ARQUEOLOGIA - Reexplorando O Livro de Mórmon - Prefácio, Biografia e Bibliografia

John W. Welch

Traduzido e publicado com autorização do autor a Elson C. Ferreira – Curitiba/Brasil – Junho/2011 elsonferreira@gmail.com - de.jerusalem.as.americas@gmail.com

Nas semanas subsequentes estarei postando minha tradução dos 85 capítulos do livro “Reexplorando O Livro de Mórmon” (até agora disponível somente em inglês), de autoria de John Woodland Welch. Ele é advogado e professor de religião Santo dos Últimos Dias, e atualmente leciona na J. Reuben Clark Law School da Brigham Young University (BYU).

Biografia

John W. Welch foi o diretor fundador da Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (F.A.R.M.S.), uma organização informal sem fins lucrativos formada na Califórnia em 1979 por acadêmicos devotados ao estudo histórico de “A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias”.

A F.A.R.M.S. Apoia e patrocina o que considera o “estudo fiel”, o que inclui estudo acadêmico e pesquisas que apoiam o cristianismo e o mormonismo, e em particular, onde possível, a posição oficial d'A Igreja. Essa pesquisa se preocupa primordialmente com o que concerne com O Livro de Mórmon, o Livro de Abraão, o Novo Testamento, a história dos primeiros cristãos, templos antigos e outros assuntos relacionados. Enquanto organização, permite algum grau de liberdade acadêmica dentro desses tópicos, a F.A.R.M.S. está comprometida com a conclusão de que as escrituras dos Santos dos Últimos Dias são autênticas; textos históricos escritos por profetas de Deus. A F.A.R.M.S.

A F.A.R.M.S passou a fazer parte formal da Universidade Brigham Young por convite de Gordon B. Hinckley, Presidente d'A Igreja de Jesus Cristo dos Santos dos Últimos Dias e diretor da B.Y.U. Board of Trustees. Em extensão ao seu convite, o Presidente Hinckley observou:  “A F.A.R.M.S. representa os esforços de sinceros e dedicados estudiosos. Ela tem crescido para providenciar forte apoio e defesa à Igreja numa base profissional. Eu desejo expressar minhas fortes congratulações e apreciação por aqueles que começaram esse esforço e que o têm pastoreado até esse ponto.”

O Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship (N.A.M.I.R.S. - Instituto Neal A. Maxwell Para Estudos Religiosos) é operado pela Universidade Brigham Young, a qual consolidou a F.A.R.M.S. com o Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (C.P.A.R.T. - Centro Para Preservação de Antigos Textos Religiosos) e o Middle Eastern Texts Initiative (M.E.T.I. - Iniciativa Textos do Oriente Médio) para formar o Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (I.S.P.A.R.T. - Instituto Para o Estudo e Preservação de Antigos Textos Religiosos), que foi renomeado como Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship em 2006.

O irmão Welch é o atual Editor Chefe do periódico BYU Studies. Foi o diretor de publicações do Joseph Fielding Smith Institute For Latter-day Saint History (Instituto Joseph Fielding Smith Para História dos Santos dos Últimos Dias).

Welch é professor de leis e um dos principais eruditos Santos dos Últimos Dias. Trabalhou como advogado em Los Angeles com O'Melveny & Myers. De 1988 a 1991 serviu como um dos editores da Macmillan's Encyclopedia of Mormonism, e tem servido como Editor Geral da Collected Works of Hugh Nibley (Coleção de Obras de Hugh Nibley). Ele organizou a conferência do bicentenário de Joseph Smith Jr. para a Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos e tem servido no comitê executivo da Biblical Law Section of the Society of Biblical Literature (Seção de Lei Bíblica da Sociedade de Literatura Bíblica).

Welch está entre os mais proeminentes alunos de Hugh Nibley, tendo feito várias e importantes descobertas e avanços com respeito a estudos bíblicos, estudos Santos dos Últimos Dias, história e cultura. Suas publicações cobrem uma grande variedade de tópicos, incluindo leis romanas e hebraicas no julgamento de Jesus Cristo, o uso das leis bíblicas na América Colonial, quiasmas na antiguidade e comentários sobre o Sermão da Montanha e do Discurso do Rei Benjamin.

Quando jovem missionário na Alemanha, o então Elder Welch discobriu muitas instâncias da forma literária chamada quiasma no Livro de Mórmon. Seu achado, publicado no BYU Studies com o título Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon em 1969,[1] e publicações subsequentes, moldaram pesquisas acadêmicas nos aspectos linguístico e histórico do Livro de Mórmon.

John W. Welch recebeu seu bacharelado e mestrado na BYU (B.A. Em História, M.A. em latin e grego).[2] Depois ele estudou na Oxford University como Woodrow Wilson Fellow.[3][4] A Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation é uma organização sem fins lucrativos com sede em Princeton, New Jersey, que administra programas que apoiam o desenvolvimento de liderança e constrói capacidades organizacionais no campo da educação.

