Hugh Nibley

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Hugh Winder Nibley (born March 27, 1910 in Portland , Oregon , † February 24, 2005 in Provo , Utah ) was an American author, Mormon apologist and professor at Brigham Young University . His apologetic works are highly respected within the Mormon community, although they are not the official positions of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . His work seeks to support the archaeological, linguistic, and historical claims of Joseph Smith .

He was a successful writer and professor of the Bible and Mormon scriptures believed to be a polyglot . Nibley wrote and taught on the Mormon scriptures and teachings of Mormonism. His articles appeared in LDS Church magazines.

biography

Hugh Nibley was born in Portland, Oregon to Alexander Nibley and Agnes Sloan. At the age of 17, Nibley served as a missionary in Germany for two and a half years. From 1927 to 1930, Nibley's memoirs report that an apostle called on missionaries to warn Germans to repent or be burned by fire. A woman in Karlsruhe got so angry with Nibley that she chased him with a butcher knife when he told her about this prophecy. When Nibley returned to Germany in 1945, he saw many cities destroyed, even the butcher's shop, from which the woman got her knife.

Nibley was in the University of California, Los Angeles , and became in 1938 at the University of California, Berkeley , the Ph.D. with the grade summa cum laude.

During World War II , he served in the US Army in the 101st Airborne Division (United States) as a Master Sergeant .

After returning home from the war, he married Phyllis Draper in September 1946. The couple had eight children.

At the request of the Apostle John A. Widtsoe , he became a professor at Brigham Young University in 1946, teaching history, languages ​​and religion. He resigned from his position in 1975 and continued to work as a professor emeritus until 1994. He continued to work on his masterpiece on the book of Abraham , which he named One Eternal Round .

For the last two years of his life he was bedridden by illness. He died on February 24, 2005, at the age of 94, at his Provo home . At the end of 2002 he donated his last work to the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies . His daughter Martha Beck accused him of sexual abuse. However, Nibley and his other sons and daughters firmly rejected Martha's allegations.

Social and Political Views

Nibley was an active democrat and environmentalist who often criticized the decisions of the Republican Party . He was a staunch opponent of the Vietnam War and in his book Approaching Zion he criticizes capitalism and socialism .

Nibley also criticized Brigham Young University's code of honor regarding hairstyles and clothing.

Nibley also criticized the acceptance of kitsch about high art in Mormon culture and the demolition of buildings of the pioneers.

Scientific work

Nibley is one of the most influential Mormon apologists , along with BH Roberts . His work was praised by Protestant scholars Mosser and Owen. Nibley carried out research on ancient Egyptian, Hebrew and early Christian history. He recorded his results in a form of shorthand . Nibley understood many languages ​​and insisted on reading the relevant primary and secondary sources in the original. A colleague at BYU said of him that he studies more comparative literature than history. His methodology on the subject of Enoch has been scientifically studied.

Nibley also wrote about the temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , Enoch, and similarities between Gnostic and Mormon beliefs. He also commented on the book No Man Knows My History . He wrote many scientific articles. He wrote his doctoral thesis on the Roman Festival. His work has been published in the magazines: Classical Journal , Western Political Quarterly , Western Speech , Jewish Quarterly Review, Church History, Revue de Qumran, Vigililae Christianae, The Historian, The American Political Science Review, and the Encyclopaedia Judaica . Perhaps his most controversial essay was "The Passing of the Church: Forty Variations on an Unpopular Theme," from 1961. He researched translations for some important Arabic and Egyptian words.

criticism

Some scholars criticized Nibley for misinterpreting the sources and citing them badly. Shirley S. Ricks defended him on these points. It was also written about Nibley that he “has the quality of seeing that large and whole” and that he “uses the sources very well”.

Nibley has also been criticized for taking the evidence from far-flung cultures and eras for no reason. Nibley is accused of discovering parallels between the Book of Mormon and other ancient texts that have no historical basis.

students

Notable students of Nibley are Krešimir Ćosić , Avraham Gileadi , John Gee , and Benjamin Urrutia .

