CA Steve Posted March 21, 2019 Posted March 21, 2019 As a child, I lived in Provo near the Nibley's. My mother would tell me the story of a conversation she had with Dr. Nibley's wife where his wife would complain that he would hide books he had bought under their bed because they could not afford them nor did they have room for them. I am afraid I suffer from a similar affliction though clearly it has not had the same affect. I tell my wife that if God did not want me to buy books he would not have created Amazon. For those that are interested, here is a long list of upcoming Mormon themed books, many of which are scheduled for release this year. Forthcoming Books Here are some that catch my eye. Gay Rights and the Mormon Church: Intended Actions, Unintended Consequences by Gregory Prince. Here is the description for it. Quote The Mormon Church entered the public square on LGBT issues by joining forces with traditional-marriage proponents in Hawaii in 1993. Since then, the church has been a significant player in the ongoing saga of LGBT rights within the United States and at times has carried decisive political clout. Gregory Prince draws from over 50,000 pages of public records, private documents, and interview transcripts to capture the past half-century of the Mormon Church’s attitudes on homosexuality. Initially that principally involved only its own members, but with its entry into the Hawaiian political arena, the church signaled an intent to shape the outcome of the marriage equality battle. That involvement reached a peak in 2008 during California’s fight over Proposition 8, which many came to call the “Mormon Proposition.” In 2015, when the Supreme Court made marriage equality the law of the land, the Mormon Church turned its attention inward, declaring same-sex couples “apostates” and denying their children access to key Mormon rites of passage, including the blessing (christening) of infants and the baptism of children. Creating Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects and the Making of Mormonism (ed. by Michael Hubbard MacKay, Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Brian M. Hauglid) No description given. THE PEARL OF GREATEST PRICE: MORMONISM’S BELEAGUERED SCRIPTURE (Terryl Givens and Brian M. Hauglid) Oxford University Press, 2019 Here is a chapter synopsis. Quote Introduction: The place of the PGP in LDS scripture, Mormon studies, and religious studies. Chapter 1: Joseph Smith, and the making of modern scripture. A historical account of the component parts of the PGP (particularly the Book of Moses and the Book of Abraham) and the history of its compilation and subsequent canonization. This chapter would chart the progress of the PGP from a missionary pamphlet in 1851 to scripture in 1880. Chapter 2: “Caught up to an exceedingly high mountain.” The Book of Moses. A detailed historical and cultural analysis of the Book of Moses in terms of its production, and place in LDS culture and curriculum from the 1830s to the present. Chapter 3: “Zion was taken up into heaven.” Theological Contributions of the Book of Moses. An argument for the theological primacy of the Book of Moses Chapter 4: The Book of Moses and the Book of Genesis: Textual Considerations and Conundrums. What did Smith mean by a “new translation?” Chapter 5: “Written by his own hand, upon papyrus.” The curious history of the Book of Abraham. From mummies to the Met. Chapter 6: “These two facts do exist” Theological Contributions of the Book of Abraham. Mormonism’s new cosmology. Chapter 7: Failed narratives and Fashioning new ones. The cultural and intellectual setting of Joseph Smith’s Abrahamic “translation.” Can this text be saved? Chapter 8: Emending the scriptures: JS and the translation of the Bible (JS-Matthew) Mormon millennialism then and now. Chapter 9: Historicizing the Origins of Mormonism (JS-History) Introducing Smith’s First Vision to the world (and to the Mormons). The problem of competing First Vision accounts. Chapter: 10: Of Creeds and Articles (The Articles of Faith) Representing Mormonism in an anti-creedal church. From Fraud to Philandery to Football in the public imagination. Chapter 11: The Fading of Millennialism. Mormonism emerged in the midst of a virtual frenzy of millennialism sweeping America during the Second Great Awakening. After the failure of the Saints to establish a Zion in Missouri, the Mormons continued to anticipate their return to reclaim the land from which they had been forcibly evicted in the 1830s. The canonization of Matthew 24 was perhaps the last, desperate gesture to keep alive a hope that even then was fast becoming a tenuous relic of Mormon thought. Chapter 12: Conclusion. A nineteenth century chronicler noted that only three works were regularly studied in Mormon Church curricula: two were works by Parley Pratt. The third was the Pearl of Great Price. How can we account for its demotion in the LDS gaze, and is that trajectory likely to continue? As a related question, What are the prospects for Mormonism’s “open canon”? Enjoy. 3
JLHPROF Posted March 21, 2019 Posted March 21, 2019 There are quite a few interesting ones. I am constantly surprised and the number of angles polygamy can be approached from. At least 4 new ones on this list. The one on Joseph's funeral sermons sounds fascinating too.