Welch recebeu seu J.D. (Juris Doctor, grau jurídico concedido a advogados) na Duke University.[5] (http://www.law2.byu.edu/faculty/profiles2009/profile_fancy.php?id=35). Foi membro do quadro de editores da Encyclopedia of Mormonism[3] e co-autor da obra intitulada Religion and law: Biblical-Judaic and Islamic Perspectives (ISBN 0931464390). Ele foi editor da série The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley e autor de muitos livros e artigos que tratam da história e escrituras dos Santos dos Últimos Dias. (Fonte: BYU LAW - http://www.law2.byu.edu/faculty/profiles2009/profile_fancy.php?id=35) 

Experiência

2005, Co-Diretor, Conferência do Bicentenário de Joseph Smith Jr. Biblioteca do Congresso.
 2002, Co-Diretor, exibição de Religião e a Fundação da República Americana (Biblioteca Harold B. Lee)
 2000-presente, Membro do Conselho de Coordenação de História SUD.
 1999-2004, Diretor de Publicações do Instituto Joseph Fielding Smith Para História SUD.
 1998-presente, Conselho Universitário de Esforços Religiosos.
 1997, Co-Diretor da Exposição dos Manuscritos de Masada e do Mar Morto.
 1986-1992, Diretor de Projetos Especiais do Centrro de Estudos Riligiosos da BYU.
 1991-presente, Editor-chefe de BYU Studies
 1980-presente, Professor de Leis da Escola de Leis J. Reuben Clark
 1975-1980, O'Melveny e Myers, Los Angeles
 1970-1972, Woodrow Wilson Fellow, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University
 

Honraria

Professor de Lei da Universidade Robert K. Thomas

Afiliações Profissionais
2005-presente, Presidente, Os Santos dos Últimos Dias e a Consulta Bíblica, Sociedade de Literatura Bíblica.1985-presente, Editor Geral, Coleção de Obras de Hugh Nibley.

1979-2005, Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies – F.A.R.M.S.

1988-1992, Editor, Enciclopédia do Mormonismo, publicado por Macmillan

1986-1989, Membro da Escola Meridian, Provo.

1999-2005, Comitê Executivo, Seção de Lei Bíblica da Sociedade de Literatura Bíblica.

1993-1999, Comitê Executivo, Associação Americana de Escolas de Leis.

1992-presente, Membro da Associação Judaica de Leis.

1986-1988, Membro do Editorial, Journal of Pension Planning and Compliance

Membro da Ordem dos Advogados dos Estados de Utah e Califórnia.

 Serviço

Missionário de Tempo Integral

2000-2006, Bispo da 14ª Ala Edgemont

1993-1998, Conselheiro na Presidência da 14ª Estaca da BYU

1982-1987, Bispo da 36ª Ala na BYU

Prêmios

2008, Mormon History Association, por artigo publicado sob sua supervisão no BYU Studies.

2007, Mormon History Association por dois livros publicados sob sua supervisão no BYU Studies.

2004, AIGA 100 Show pelo artigo And with All Thy Mind (E Com Toda Tua Mente) publicado no Clark Memorandum.

2004, Mormon History Association por livro e artigos de Hartley, Peterson, Walker, e Staker, editado e publicado sob sua direção.

2003, Publicação especial da Associação de História Mórmon por trabalho editorial de Glen Leonard, Nauvoo

1999, Filme “O Bom Samaritano” consultor, que venceu campeonato de produção cinematográfica

1998, Pinturas do Livro de Mórmon de Minerva Teichert, co-editado com Doris R. Dant, venceu na categoria de desenho e impressão, categoria de projetos especiais da Associação Internacional de

Administração de Publicações e Implantes Gráficos

1998, O Primeiro Templo Mórmon, publicado pela BYU Studies sob sua edição, venceu o concurso de Melhor Livro do Ano Escrito Para Uma Audiência de Interesses Gerais, da Associção de História Mórmon.
1996, Mormon Americana, produzido e publicado por BYU Studies, venceu o concurso Dwight Smith para excelentes livros de referência, dado pela Associação Histórica Ocidental. Este livro também recebeu um Certificado de Mérito da Associação de História Mórmon.
1995, o Prêmio T. Edgar Lyon de Excelência foi apresentado pela Associação Histórica Mórmon para “A Hisória da Verdade, o Caminho e a Vida”, escrito por James B. Allen, com sua colaboração, na edição de de B. H. Roberts, The Truth, The Way, The Life.
1995, prêmio de Melhor Documentário de Steven E. Christensen da Associação de História Mórmon foi para The Journals of William E. McLellin, co-editado com Jan Shipps. A Associação Histórica John Whitmer de um prêmio similar por essa publicação.
1992, Citação Especial da Encyclopedia of Mormonism, da Associação de História Mórmon.

Vários outros prêmios foram concedidos por diversos artigos publicados por BYU Studies sob sua editoração.

 Publicações Pendentes

Commandments In Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion, Dennis Largey, editor.“The Completeness and Incompleteness of the Ten Commandments.” Paper presented at conference at the Wisconsin Law School.

The Tree of Life in the New Testament and Christian Tradition.” Documento apresentado em conferência no Maxwell Institute.

