accuracy of the book’s prophetic warnings. In his letters, Nibley also addresses criticism raised against his methodology. “The potential power” of the Book of Mormon, writes Nibley, “is something to move mountains; it will only take effect when everything is pretty far gone, but then it will be dynamite. That leaves room for optimism.”1 Hugh Nibley’s words make that optimism contagious.
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