Publications

  1. Old Testament and Related Studies ; ISBN 0-87579-032-1 (Hardcover, 1986)
  2. Enoch the Prophet ; ISBN 0-87579-047-X (Hardcover, 1986)
  3. The World and the Prophets ; ISBN 0-87579-078-X (Hardcover, 1987)
  4. Mormonism and Early Christianity ; ISBN 0-87579-127-1 (hardcover, 1987)
  5. Lehi in the Desert / The World of the Jaredites / There Were Jaredites ; ISBN 0-87579-132-8 (hardcover, 1988)
  6. An Approach to the Book of Mormon ; ISBN 0-87579-138-7 (hardcover, 1988)
  7. Since Cumorah ; ISBN 0-87579-139-5 (hardcover, 1988)
  8. The Prophetic Book of Mormon ; ISBN 0-87579-179-4 (hardcover, 1989)
  9. Approaching Zion ; ISBN 0-87579-252-9 (hardcover, 1989)
  10. Ancient State: The Rulers & the Ruled ; ISBN 0-87579-375-4 (hardcover, 1991)
  11. Tinkling Cymbals and Sounding Brass: The Art of Telling Tales about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young ; ISBN 0-87579-516-1 (Hardcover, 1991) (includes No, Ma'am, That's Not History )
  12. Temple and Cosmos: Beyond This Ignorant Present ; ISBN 0-87579-523-4 (hardcover, 1992)
  13. Brother Brigham Challenges the Saints ; ISBN 0-87579-818-7 (hardcover, 1994)
  14. Abraham in Egypt ; ISBN 1-57345-527-X (Hardcover, 2000)
  15. Apostles and Bishops in Early Christianity ; ISBN 1-59038-389-3 (hardcover, 2005)
  16. The Message of Joseph Smith Papyri: An Egyptian Endowment ; ISBN 1-59038-539-X (Hardcover, 2006)
  17. Eloquent Witness: Nibley on Himself, Others, and the Temple ; ISBN 1-60641-003-2 (hardcover, 2008)
  18. An Approach to the Book of Abraham ; ISBN 1-60641-054-7 (hardcover, 2009)
  19. One eternal round ; ISBN 1-60641-237-X (Hardcover, 2010)