Seeing Third Nephi as the Holy of Holies of the Book of Mormon, Aceito para ser publicado no Journal of Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture e também numa conferência volume em 3 Néfi.

How Rich was Paul, and Why Does it Matter? Aceito para publicação para o Professor S. Kent Brown.

Chiasmus, Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (Berlin: de Gruyter)

Alma’s Testimony: Give Ear to My Words, Aceito pelo Religious Educator “Explaining Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith. Aceito para publicação pelo Professor David L. Paulsen

The Role of Evidence in Religious Discussion, Submetido por Robert L. Millet.

Subsequent Quotations and Echoes from the Sermon on the Mount in the Book of Mormon and the New Testament, Aceito para apresentação e publicação no Sperry Symposium 2010.

The Book of Mormon: The Keystone of LDS Church Organization and Administration, documento da Conferência Anual de História da Igreja na BYU.

 Publicações por data

“A Book of Commandments and Revelations: Editorial Introduction,”BYU Studies 48, no. 3 (2009): 4-6.

“And with All Thy Mind,” in Life in the Law: Service and Integrity, Scott W. Cameron, Galen L. Fletcher, and Jane H. Wise, eds. (Provo: J. Reuben Clark Law Society, 2009), 155-65.

“Christmas Stories” FARMS Review 21 no. 2 (2009): 31-46; revisão de Christmas: The Original Story (London: SPCK, 2008), de Margaret Barker.

“A Latter-day Saint Reception of Temple Themes in Christian Worship”FARMS Review 21, no. 1 (2009): 3–7; revisão de Margaret Barker do trabalho Temple Themes in Christian Worship (London: T&T Clark, 2007).

“Oliver Cowdery as Editor, Defender, Justice of the Peace in Kirtland.” InDays Never to be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery. Alexander L. Baugh, ed. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2009, pp. 255–78.

The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple. London: Ashgate, 2009.

“Temple Themes and Ethical Formation in the Sermon on the Mount,”Studies in Christian Ethics 22, no. 2 (2009): 148–60.

“Toward a Mormon Jurisprudence” Regent University Law Review 21 no. 1 (2008-2009):79-103.

“Die Entdeckung des Chiasmus im Buch Mormon in Deutschland” Neal A. Maxwell Institut für religiöse Studien, F.A.R.M.S. Band 7, 101–26. Bad Reichenhall: LDS Books, 2008.

“The Discovery of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon: Forty Years Later”Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16, no. 2 (2007): 74–87.

“Preface”, Donald W. Parry, Poetic Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon: Complete Text Reformatted. Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute, 2007.

“The Stories behind the Two Roman Bronze Plates” Harold B. Lee Library House of Learning Lecture Series, 2/Março/2007. DVD.

“Thoughts on Joseph Smith and the Constitution” The Thread: J. Reuben Clark Law Society, 1, no. 2 (Maio 2007): 1–2.

With Stephen D. Ricks, eds. König Benjamins Rede: Verständlich Gemacht. Bad Reichenhall: LDS Books, 2006. [volume editado com sua autoria em três capítulos]

“The Legal Cause of Action against Jesus in John 18:29–30” Celebrating Easter, ed. Thomas A. Wayment and Keith J. Wilson, 157–76. Provo, Utah: BYU, Religious Studies Center, 2007. “Parable of the Good Samaritan” Ensign 37 (Fev/2007): 40-47, Liahona 31 no. 2 (Fevereiro/ 2007): 26-33.

“Bible in American Law” Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, ed. Paul Finkelman, 125–31. New York: Routledge, 2006.

“Miracles, Maleficium, and Maiestas in the Trial of Jesus” Jesus and Archaeology, ed. James H. Charlesworth, 349–83. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2006.

Com Larry E. Morris, eds. Oliver Cowdery: Scribe, Elder, Witness. Provo, Utah: Neal A. Maxwell Institute, 2006.

“The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon.” e “Oliver Cowdery’s Response to Alexander Campbell.” Oliver Cowdery: Scribe, Elder, Witness,39–74 and 221–40.

“The Apocryphal Judas Revisited” BYU Studies 45, no. 2 (2006): 45–53.

“Two Ancient Roman Plates” BYU Studies 45, no. 2 (2006): 54–76.

"The Worlds of Joseph Smith: A Bicentennial Conference", Library of Congress. Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 2006. Também publicado como BYU Studies 44, no. 4 (2005).

“Joseph Smith and the Past” The Worlds of Joseph Smith, 105–17. Também publicado em BYU Studies 44, no. 4 (2005): 105–17.

"Biblical Law Cumulative Bibliography". Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns; and Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 2006.

“An Analytic Framework for Understanding and Evaluating the Fiduciary Duties of Educators” Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal, no. 2 (2005): 159–229.

“Early Mormonism and Early Christianity: Some Providential Similarities” Window of Faith: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on World History, ed. Roy A. Prete, 17–38. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, 2005.

“Modern Revelation: A Guide to Research about the Apostasy” Early Christians in Disarray: Contemporary LDS Perspectives on the Christian Apostasy,ed. Noel B. Reynolds, 101–32. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2005.

