Byu Religious Education WINTER 2014 REVIEW

byu religious education WINTER 2014 REVIEW

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Joseph Fielding McConkie No Compromise with Truth message from the deans’ office

“We’re All on the Same Team”

A t our annual religious education college meetings this past fall, I introduced a theme for the conference (and perhaps the theme of my deanship): “We’re All on the Same Team.” Not only did I address that theme in my inaugural address as dean, but the faculty and staff sported matching softball shirts printed with the phrase. Perhaps that was a bit too “cheesy” (a word my grandchildren use a lot), but the theme reflects my own appreciation for the impact that the BYU Religious Education team has had on my life and family through the years. It is truly a privilege to be part of such a winning team. My position on the team changed somewhat with the appointment to serve as the thirteenth dean in the history of Religious Education at Brigham Young University. I feel like I was called up from the end of the bench and inserted into an important game without being fully ready. Yet, as I look at my team, my own apprehensions about these new responsibilities are diminished. I am surrounded by great teammates in Religious Education—faculty, staff, and students who are women and men of great ability and faithfulness—each with something important to contribute to the overall success of the work. I express appreciation to each of them, particularly the former deans and directors of the Religious Studies Center. In addition, I am particularly grateful for the generous friends of Religious Education who have helped fund so many of our endeavors. Each of them is a valuable member of our team. Likewise, we are grateful for our “teammates” who subscribe to the Religious Educator and purchase the books published by the Religious Studies Center. We’re all on the same team. Thanks to each of you for your own contributions to our work. With teamwork and your continued support, I am confident that the best is yet to come.

Sincerely,

Brent L. Top Dean of Religious Education

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RESEARCH UPDATE TEACHING LEGACY GLOBAL REACH The Joseph Smith Papers, the Book of Joseph Fielding McConkie: Dead Sea Scrolls Come to Utah Mormon Translation Process, and More No Compromise with Truth by Dana M. Pike and Donald W. Parry by Michael Hubbard MacKay by Robert L. Millet

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Foreword ...... 2 Outreach...... 15 Discoveries and Dialogue | by Thomas A. Wayment Notre Dame Conference Spearheads a New LDS-Catholic Dialogue | by Mauro Properzi Upcoming Events ...... 3 Q&A...... 18 Faculty & Staff Highlights ...... 4 A Conversation with Alexander L. Baugh Historian’s Corner...... 8 Spotlight...... 27 Religious Education and Missionary Training | Who Do We Turn To? | by Jeanine Ehat by Richard O. Cowan Notes on Faculty and Staff...... 28

New RSC Publications...... 34

Cover photo: On November 13, 1990, Joseph McConkie (eleventh from left) hosted a mission presidents’ seminar for the United Kingdom/Ireland Area under the direction of Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Twelve and Area President Jeffrey R. Holland (center back). The goal was to honor the 150th anniversary of Elder Orson Pratt’s dedicatory prayer over Scotland. The group is shown in front of Edinburgh Castle. Photo courtesy of Brenda McConkie.

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WINTER 2014 1 foreword

Discoveries and Dialogue

This issue of the Review features of other faiths are willing to reach We discussed the recent expansion of some of the excellent work being across the aisle and discuss with us the missionary work, the growth of done by the faculty in Religious some of the pertinent issues facing all both churches into Third World areas, Education as well as the enduring Christians in the twenty-first century. the efforts of Catholics to build peace contribution of the part-time faculty It was refreshing to hear from those networks that promote inner country members who teach courses for who have wrestled with modernity stability, and areas of joint interest in Religious Education. Within these for two thousand years. US politics. As Latter-day Saints step pages you will see the breadth of I was most encouraged by how into the floodlight on the public stage, scholarship that is currently under well informed our Catholic neighbors we are being carefully scrutinized and way: research on the history of are about The Church of Jesus Christ assessed. Liberty Jail and the Church’s pres- of Latter-day Saints and equally how One unexpected difference ence in Missouri; research into the well we are informed about Catholics. emerged in the discussions, one that I translation process of the Book of Mormon; and two recent conferences, one on the Dead Sea Scrolls and one at the University of Notre Dame. These are, however, but a small sampling of the many great and excit- ing projects currently under way in Religious Education. As the RSC publications director, I have the opportunity to see many of these projects firsthand and to receive reports on their progress. In December 2013 I had the opportunity to participate in the interfaith dialogue that was held at the University of Notre Dame. Our meet-

ings were successful, well attended, The Notre Dame Catholic and Latter-day Saint Conference, December 5–6, 2013. Pictured from left to and most of all encouraging that those right: Thomas Wayment, Peter Huff, Taylor Petrey, and Phil Barlow. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Smith.