Bernard Gui Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) Nibley on prophets and books..... Quote ....In a word, a prophet is not a scholar. As surely as the words of a prophet are written down in books, they become the object of specialist study. Once the true prophet has been duly rejected and passed to his reward, swarms of experts descend upon his words to begin the learned business of exegesis. The words of the dead prophets become the peculiar possession of armies of specially trained and carefully conditioned scholars. In a very old text, Peter is reported as saying in a letter to James regarding the use of his own writings in the church: "They think they are able to interpret my own words better than I can, telling their hearers that they are conveying my very thoughts to them, while the fact is that such things never entered my mind. If they take such outrageous liberties while I am alive, what will the do after I am gone?" The World and the Prophets (1974 pp. 24-25) Edited March 22, 2019 by Bernard Gui 1
Stargazer Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Bernard Gui said: ....In a word, a prophet is not a scholar. As surely as the words of a prophet are written down in books, they become the object of specialist study. Once the true prophet has been duly rejected and passed to his reward, swarms of experts descend upon his words to begin the learned business of exegesis. The words of the dead prophets become the peculiar possession of armies of specially trained and carefully conditioned scholars. In a very old text, Peter is reported as saying in a letter to James regarding the use of his own writings in the church: "They think they are able to interpret my own words better than I can, telling their hearers that they are conveying my very thoughts to them, while the fact is that such things never entered my mind. If they take such outrageous liberties while I am alive, what will the do after I am gone?" The World and the Prophets (1974 pp. 24-25) I'm lazy. Where does Nibley get this from? Sigh. I suppose I should buy the book... Edited March 22, 2019 by Stargazer
Bernard Gui Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 (edited) On 3/21/2019 at 5:56 PM, Stargazer said: I'm lazy. Where does Nibley get this from? Sigh. I suppose I should buy the book... No need....https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1103&index=5 Perhaps my favorite Nibley book. Clementine (dubia), Epistle of Peter to Jacob 2, in PG 2:28. Quote Chapter II.-Misrepresentation of Peter's Doctrine. In order, therefore, that the like may also happen to those among us as to these Seventy, give the books of my preachings to our brethren, with the like mystery of initiation, that they may indoctrinate those who wish to take part in teaching; for if it be not so done, our word of truth will be rent into many opinions. And this I know, not as being a prophet, but as already seeing the beginning of this very evil. For some from among the Gentiles have rejected my legal preaching, attaching themselves to certain lawless and trifling preaching of the man who is my enemy.2 And these things some have attempted while I am still alive, to transform my words by certain various interpretations, in order to the dissolution of the law; as though I also myself were of such a mind, but did not freely proclaim it, which God forbid! For such a thing were to act in opposition to the law of God which was spoken by Moses, and was borne witness to by our Lord in respect of its eternal continuance; for thus he spoke: "The heavens and the earth shall pass away, but one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law."3 And this He has said, that all things might come to pass. But these men, professing, I know not how, to know my mind, undertake to explain my words, which they have heard of me, more intelligently than I who spoke them, telling their catechumens that this is my meaning, which indeed I never thought of. But if, while I am still alive, they dare thus to misrepresent me, how much more will those who shall come after me dare to do so! I wonder what is “the mystery of initiation”? Edited March 23, 2019 by Bernard Gui
cinepro Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 Wow, that's a lot of books. We might have to set up a book swap or something, because there's no way I'm going to be able to buy all the ones I want. 1
Stargazer Posted March 22, 2019 Posted March 22, 2019 14 hours ago, Bernard Gui said: No need....https://publications.mi.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1103&index=5 Too late! Ordered already! A used copy. 14 hours ago, Bernard Gui said: Perhaps my favorite Nibley’s book. Clementine (dubia), Epistle of Peter to Jacob 2, in PG 2:28. I wonder what is “the mystery of initiation”? Yeah, I wonder, too. 🙂
jpv Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 On 3/21/2019 at 5:11 PM, JLHPROF said: There are quite a few interesting ones. I am constantly surprised and the number of angles polygamy can be approached from. At least 4 new ones on this list. The one on Joseph's funeral sermons sounds fascinating too. You would love his book on D&C 132 from Kofford. 1
longview Posted March 26, 2019 Posted March 26, 2019 On 3/22/2019 at 4:53 AM, cinepro said: Wow, that's a lot of books. We might have to set up a book swap or something, because there's no way I'm going to be able to buy all the ones I want. No worry. Just wait a few years then get the books at D.I. in Orem, Utah. They will be priced at $2 per book. 1
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