“Jehovah’s Code of Civil Justice” Clark Memorandum (Spring 2005): 12–20.

With Kelsey Draper. “A King James Vocabulary Lesson” Religious Educator 6, no. 1 (2005): 33–42.

“Hugh Nibley’s Articles of Faith” BYU Studies 44, no. 2 (2005): 103–9.

Com John F. Hall and Hugh W. Nibley, eds. "Apostles and Bishops in Early Christianity". Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2005.

"Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations", 1820–1844. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 2005.

Com James B. Allen. “The Appearance of the Father and the Son to Joseph Smith in 1820” Opening the Heavens, 35–76.

“The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon” Opening the Heavens, 77–212.

“. . . All Their Creeds Were an Abomination’: A Brief Look at the Creeds as Part of the Apostasy” Prelude to the Restoration, 228–49. 33rd Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, 2004.

“. . . And with All Thy Mind” Speeches of the Year,105–12. Provo, Utah: BYU Publications and Graphics, 2004. Também publicado em Clark Memorandum(2004): 17–23; em BYU Magazine (2004).

“Handling Sensitive Issues” Telling the Story of Mormon History, ed. William Hartley, 41–43. Provo, Utah: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute, 2004.

Com Brett G. Scharffs. “Reconceptualizing the Fiduciary Duties of Educators” Critical Issues in Education Law and Policy: Second Virginia Education Law Conference, 99–118. Richmond, Va.: LexisNexis, 2004.

“Abstracts [of recent Biblical Law publications]” Jewish Law Annual15 (2004): 247, 253–55.

Com David e Jo Ann Seely, eds."Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem". Provo, Utah: FARMS; American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, 2004.

“The Calling of Lehi as a Prophet” e “The Trial of Jeremiah” Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, 421-48 and 337-56.

Com Robert D. Hunt. “Culturegram: Jerusalem 600 B.C.” Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, 1-40.

Com Jeffrey Thompson. “The Rechabites” Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem,611-24.

“Counting to Ten” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 2 (2003): 42–57.

“Biblical Law Bibliography—2002 Supplement” Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte 9 (2003): 279–318.

Com Stephen Fleming, eds. "Lectures on Religion and the Founding of the American Republic". Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 2003.

“Biblical Law in America” Lectures on Religion and the Founding of the American Republic.

“Chiasmus”, “Nephite Civilization” e “Zeezrom” Reference Guide to the Book of Mormon,ed. Dennis Largey, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003, pp. 182-86, 605-609, and 800-801.

“Introduction to the Study of Law in the Book of Mormon” e “Bibliography of Legal Studies of the Book of Mormon” Conference on Hebrew Law in the Book of Mormon (Studia Antiqua, FARMS, 2003).

“. . . And with All Thy Mind”, devocional na KBYU publicado em www.speeches.byu.edu (30/Set/2003).

“Give Ear to My Words: The Testimony of Alma and Alma as a Jurist” transmissão em KBYU e sistema de satélites da Igreja (Ago/2003).

“Ten Testimonies of Jesus Christ” Reimpresso em A Book of Mormon Treasury,316–42. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, 2003.

“How Much Was Known about Chiasmus in 1829 When the Book of Mormon Was Translated?” FARMS Review 15, no. 1 (2003): 47–80.

“Teaching the Usage of Thee and Thou” Religious Educator 4, no. 1 (2003): 49–54.

Produtor e editor – "Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints", dirigido por Richard E. Turley Jr. Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 2002. 78 DVDs in 2 vols.

Editor. “Latter-day Saint Writings on Christ and the New Testament”, BYU Studies 41, no. 3 (2002): 86–158.

With Donald W. Parry and Daniel C. Peterson, eds. Echoes and Evidences.Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2002.

“A Steady Stream of Significant Recognitions” Echoes and Evidences, 331–87.

“The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith” Nurturing Faith through the Book of Mormon, 149–86. Sperry Symposium 1995. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1995. Reimpresso Echoes and Evidences,17–54.

“Rainy Day Gingerbread Boys” Five Star Recipes from Well-Known Latter-day Saints, ed. Elaine Cannon, 191. Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate, 2002.

A Latter-day Saint Compass: Readings from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism.Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 2002.

“The Factor of Fear in the Trial of Jesus” Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior,ed. Paul H. Peterson, Gary L. Hatch, Laura D. Card, 284–312. Provo, Utah: BYU Religious Studies Center, 2002.

“Biblical Law in America: Historical Perspectives and Potentials for Reform”Brigham Young University Law Review, no. 3 (2002): 101–30.

Com John F. Hall. Charting the New Testament. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2002.

“The Good Samaritan and Eternal Life” BYU Magazine (Primavera de 2002): 48–55.

BYU Studies e LDSFAQ Web sites (Fev/2002), www.byustudies.byu.edu; www.ldsfaq.byu.edu.

“A Faint but Interesting Christian Voice from the Dust of Egypt” Review ofGospel of the Savior: A New Ancient Gospel, by Charles W. Hedrick and Paul A. Mirecki. FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2 (2001): 171–73.

