BYU Studies - 55:3

Introduction

From the Editor 55:3

John W. Welch

Page 4

Articles

Understanding the Council of Fifty and Its Minutes

Ronald K. Esplin

Page 6

Joseph Smith and Egyptian Artifacts: A Model for Evaluating the Prophetic Nature of the Prophet’s Ideas about the Ancient World

Kerry Muhlestein

Page 35

Anatomy of Invention

Larry L. Howell

Page 83

Theological Underpinnings of Baptism for the Dead

David L. Paulsen, Roger D. Cook, and Brock M. Mason

Page 101

On Criticism, Compassion, and Charity

George B. Handley

Page 117

"This Is Very Historic": The Young Ambassadors 1979 Tour of China

John Hilton III and Brady Liu

Page 134

Documents

Minutes of the Afternoon Meeting of the Council of Fifty, April 11, 1844

Matthew J. Grow, Ronald K. Esplin, Mark Ashurst-McGee, Gerrit J. Dirkmaat, and Jeffrey D. Mahas

Page 23

Essays

Quds

Bentley Snow

Page 165

Poetry

The Cordwainer

Terresa Wellborn

Page 34

Silent Wednesday

Mark D. Bennion

Page 100

Reviews

Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volumes 1–3

James B. Allen

Page 174

Schooling the Prophet: How the Book of Mormon Influenced Joseph Smith and the Early Restoration

Mark Lyman Staker

Page 183

Mormonism and American Politics

J. B. Haws

Page 187

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