1957 An Approach to the Book of Mormon Hugh Nibley 1st Ed LDS Priesthood Guide

Description: 1957 An Approach to the Book of Mormon Hugh Nibley 1st Ed LDS Priesthood Study Guide___________________________________ An Approach to the Book of Mormon Course Study for the Melchizedek Priesthood Quorums ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsby Hugh NibleyPublished by the Council of the Twelve Apostles (1957) Condition:Excellent++ 1st edition Softcover Book! This book would later be published into a hardcover book by Deseret Books in 1964, then would later become volume 6 of the Collected Works Hugh Nibley. The binding is tight and all 416 pages within are bright white with NO WRITING, UNDERLINING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OR FOLDS with the exception of a name on the inside front cover. The covers look excellent with a little corner curl as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Always handled carefully and packaged securely! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking! About the Book:As mentioned, this book was later published as the sixth volume in the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. From this excerpt from the preface in this 1964 edition. (p.xii-xiii), you will find erudite and sometimes unexpected insights into this book of scripture: When in 1946 this writer composed a little treatise called Lehi in the Desert from limited materials then available in Utah, he had never knowingly set eyes on a real Arab. Within the last five years Aneze tribesmen and citizens of Mecca, including even guides to the Holy Places, have been his students, in Provo, of all places, while Utah has suddenly been enriched with a magnificent Arabic library, thanks to the inspired efforts of Professor Aziz Atiya of the University of Utah. As if it were not enough for the mountain to come to Mohammed, those sons of the desert who came to Provo found themselves taking a required class in the Book of Mormon from the compiler of this manual. Naturally he was more than curious to see how these young men would react to the Book of Mormon treatment of desert themes, and invited and even required them to report frankly on their impressions. To date, with only one exception, no fault has been found with Nephi on technical grounds. The one exception deserves the attention of all would-be critics of the Book of Mormon. It was in the first class ever held in "Book of Mormon for Near Eastern Students," and the semester had barely begun when of course we ran smack into the story of how Nephi found Laban dead drunk in a dark alley and cut off his head - a grisly tale that upsets Nephi himself in telling it. As we rehearsed the somber episode, I could detect visible signs of annoyance among the Arab students - whispered remarks, head-shakings, and frowns of dissent. Finally, toward the end of the hour, a smart young man from Jordan could hold out no longer. "Mr. Nibley," he said, plainly speaking for the others, "there is one thing wrong here. It doesn't sound right. Why did this Nephi wait so long to cut off Laban's head?" Since I had been expecting the routine protests of shock and disgust with which Western critics react to the Laban story, I was stunned by this surprise attack - stunned with a new insight into the Book of Mormon as a message from another age and another culture. Copyright © 2018-2024 TDM Inc. The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. I spend lots of time writing up my descriptions and despise it when un-original losers cut and paste my descriptions in as their own. It is against ebay policy and if you are caught, you will be reported to ebay and could be sued for copyright infringement and damages.

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