David Daube Bibliography. Distributed in Denver, Nov/2001, na reunião nacional da Seção de Lei Bíblica da Society for Biblical Literature. Publicado em www.biblicallaw.org.

“Fasting in Earliest Christianity” Insights 21, no. 9 (2001): 3–4.

“Doubled, Sealed, and Witnessed Documents” Insights 21, no. 8 (2001): 2–3.

Hebrew Law in Biblical Times. Ed. Ze’ev W. Falk. 2d ed. Provo, Utah: BYU Press; Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 2001.

“Latter-day Saint Reflections on the Trial and Death of Jesus” Clark Memorandum (Fall 2000): 2–13.

Revisão de The Rise of Christianity, de Rodney Stark. BYU Studies 39, no. 3 (2000): 197–204.

Com Dean C. Jessee. “Revelations in Context: Joseph Smith’s Letter from Liberty Jail, 20/Março 20, 1839” BYU Studies 39, no. 3 (2000): 125–45.

Revisão de The Shape of Biblical Language, de John Breck. Review of Biblical Literature. www.bookreviews.org, 13/Fev/2000.

“Oliver Cowdery’s Response to Alexander Campbell” The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2000; reimpresso em Oliver Cowdery: Scribe, Elder, Witness, eds. John W. Welch e Larry E. Morris. Provo: Maxwell Institute, 2006, pp. 221–39.

"An Epistle from the New Testament Apostles". Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1999.

"Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and Sermon on the Mount". Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1999. [edição expandida e atualizada, volume de 1990]

Editor. "Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis". 1981; rpt., Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1999; autor de capítulos, “Introduction” 9-16; “Chiasmus in Ugaritic,” 36-49; “Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon” 198-210; “Chiasmus in the New Testament” 211-49; e “Chiasmus in Ancient Greek and Latin Literatures” 250-68.

Com Daniel B. McKinlay. "Chiasmus Bibliography". Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1999.

Com J. Gregory Welch. "Charting the Book of Mormon". Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1999.

Com Melvin J. Thorne. "Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon". Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1999. [contendo atualizações dos anos de 1990 e alguns novos materiais].

Com Stephen D. Ricks. "King Benjamin’s Speech Made Simple". Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1999. [resumo do volume de 1998 sobre o Rei Benjamin]

“Weighing and Measuring in the Worlds of the Book of Mormon” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 8, no. 2 (1999): 36–45.

“Brigham Henry Roberts” American National Biography. 18:595–97. Cary, N.C.: Oxford University Press, 1999.

“The Parable of the Good Samaritan as a Type and Shadow of the Plan of Salvation” BYU Studies 38, no. 2 (1999): 50–115.

“Off on the Right Foot” BYU Studies 38, no. 1 (1999): 18–20.

“Moving On” BYU Studies 38, no. 1 (1999): 225–29.

“John Welch, a Pioneer in Paradise” Nearly Everything Imaginable: Everyday Life in Pioneer Utah, ed. Ronald Walker e Doris Dant, 450–68. Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 1999.

“Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: Serving Political Purposes” Insights (Mai/1999): 2.

“Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: Serving Practical Needs” Insights (Abr/1999): 2.

“When Did Nephi Write the Small Plates?” Insights (Mar/1999): 2.

“The Laws of Eshnunna and Nephite Economics” Insights (Dez/1998): 2.

“Cursing a Litigant with Speechlessness” Insights (Out/1998): 2.

“Toward Becoming a Gospel-Scholar.” This People (1998): 42–55.

“Better That One Man Perish” Provo Sun 9 (Set.13, 1998), e Insights (June 1998): 2.

“The ‘Lamb of God’ in Pre-Christian Texts” Insights (Ago/1998): 2.

Contribuinte: "Latter-day Christianity: 10 Basic Issues". Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1998.

“A Climber’s Guide to the Kirtland Temple” This People (Summer 1998): 93–96.

“Doubled, Sealed, Witnessed Documents: From the Ancient World to the Book of Mormon” Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World, ed. Davis Bitton, 391–444. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1998.

“What the Original Book of Mormon Manuscript Is Not” Insights (Fev/1998): 2.

With Stephen D. Ricks, eds. King Benjamin’s Speech: “That Ye May Learn Wisdom” Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1998.

“Benjamin the Man: His Place in Nephite History”, “Benjamin’s Speech: A Masterful Oration”, “Benjamin’s Speech as a Prophetic Lawsuit”, “Benjamin’s Covenant as a Precursor of the Sacrament Prayers”, “Parallelism and Chiasmus in Benjamin’s Speech”, King Benjamin’s Speech, 23–54, 55–88, 225–32, 295–314, e 315–410.

Com Daryl R. Hague “Benjamin’s Sermon as a Traditional Ancient Farewell Address” King Benjamin’s Speech, 89–118.

Com Terrence L. Szink. “King Benjamin’s Speech in the Context of Ancient Israelite Festivals” King Benjamin’s Speech, 147–224.

