The Lord Called His People Zion

A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 1

Hugh W. Nibley

Ensign 5, no. 10 (Oct. 1975)

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 2

Hugh W. Nibley

Ensign 5, no. 12 (Dec. 1975)

A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 6

Hugh W. Nibley

Ensign 6, no. 7 (Jul. 1976)

A Strange Thing in the Land: The Return of the Book of Enoch, Part 9

Hugh W. Nibley

Ensign 7, no. 2 (Feb. 1977)

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.

Enoch and the City of Zion: Can an Entire Community Ascend to Heaven?

David J. Larsen

BYU Studies Quarterly 53, no. 1 (2014)

One of the most significant additions to the book of Genesis in Joseph Smith’s inspired translation of the Bible is to the story of the prophet Enoch, who the biblical record briefly implies was taken up into heaven alive. In Joseph Smith’s rendering of the story, however, not only Enoch, as an individual, ascends into heaven, but also his entire community. This article explores the notion of communal ascent in ancient Jewish and Christian literature and seeks to find affinities with the story of Enoch’s Zion found in the LDS book of Moses. Ancient narratives such as the History of the Rechabites provide some interesting parallels, however the idea of a group ascending into heaven is more strikingly presented in texts that are arguably designed for ritual purposes, as we see with the biblical Epistle to the Hebrews and the Hodayot and Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice texts from among the Dead Sea Scrolls. We can see in these texts a pattern that entails an individual being taken up into

Learning to Sit with Sacred Discomfort: Reflections on Genesis 22

Katharina Paxman

Old Testament Reflections (2026)

What do we do when scripture makes us uncomfortable? In this reflection on Genesis 18–23, Katie Paxman considers the story of Abraham and Isaac through the lens of empathy, friendship with God, and the courage to feel. Rather than rushing toward tidy theological explanations, she invites readers to linger in sacred discomfort—and discover how God may be teaching us through it.

Old Testament Bibliography: Latter-day Saint Publications, 1997–2005

David Rolph Seely, W. Kenneth Hamblin, Erica Lamb Holland

BYU Studies 45, no. 1 (2006)

These two bibliographies are a comprehensive list of books and articles written from 1830 to 2005 by Latter-day Saints for Latter-day Saints about the Old Testament. The information is presented in three ways: by author’s last name, by canonical categories (Old Testament books), and by select subject categories (beginning with Aaron, Abraham and Sarah, Adam and Eve, adversity, etc.) The list draws from BYU Studies, Church Educational System symposia and manuals, Church study manuals, Contributor, Dialogue, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Ensign, The Evening and the Morning Star, Improvement Era, Millennial Star, New Era, Sperry symposia, Sunstone, theses and dissertations at BYU, and Young Woman’s Journal.

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 Lord Weeps for His Children: Some Questions from Moses 7

Steven Peck

Old Testament Reflections (2026)

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.

Videos from a conference on Enoch

Gary Anderson, Philip Barlow, Jared Ludlow, John W. Welch, Georrge Nickelsburg, Lauri Sorenson, John Hall, Kent Brown, William Hamblin, Gordon Thomasson, Jeffrey Bradshaw, David Larsen

Academy for Temple Studies and the Religion Department at Utah State University

These presentations on Enoch the man, LDS revelations on Enoch, and the apocryphal books of Enoch were given in 2013.

Zion, Zion, Zion: Keys to Understanding Ether 13

Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll

The Book of Mormon: Fourth Nephi through Moroni, From Zion to Destruction (1995)

What do we know about the return of the city of Enoch? What role will the people of Enoch play in the millennium? Zion is both a social structure and a geographic location. This article looks at Moses 7; Ether 13; Revelation; and the Doctrine and Covenants to understand Zion as a goal for all Saints.