Scholarship Aligned with the Gospel of Jesus Christ

BYU Studies - 53:2

Introduction

From the Editor [53:2]

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Articles

The Perils of Grace

Robert L. Millet

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Spirit Babies and Divine Embodiment: PBEs, First Vision Accounts, Bible Scholarship, and the Experience-Centered Approach to Mormon Folklore

Eric A. Eliason

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Laying Up Treasure: Mormons in the Marketplace

Douglas D. Anderson

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A Study in Seven: Hebrew Numerology in the Book of Mormon

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The Prophet: The Latter-day Saint Experience in the East, 1844–1845

Susan Easton Black

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Documents

A Mormon and a Buddhist Debate Plural Marriage: The Letters of Elder Alma O. Taylor and the Reverend Nishijima Kakuryo, 1901

Reid L. Neilson

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Sidney Rigdon's Plea to the Saints: Transcription of Thomas Bullock’s Shorthand Notes from the August 8, 1844, Morning Meeting

LaJean Purcell Carruth and Robin Scott Jensen

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Essays

Mossy Pools, Unkempt Paths, and Living Memory

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Rebecca W. Clarke

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Poetry

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Reviews

Jean Valjean, the Prodigal Son: Review Essay on Regional Productions of Les Misérables

Bradley Moss and Shawnda Moss

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Exploring Mormon Thought, volume 3: Of God and Gods

James M. McLachlan

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Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Abraham

E. Douglas Clark

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Latter Leaves in the Life of Lorenzo Snow

William G. Hartley

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Navajo Tradition, Mormon Life: The Autobiography and Teachings of Jim Dandy

Jessie L. Embry

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Ephraim's Rescue

John Hilton III

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Book Notices

Izapa Sacred Space: Sculpture Calendar Codes

Allen J. Christenson

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Exploring the First Vision

James T. Summerhays

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Villages on Wheels: A Social History of the Gathering to Zion

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Scripture Bibliography: A Database for Scholarly Research of Topics in the LDS Scriptures

R. Mark Melville

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