Assistido por Alison Coutts e outros. “Complete Text of Benjamin’s Speech with Notes and Comments” King Benjamin’s Speech, 479–623.

Editado com Donald W. Parry. "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon." Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1998.

“Getting Through Isaiah with the Help of the Nephite Prophetic View” “Isaiah 53, Mosiah 14, and the Book of Mormon” e “Authorship of the Book of Isaiah in Light of the Book of Mormon” Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, 19–46, 293–312, e 423–38.

Revisão de "Culture Clash and Accommodation: Public Schooling in Salt Lake City", 1890–1994, de Frederick S. Buchanan. Church History 66 (Dez/1997): 909.

“Practical Guide to Forming a Partnership in Utah” BYU Journal of Public Law12, no. 1 (1997): 111–73.

“Biblical Law Bibliography Supplement through 1996” Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte 3 (1997): 207–46.

Com Doris R. Dant. "The Book of Mormon Paintings of Minerva Teichert". Provo, Utah: BYU Studies; Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1997.

“Two Windows on the Ancient World”, Ancient Scrolls from the Dead Sea, ed. M. Gerald Bradford, 13–14. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1997.

Editor. Gila Hurvitz, "The Story of Masada". Edição inglesa. Jerusalem: Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1997.

com John F. Hall, eds. "Masada and the World of the New Testament". Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1997.

“Herod’s Wealth” e “Legal and Social Perspectives on Robbers in First-Century Judea”, Masada and the World of the New Testament, 74–84 and 141–53.

With Claire Foley. “Gammadia on Early Jewish and Christian Garments” Masada and the World of the New Testament, 252–58.

“Gallery Guide to the Masada Exhibition, with New Testament notes.”

Com James B. Allen, eds. "Coming to Zion". Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1997.

Com Jeannie Welch. "The Doctrine and Covenants by Themes". 2d ed. Provo, Utah: FARMS e BYU Studies, 1997.

Revisão Sidney Rigdon: "A Portrait of Religious Excess, de Richard Van Wagoner". Church History 66 no. 1 (Mar/1997): 150-52.

“The Narrative of Zosimus (History of the Rechabites) and the Book of Mormon” “What Does Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon Prove?”, Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited, ed. Noel Reynolds, 323–74. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1997. [versão expandida e atualizada de publicações anteriores de BYU Studies]

“What Does Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon Prove?”, Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited, ed. Noel Reynolds, 199–224. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1997.

"Law in the Book of Mormon: The Nephite Court Cases". Provo, Utah: BYU Law School, 1996.

Revisão de “Corinthian Religion and Baptism for the Dead” de Richard E. DeMaris. FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): 43–45.

With James V. Garrison. “The ‘Hymn of the Pearl’: An Ancient Counterpart to ‘O My Father’” BYU Studies 36, no. 1 (1996–97): 127–38.

Com James B. Allen, eds. "Life in Utah: Centennial Selections". Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1996. Com Don E. Norton, eds. Educating Zion. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1996.

“From Presence to Practice: Jesus, the Sacrament Prayers, the Priesthood, and Church Discipline in 3 Nephi 18 and Moroni 2–6” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5, no. 1 (1996): 119–39.

“Good and True” Expressions of Faith: Testimonies of Latter-day Saint Scholars", ed. Susan E. Black, 231–42. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1996.

Editor. B. H. Roberts, "The Truth, The Way, The Life". 2d ed. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1996.

“Reflections on the Teachings of Brigham Young.” The Lion of the Lord, ed. Susan E. Black e Larry C. Porter, 372–442. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996.“Two Notes on the Lord’s Prayer.” Insights (Ago/1996): 2.

“Unintentional Sin in Benjamin’s Discourse.” Insights (Abr/1996): 2.

“The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith.” Nurturing Faith through the Book of Mormon, 149–86. Sperry Symposium 1995. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1995.

“Practical Guide to Forming a Closely-Held Corporation in Utah.” BYU Journal of Public Law 9, no. 2 (1995): 189–234.

“Upon the Tower of Benjamin.” Insights (Ago/1995): 2.

“Criteria for Identifying the Presence of Chiasmus.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 2 (1995): 1–14.

“Word Studies from the New Testament.” Ensign 25 (Jan/1995): 28–30.

“On the Right or the Left: Benjamin and the Scapegoat.” Insights (January 1995): 2.

Com Jan Shipps, eds. "The William E. McLellin Journals", 1831–1836. Urbana: University of Illinois Press; Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1994.

“The Acts of the Apostle William E. McLellin.” The William E. McLellin Journals, 13–26.

Com Stephen D. Ricks, eds. "The Allegory of the Olive Tree". Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1994.

“Words and Phrases in Jacob 5” and “The Last Words of Cenez and the Book of Mormon.” In Allegory of the Olive Tree, 174–85 and 305–21.

Com David Rolph Seely. “Zenos and the Texts of the Old Testament.” Allegory of the Olive Tree, 322–46.

Com Wilford M. Hess, Daniel J. Fairbanks, e Jonathan K. Driggs. “Botanical Aspects of Olive Culture Relevant to Jacob 5.” Allegory of the Olive Tree, 484–562.

