Teach These Things Freely unto Your Children

A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 10

Hugh W. Nibley

Ensign 7, no. 3 (Mar. 1977)

A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 11

Hugh W. Nibley

Ensign 7, no. 4 (Apr. 1977)

A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 12

Hugh W. Nibley

Ensign 7, no. 6 (Jun. 1977)

A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 4

Hugh W. Nibley

Ensign 6, no. 3 (Mar. 1976)

A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 5

Hugh W. Nibley

Ensign 6, no. 4 (Apr. 1976)

A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 8

Hugh W. Nibley

Ensign 6, no. 12 (Dec. 1976)

Book of Moses Insights

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw et al.

Pearl of Great Price Central (Invalid Date)

This resource contains sixty-one short essays, with MP3 audio versions, on the book of Moses, examining the text in more detail. Included are discussions on the presence of temple themes, literary aspects, and ancient parallels in the book of Moses.

Enoch

Rulon D. Eames, James H. Charlesworth, Lewis R. Church

Encyclopedia of Mormonism (1992)

This short article overviews what we know about Enoch from Moses 6–7 and from three ancient Hebrew apocalyptic books of Enoch.

Resurrection: The Ultimate Triumph

Robert J. Matthews

Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior (2002)

Jesus's central purpose was to conquer physical and spiritual death, evidenced by numerous scriptures.

The Creation: An Introduction to Our Relationship to God

Michael A. Goodman

Religious Educator 8, no. 3 (2007)

Teaching and learning about the Creation should be an awe-inspiring and spiritually edifying experience. It easily devolves, however, into much less. If we don’t follow the Lord’s pattern for sharing the Creation as found in the scriptures, we risk missing the powerful influence that learning of the Creation can have in the lives of our students.

The Fortunate Fall of Adam and Eve

Daniel K Judd

No Weapon Shall Prosper: New Light on Sensitive Issues (2011)

Latter-day Saint doctrine concerning the Fall of Adam and Eve is both distinct from other faiths and meaningful in that it provides an unparalleled context for understanding key theological constructs such as the nature of man, free will, the purposes of suffering and opposition, physical and spiritual death, and most importantly the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Understanding this fundamental doctrine also provides insight into what philosophers have termed “the problem of evil,” which addresses the question of why God allows evil and tragedy.

The LDS Story of Enoch as the Culminating Episode of a Temple Text

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw

BYU Studies Quarterly 53, no. 1 (2014)

Moses 7 gives a detailed account of how and why Enoch and his people created a holy city. The general structure of the second half of the book of Moses follows a pattern exemplifying faithfulness and unfaithfulness to a specific sequence of covenants that is familiar to members of the Church who have received the temple endowment. The story of Enoch and his people in these latter chapters of the book of Moses provides a vivid demonstration of the final steps on the path that leads back to God and up to exaltation.

The Narrative Call Pattern in the Prophetic Commission of Enoch (Moses 6)

Stephen D. Ricks

BYU Studies 26, no. 4 (1986)

There is a striking example of a “narrative” type call in the prophetic commission of Enoch in Moses 6:23–36. This study considers the elements of the narrative call pattern; those elements of this form found in the prophetic commission of Enoch are examined and compared with the biblical narrative call passages.

The Spirit and the Intellect: Lessons in Humility

Duane Boyce

BYU Studies 50, no. 4 (2010)

Boyce discusses the imperative of humility in approaching both intellectual and spiritual matters. He explores the limits of human knowledge through examples from intellectual history, concluding that beyond the certainties of the gospel, the wisdom of humility is essential.

Walk with God, Abide in Spirit

Rosalynde F. Welch

Old Testament Reflections (2026)

Rosalynde Welch reflects on Genesis 5 and Moses 6 to show how Enoch’s example invites disciples to “walk with God” by living in harmony with divine purpose, retaining God’s image, and seeking the Spirit’s guidance in daily life.

Insights into the Book of Genesis

George A. Horton Jr.

The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Truths (1985)

The Joseph Smith Translation teaches us that Noah’s family were saved because they hearkened unto the Lord.

The Temple According to 1 Enoch

George W. E. Nickelsburg

BYU Studies Quarterly 53, no. 1 (2014)

During the Second Temple period (516 BC to 70 AD), most Jews in Jerusalem worshipped at the Jerusalem temple. But a separate community at Qumran decried the lack of ritual purity in the activity at the Second Temple and saw their community as an ersatz for the temple. Literature at Qumran included 1 Enoch, a collection of five tractates composed in the Aramaic language between the fourth century BC and the turn of the era and ascribed to the ancient patriarch Enoch, the head of the seventh generation after creation (Gen. 5:18–24). Some of the tractates are concerned about a dysfunctional Jerusalem cult and resolve the problem of how to worship by looking forward to the approaching eschaton. Other sections of 1 Enoch tell that the real action is already taking place in the true temple, which is the heavenly temple. There, variously, God is enthroned, and the Son of Man is being prepared to enact divine judgment so that God’s will may be done on earth as it is in heaven. He

Walk with God, Abide in Spirit

Rosalynde F. Welch

Old Testament Reflections (2026)

Rosalynde Welch reflects on Genesis 5 and Moses 6 to show how Enoch’s example invites disciples to “walk with God” by living in harmony with divine purpose, retaining God’s image, and seeking the Spirit’s guidance in daily life.