Comments on: Articles on Pre-earth life? Help?

By: Chris Henrichsen

Chris Henrichsen — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:44:37 +0000

Thank you all. This is really a great help. I plan on finishing this chapter by mid-February. So, I hope to get some of my further work on this up on FPR soon.

By: Happy Lost Sheep

Happy Lost Sheep — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:15:44 +0000

On the council in heaven: One in Thine Hand: The Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph By Lynn F. Price Page 165 Page 337 Discourses of Brigham Young A Marvelous Work and a Wonder - Legrand Richards

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:37:48 +0000

It’s available digitally via UMI. It is very interesting. The introduction is generally incomprehensible, but I have found his treatment of 20th century priesthood dynamics very useful. And his sources for the section on correlation are simply amazing.

By: Kevin Christensen

Kevin Christensen — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:52:04 +0000

Truman Madsen, Eternal Man has a thoughtful discussion.

John W. Welch has a FARMS Preliminary Report comparing Oh My Father to the Hymn of the Pearl. Nibley also discusses the Hymn of the Pearl in the Appendices to An Egyptian Endowment.

Nibley discusses the early Christian Timothy’s Discourse on Abbaton in Enoch the Prophet, and Howard Hopkins has put the discourse online at his http://www.thinlyveiled.com

Kevin Christensen
Bethel Park, PA

By: Clark

Clark — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:08:09 +0000

Is that thesis of Smith available electronically or just at the BYU library?

By: Jared T.

Jared T. — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:03:44 +0000

Section two of Daymon Mickel Smith’s dissertation, “The First Shall Be the Last and the Last Shall Be the First: Discourse and Mormon History” deals in part with BY and the Pratts’ concepts of Intelligence and Matter–I haven’t actually read it, so I can’t say whether it works or not or what it adds to the discussion, but I know it’s there.

By: W. V. Smith

W. V. Smith — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:27:12 +0000

Some of what Givens does in biblical interpretation might be useful for you. He mentions some of what have become standard LDS biblical references to preexistence, but as they were seen among non-LDS exegetes. “before I formed thee in the belly. . . ” etc.

By: Kevin Barney

Kevin Barney — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:35:50 +0000

If you click on the link to my paper from Justin above, I give the citations to both the Harrell and Ostler articles.

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:41:33 +0000

The comments and post here are one of the best sources I am aware of.

http://www.splendidsun.com/wp/brigham-on-spirit/

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:14:27 +0000

Harrell has a decent article on it in BYU Studies from like 1988. If you email me I can send you a pdf.