Editor. B. H. Roberts. "The Truth, The Way, The Life". Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1994.

“Introduction: Settings, Audiences, and Sources” e “Cross-references to Roberts’s Other Doctrinal Works.” The Truth, The Way, The Life, xi–xxxvii and 561–78.

“The Temple in the Book of Mormon: The Temples at the Cities of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Bountiful.” Temples of the Ancient World, ed. Donald W. Parry, 297–387. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1994.

“Approaching New Approaches.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6 (1994): 145–86.

“Was There a Library in Harmony, Pennsylvania?” Insights (January 1994): 2.

“Recent Bibliography on the Trial of Jesus.” BYU Studies 32, no. 4 (1993): 79–86.

“Connections between the Visions of Lehi and Nephi.” Insights (July 1993): 2.

“Hearing Mercy.” BYU Studies 33, no. 1 (1993): 172–73.

“New Testament Word Studies.” Ensign 23 (April 1993): 28–30.

Editor. "Reexploring the Book of Mormon" (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1992).

“Ten Testimonies of Jesus Christ from the Book of Mormon.” Doctrines of the Book of Mormon, ed. Bruce Van Orden, 223–42. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992.

“Legal Perspectives on the Slaying of Laban.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1 (1992): 119–41.

“Book of Mormon: Nephite Religious Teachings and Practices.” “Book of Mormon: Translation by Joseph Smith.” e “Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon.” Encyclopedia of Mormonism, ed. Daniel H. Ludlow, 4 vols. (New York: Macmillan, 1992), 1:201-205; 210-13; 2:748-750.

Com Stephen D. Ricks e Donald W. Parry. "A Bibliography on Temples of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World". Lewiston, N.Y.: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991.

“BYU Studies: Into the 1990s.” BYU Studies 31, no. 4 (1991): 21–28.

“A Masterpiece: Alma 36.” Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, ed. John Sorenson e Mel Thorne, 114–31. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1991, uma versão mais curta de “Chiasmus in Alma 36.” FARMS Paper (1989): 45 pp.

“Why Study Warfare in the Book of Mormon” e “Law and War in the Book of Mormon.” Warfare in the Book of Mormon, ed. Stephen D. Ricks e William J. Hamblin, 3–24 and 46–102. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1990.

“A Doorkeeper in the House of the Lord” e “The Melchizedek Material in Alma 13.” By Study and Also By Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh Nibley on His 80th Birthday", ed. Stephen D. Ricks e John M. Lundquist, 1:6–10 and 2:238–72. 2 vols. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1990.

“Chiasmus in Biblical Law: An Approach to the Structure of Legal Texts in the Hebrew Bible.” Jewish Law Association Studies 4 (1990): 5–22.

"A Biblical Law Bibliography". Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1990.

"The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount". Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1990.

Editor Geraç. "The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley". Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1985–. [15 volumes completos; total de 20 volumes]

Com Edwin Firmage e Bernard Weiss, eds. "Religion and Law: Biblical, Jewish Camp; Islamic Perspectives". Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1990.

“Reflections on Postulates: Power and Ancient Laws—a Response to Moshe Greenberg.” Religion and Law, 113–26. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1990.

Revisão de "A Witness and a Warning" de Ezra Taft Benson. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1 (1989): 1–2.

“Amen,” “Endow,” “Seal,” “Strait,” “Aparabatos,” “Peculiar,” “Evangelist,” “Firstborns,” e outros estudos em vários assuntos do BYU Religious Studies Center Newsletter.

Com Larry Dahl e Donald Q. Cannon. “Restoration of Major Doctrines by Joseph Smith.” Partes I and II. Ensign 29 (Jan/1989): 27-30; (Fev/1989): 7-11.

"Transcript of Oliver Cowdery’s court docket from Kirtland", Ohio, 1835–37. Depositado na Harold B. Lee Library, J. Reuben Clark Law Library, LDS Church Archives, BYU Religious Studies Center, e Huntington Library.

“Lehi’s Last Will and Testament: A Legal Approach.” The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, ed. Monte Nyman e Charles D. Tate, 61–82. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, 1989.

“Straight and Narrow,” “What Was a ‘Mosia’?” “Exemption from Military Duty,” “The Case of an Unobserved Murder,” e outros estudos curtos publicados como Boletins da FARMS.

“Criteria for Identifying the Presence of Chiasmus.” Docmento da FARMS (1989), 16.

“Chiasmus in Alma 36.” Documento da FARMS (1989), 45.

“When Did Jesus Appear to the Nephites in Bountiful?” Documento da FARMS (1989).

“Study and Faith in the Book of Mormon.” BYU Speeches of the Year, 139–49. Provo, Utah: BYU Press, 1988.

“The Calling of a Prophet: An Analysis of the Call of Lehi in 1 Nephi 1.” 1 Nephi: The Doctrinal Foundation, 35–54. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, 1988.

“How Long Did It Take Joseph Smith to Translate the Book of Mormon?” Ensign 18 (Jan/1988): 46–47.