Books on Nibley

  • Sergeant Nibley, Ph.D .: Memories of an Unlikely Screaming Eagle . The memoirs of Nibley during World War II, published at the end of 2006. It is subtitled "Hugh Nibley and Alex Nibley" and shows Nibley's experiences as written by his son Alex.
  • Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life - The Authorized Biography of Hugh Nibley . Written by his son-in-law, Boyd Jay Petersen, and published in 2002 by Kofford Books ISBN 1-58958-020-6 . This is the only complete and official biography of Nibley so far.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carrie A. Moore: Revered LDS scholar Hugh Nibley it at 94 . In: DeseretNews.com , February 25, 2005. 
  2. ↑ Obituary: Hugh W. Nibley . In: Deseret News , February 28, 2005. Retrieved August 28, 2014. 
  3. ^ Petersen, Boyd : Youth and Beauty: The Correspondence of Hugh Nibley . In: BYU Studies . 37, No. 2, 1997–1998, pp. 8, 19, 20. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
  4. ^ Sergeant Nibley Ph.D. by Hugh and Alex Nibley, ISBN 978-1-57345-845-0 -page 7,8,9.
  5. ^ Sergeant Nibley, Ph. D. Pages 276-279.
  6. ^ Hugh Nibley and Alex Nibley, Sergeant Nibley PhD .: Memories of an Unlikely Screaming Eagle , Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, 2006, p 12.
  7. ^ Sergeant Nibley, Ph.D. Pp. 194, 224. ISBN 978-1-57345-845-0 .
  8. ↑ Nibley, Alex, "Sergeant Nibley PhD: Memories of an Unlikely Screaming Eagle". Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain, 2006. ISBN 1-57345-845-7 .
  9. ^ "Contributions Sought for Completion of the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley" Insights, Volume 27, Issue 2. Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute
  10. ^ Edward Wyatt: A Mormon Daughter's Book Stirs a Storm . In: New York Times , February 24, 2005. Retrieved February 4, 2013. 
  11. ^ Daughter's Denunciation of Historian Roils Mormon Church . In: The Washington Post , May 9, 2005. Retrieved January 23, 2013. 
  12. ↑ Memoir details alleged sex abuse in Mormon home . In: Daily Herald, Utah , March 12, 2005. Retrieved February 5, 2013. 
  13. ↑ Saint Misbehavin ' . In: Phoenix New Times , April 21, 2005. Retrieved February 5, 2013. 
  14. ↑ Rebel Mormon's memoir ignites a furor . In: The Salt Lake Tribune , February 5, 2005. Retrieved February 5, 2013. 
  15. ^ Nibley Family's Response to Martha Beck's Leaving the Saints . Brigham Young University . 2005. Archived from the original on December 15, 2007. Retrieved on April 2, 2007.
  16. ^ Dennis Lythgoe: Nibley siblings outraged over sister's book , Deseret News. February 5, 2005. Accessed April 24, 2007.  (reactions from individual siblings)
  17. ↑ Peterson, Boyd Jay. Hugh Nibley, A Consecrated Life: The Authorized Biography of Hugh Nibley . Salt Lake City: Kofford Books. 2002. ISBN 1-58958-020-6 .
  18. ^ Waterman, Brian and Kagel, Brian Kagel. The Lord's University: Freedom and Authority at BYU . Signature Books. 1998. ISBN 1-56085-117-1
  19. ^ Hugh Nibley Approaching Zion . The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Vol 9. Deseret Book Co. 1998. ISBN 0-87579-252-9 . Page 54, 57.
  20. ↑ Hugh Nibley What is Zion? A distant view . Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / emp.byui.edu
  21. ^ Hugh Nibley: Leaders and Managers . In: Speeches . Brigham Young University. August 19, 1983. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved on June 14, 2008: “If the management does not go for Bach, very well, there will be no Bach in the meeting; if management favors vile, sentimental doggerel verse extolling the qualities that make for success, young people everywhere will be spouting long trade-journal jingles from the stand; if the management's taste in art is what will sell — trite, insipid, folksy kitsch — that is what we will get; if management finds maudlin, saccharine commercials appealing, that is what the public will get; if management must reflect the corporate image in tasteless, trendy new buildings, down come the fine old pioneer monuments. "
  22. ↑ FARMS Review of Books 11/2 (1999) . 
  23. ↑ Hamblin, William J. (1990) " Time Vindicates Hugh Nibley ". FARMS Review of Books . Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute. Volume 2, Issue 1, pp. 119-127.
  24. ↑ Salmon, Douglas F. “ Parallelomania and the Study of Latter-day Scripture: Confirmation, Coincidence, or the Collective Unconscious? ” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought . Salt Lake City, Utah. Summer 2000. Volume 33, Number 2, pp. 129-156.
  25. ^ Hugh W. Nibley: No, Ma'am, That's Not History . Maxwell Institute .
  26. ^ Nibley, Hugh, "Sparsiones," The Classical Journal 40.9 (Jun. 1945), 515-543
  27. ↑ Louis Midgley, "Hugh Winder Nibley: Bibliography and Register," in By Study and Also by Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh W. Nibley , ed. John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1990), 1: xv-lxxxvii.
  28. ^ Since Cumorah (1988), ISBN 0-87579-139-5 - page 214
  29. ^ Benjamin Urrutia, "The Name Connection," New Era, Jun 1983, 39
  30. ↑ Kent P. Jackson, "Review of Hugh Nibley, Old Testament and Related Studies ," BYU Studies 28 no. 4 (1988): 115-17
  31. ^ Ronald V. Huggins , "Hugh Nibley's Footnotes," Salt Lake City Messenger No. 110 (May 2008): 9-21.
  32. ↑ Shirley Riks: A Sure Foundation . Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  33. ^ Hugh Nibley / Footnotes . Fair Mormon. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
  34. ↑ Olson's review of Nibley's Abraham in Egypt in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 15.4 (1982), 123-125.
  35. ^ Salmon, Douglas F., " Parallelomania and the Study of Latter-day Saint Scripture: Confirmation, Coincidence, or the Collective Unconscious? ", Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought , Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 2000, pg. 129, 131.
personal data
SURNAME Nibley, Hugh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nibley, Hugh Winder (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author, Mormon apologist, and professor at Brigham Young University
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Portland , Oregon
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2005
Place of death Provo , Utah