Teachings of Hugh Nibley

Part two of Nibley's talk.

Part 1 of Nibley's talk from ‘Approaching Zion'.

From Nibley's book ‘Approaching Zion'.

Hugh Nibley's talk from his book ‘Approaching Zion'

Talk from Hugh Nibley's book ‘Approaching Zion'.

Chapter 2 of Hugh Nibley's book 'Approaching Zion'.

The first lecture in Nibley's book ‘Approaching Zion', dealing with the law of Consecration. Read by Lloyd Newell.

Chapter 6 in Nibley's book ‘Lehi in the Desert'

Chapter 5 from Nibley's book ‘Lehi in the Desert'.

Chapter 4 of Nibley's book ‘Lehi in the Desert'.

Chapter 3 from Nibley's book ‘Lehi in the Desert'

Chapter 2 of Nibley's book ‘Lehi in the Dersert'.

Chapter 1 of Hugh Nibley's book ‘Lehi in the Desert'.

A continuation of the previous talk. Given by Hugh Nibley, read by Lloyd Newell. 

Talk by Nibley, read by Lloyd Newell. Nibley discusses the importance of symbols in temples, both ancient and modern. Why is it important to God? Why should it be important to us?

Talk given by Hugh Nibley, and read by Lloyd Newell.

Talk by Hugh Nibley, read by Lloyd Newell. Nibley discusses the greatness of Abraham and the lore surrounding him from ancient literature.

Talk given by Hugh Nibley, ready by Lloyd Newell. Nibley goes over the doctrine of the Treasures in heaven as discussed in apocryphal and gnostic literature.

Talk by Nibley, ready by Lloyd Newell. This talk was included in Temples and Cosmos, by Hugh Nibley. He goes over the workings of ancient temples, as taught in the Bible as well as in apocryphal and Dead Sea Scroll literature, and what modern prophets have taught.

Talk by Hugh Nibley, read by Lloyd Newell. Nibley discusses the different types of societies, Patriarchal and Matriarchal. He discusses the pros and cons of each type, and how a strong society needs the strong parts of both.

Talk and essay by Nibley, read by Lloyd Newell. He first describes the laws of nature that dictate that life should not exist. He then describes how this relates to ancient and modern temples.

Nibley, ready by Lloyd Newell, discusses mans dominion over the earth, and the doctrine behind it. He pulls from ancient and modern scripture, and discusses the ancient patriarchs.

Talk given by Hugh Nibley, ready by Lloyd Newell. This talk is about the last days, especially from Matthew 25.

Talk given by Hugh Nibley, and read by Lloyd Newell. Nibley goes over the prophecies and types of prophecy in the Book of Mormon.

Nibley discusses the patterns of ancient warfare found in the Book of Mormon.

Nibley discusses the events and teachings of King Benjamin's speech in the Book of Mormon.

Nibley discusses the history of science fiction books over the last two centuries, and how the perspectives are at odds with the Gospel perspective.

Hugh Nibley quotes more from modern prophets, especially Brigham Young.

Nibley continues to discuss the importance of education stressed by Brigham Young.

Nibley discusses many quote from Brigham Young on his view of education. We need to learn everything from scriptural knowledge to temporal knowledge. Not for the purpose of being in he world, but because we will have it hereafter.

Nibley discusses how a Bishop of New York tried to disprove the Book of Mormon by attempting to disprove the Book of Abraham. This talk is not doctrinally focused, but it can be faith building as we see how those who try to disprove the church will always fail.

Nibley discusses the history of Jerusalem as a a city, and the history of the idea of Jerusalem as the center of peace.

Parts 3 and 4 of Hugh Nibley talk.

Parts 1 and 2 of a four part lecture.

WARNING: The audio in first 5 minutes is poor. Afterwards, it becomes more audible. Nibley discusses the Opening of the Mouth Ceremony of the Egyptians. He also discusses the Book of Breathings and the Book of the Dead.

Nibley discusses the 6th century BC, the contemporaries of Lehi, and the lessons he takes from it. Previously, this century had been thought to be a dead period: one with little innovation and records that were not taken seriously. During the 20 years before this talk, that was all changed.

Nibley goes over more ancient teachings from Egyptian temples and other ancient temples. This episode contains both parts of the talk.

Nibley goes through some doctrines taught in D&C section 109, the Dedicatory Prayer of the Kirkland Temple. He teaches the basic need for the temple, and what the larger picture is.

Hugh Nibley discusses temples in antiquity.

Nibley goes over the discovery of the Nag Hammadi documents and their teachings about early Christian beliefs.

Nibley discusses the reason for such a large amount of early literature about the 40 days. He then expounds on the teachings about the Great Apostasy from different early books. He touches on the Hume Codex, The Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Phillip, the Gospel of Truth, the Gospel of the Twelve Apostles, and more.

Nibley discusses the least liked of all scriptures in the NT: Acts 1:3. He explains how many christian sects reject the physical resurrection, even though the early Christians believed the doctrine. In this first part, he explains the arguments for and against the doctrine of the 40 day ministry. He then starts to go into the actual documents that have been found in the Nag Hammadi library that talk about some of the teachings.

Nibley continues his talk from last week about the connections between Israel and the countries nearby. He goes through Greek, Iranian, Egyptian and more. He paints a worldview, not of an isolated Bible that is the only source of true knowledge, but of a view that we espouse: that God teaches all people according to their ability.

This is part 1 of a talk given at BYU. Nibley discusses new findings on the relationships between the people of Israel and the other surrounding nations, including the Canaanites, Greeks, and Persians. There were many new findings at the time including letters sent between kings, Flood stories and epic literature.

Nibley continues the same talk from Pt. 1. He discusses the teachings of the Book of Mormon prophets on the OT prophet Zenos, and the parallels with Dead Sea Scroll writings and other Zenos writings that have been found. He also discusses the royal coronation type that is common among ancient kings. There is a good Q&A at the end. It is hard to hear some the first questions, but the later ones are audible.

Nibley discusses the parallels between symbols and imagery in the Christian and Jewish Apocrypha and the Book of Mormon. He discusses the similarities in the writings of Baruch, Enoch, Ben Serak and others to those of Lehi, Nephi and Samuel the Lamanite. The council of Heaven as shown to Lehi is common in Testamentary literature. Parallels from the treasury literature. Part 2 will follow next week.

This talk was given later in his life. He first goes through the type of man that Abraham was. Then, discusses the Pearl of Great Price. He then explains how the Book of Abraham creation story can be read of as a drama, or an ancient play. This understanding of ancient practice can greatly increase ones appreciation for the writings that we have.

This talk is important in the discussion of Ancient Literature as it helps us understand the way in which others may see the world. Nibley here discusses religious and secular beliefs that have no “Play”. This sets up further discussion of how the Pearl of Great Price helps establish the play within our beliefs.

Nibley's last lecture of the Pearl of Great Price Lecture Series.

Nibley teaches about the JS Translation of Matthew 25. It details the 3 different destruction: Of Israel in 70 AD, the end of the world (wicked), and end of the earth (celestialized).

Nibley discusses the destructions that occurred when the wicked were destroyed by God.