“Chiasmus in Helaman 6:7–13.” FARMS Preliminary Report (1987).

“The Timelessness of Hugh Nibley.” This People 8 (Abril/1987): 38.

“Series of Laws in the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Preliminary Report (1987).

“If a Man . . . The Casuistic Law Form in the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Preliminary Report (1987).

“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans—with Emphasis on the Closely Held Business.” Journal of Pension Planning and Compliance 13 (1987): 197–218.

“Preliminary Comments on the Sources behind the Book of Ether.” FARMS Preliminary Report (1986).

Com David J. Whittaker. “Mormonism’s Open Canon: Some Historical Perspectives on Its Religious Limits and Potentials.” FARMS Preliminary Report, 1986.

Apresentados na reunião anual da Academia Americana de Religião e da Sociedade de Literatura Bíblica, Novembro/1986.

“B. H. Roberts: Seeker after Truth.” Ensign 16 (Mar/1986): 56–62. Reimpresso em A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 60–74. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988.

“An Unparallel.”Documento da FARMS (1986).

“Finding Answers to B. H. Roberts’s Questions.” FARMS (1986).

“The Translation of the Book of Mormon: Basic Historical Information.” Relatório Preliminar da FARMS (1986).

“The Nephite Sacrament Prayers: From King Benjamin’s Speech to Moroni 4–5.” FARMS Relatório Preliminar (1986).

Com Jeannie Welch. "The Doctrine & Covenants by Themes. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1985.

“Theft and Robbery in the Book of Mormon and Ancient Near Eastern Law.” Relatório Preliminar da FARMS (1985).

“Hugh Nibley and the Book of Mormon.” Ensign 15 (Abr/1985): 50–56.

“Topically Speaking: The Doctrine & Covenants.” Ensign 15 (Set/1985): 20–25.

“The Father’s Command to Keep Records in the Small Plates of Nephi.” Relatório Preliminar da FARMS (1985).

“King Benjamin’s Speech in the Context of Ancient Israelite Festivals.” Relatório Preliminar da FARMS (1985).

Revisão de "Studies of the Book of Mormon" de  B. H. Roberts. Pacific Historical Review 55 (Nove/1986): 619–23; e (Salt Lake City) Deseret Church News, 15/Dez/1985.

“Litigation of Private Pension Claims: Selected Procedural Topics.” Journal of Pension Planning and Compliance 10 (1984): 165–98.

“Longevity of Book of Mormon People and the ‘Age of Man.’ ” Journal of Collegium Aescalapium 3 (1985): 34–45.

“Shareholder Individual and Derivative Actions: Underlying Rationales and the Closely Held Corporation.” Journal of Corporation Law 9 (1984): 148–97.

“Are You At-Risk When You Borrow from Your Pension Plan?” Journal of Pension Planning & Compliance 9 (Abr/1983): 115–19; Journal of Inst. of Certified Financial Planners 4 (Verão/1983): 119–22.

“Comprehensive Bibliography of the Book of Mormon.” (1982, rev. 1986).

“Narrative of Zosimus and the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies 22 (1982): 311–32.

Editor. "Chiasmus in Antiquity". Hildesheim: Gerstenberg, 1981.

Com Yehuda Radday. “Structure in the Scroll of Ruth.” Beth Mikra 77 (1979): 180–87.

“Judicial Process in the Trial of Abinadi.” Relatório Preliminar da FARMS (1981).

“Ancient Near Eastern Law and the Book of Mormon.” Apresentado para a Reunião Regional da Sociedade de Literatura Bíblica, Denver, 1981, publicado como Relatório Preliminar da FARMS(1981).

“Tax Deferred Property Exchanges: Looking beyond Starker.” Los AngelesLawyer 2 (1980): 34.

“New Case Permits Long Delay in Completing Nontaxable Exchanges of Like-Kind Property.” Taxation for Lawyers 8 (1980): 260; e Taxation for Accountants 24 (1980): 74.

With David J. Whittaker. “The Articles of Faith in the Restored Church.” Ensign 9 (Set/1979): 51-54.

Editor. "Tinkling Cymbals"— em honra de Hugh W. Nibley. 1978.

“A Book You Can Respect.” Ensign 7 (Set/1977): 45-47.

“Some Old World Perspectives on the Book of Mormon.” Ensign 6 (Jan/1976): 26.

“The Lord’s Prayers.” Ensign 6 (Jan/1976): 14–17.

“The Theological Treatment of Melchizedek in Alma 13.” Apresentado em honra de Hugh W. Nibley em seu 65º aniversário na Brigham Young University, Mar/1975 (Relatório Preliminar da FARMS WEL-75).

“Continuation and Representation of Class Action Following Dismissal of the Class Representative.” Duke Law Journal (1974): 573–609.

“Chiasmus in Ugaritic.” Ugaritforschungen 6 (1974): 421–36.

“Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon.” New Era 2 (Fe/1972): 6–11.

“Literary Structure of King Benjamin’s Speech.” Book of Mormon Symposium, ed. Paul Cheesman. Brigham Young University, 1970.