2 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW upcoming events Open to the campus community and the general public

APRIL 2014 Friday, April 11, 2014 BYU EASTER CONFERENCE BYU’s annual Easter Conference will be at 7:00 p.m. on April 11, 2014, in the Joseph Smith Building (JSB) auditorium on BYU campus. This year’s conference will feature three speakers. Sister Elaine S. Dalton (keynote speaker), former Young Women general president of the Church; Lloyd D. Newell, announcer for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and a professor of Church history and doctrine at BYU; and D. Kelly Ogden, distinguished author, speaker, and educator. Each speaker will talk about certain aspects concerning the Savior’s life, his mission, the Atonement, and his influence in our lives today. There will also be musical presentations to enhance the evening. Attending the BYU found rather surprising and one that I Easter Conference is an ideal way to prepare for the Easter season. For details, visit rsc.byu.edu/conferences. have reflected upon since the conference. In a public survey, Latter-day OCTOBER 2014 Saints, more than any other religious Friday and Saturday, October 24–25, 2014 denomination, had an overwhelm- SIDNEY B. SPERRY SYMPOSIUM ingly positive opinion of themselves The title of this year’s symposium is “The Ministry of Peter, the Chief Apostle.” and their faith. They also had a strong The symposium will shed important light on the mission of the man whom sense of community and shared Jesus himself referred to as “the rock.” Presentations will treat Peter’s cultural background, his role in the apostolic church, many of his noted teachings, and identity. That positive self-identity is his important legacy in early Christianity and the Restoration. Peter is one who reflective of a healthy religion, one overcame his own weaknesses to become one of the most powerful witnesses that is thriving and growing and not of the divinity, mission, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The keynote speaker on the precipice of decline. Galatians will be Elder Bruce C. Hafen. For updated information, please visit rsc.byu.edu 5:22 came to mind: “The fruit of the /symposia/sperry. Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.” MARCH 2015 Thursday and Friday, March 5 and 6, 2015 (tentatively) I hope you will enjoy the new BYU CHURCH HISTORY SYMPOSIUM insights and discoveries that are Throughout the history of this symposium, presenters have included notable documented in this issue of the Review General Authorities of the Church, historians, scholars, educators, and authors. and that you will find insights that This symposium was established to annually explore a topic of special interest promote faith, encourage further in the history of the Church. Historians and scholars meet to share the fruits of reflection, and cause the excitement of their research with each other and a general audience of interested Latter-day Saints and friends. Selected papers from previous symposia have been printed the Restoration to grow within you. in books copublished by the Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book. For details and updated information about this symposium, visit rsc.byu.edu /conferences.

These events are free of charge, and registration is Thomas A. Wayment not required. Some event details are subject to change. Publications Director For more details, please visit us online at rsc.byu.edu BYU Religious Studies Center /conferences-and-symposia or contact Brent Nordgren at 801-422-3293.

WINTER 2014 3 highlights

Faculty Highlight: Amy Easton-Flake

AMY EASTON-FLAKE ([email protected]) IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU.

A my easton-flake received Latter-day Saint “Home Literature” her PhD in American literature (with in relation to the larger print culture, an emphasis in nineteenth-century the Book of Mormon through a women’s polemical fiction and narra- narrative lens, and reception history tive theory) from Brandeis University of the Book of Mormon. For the past in 2011. She also holds an MA in ten years, she has taught writing and women’s studies from Brandeis, an literature courses at Brigham Young MA in English from BYU, and a BA University, Arizona State University, in American studies and marriage, Framingham State University, and family, and human development Brandeis University as well as many from BYU. Her research interests seminary and institute courses on the include nineteenth-century women’s Book of Mormon and New Testament. reform literature, nineteenth-century She and her husband, Merrill, are the women’s biblical hermeneutics, parents of two children. Latter-day Saint women’s construction of self and place through print,

Faculty Highlight: Charles Swift

CHARLES SWIFT ([email protected]) IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU.

Charles swift is originally from dallas, texas. he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Christmas Day during his fresh- man year of college. A year later, he served in the Japan Kobe Mission. Before coming to BYU to teach in Religious Education, he earned his BA, MA, and PhD, attended Columbia Law School, worked several years at WordPerfect Corporation, and worked for five years as a full-time seminary teacher. He has published a number of articles and book chapters, with his research centered on scripture as sacred literature. He was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Member by the BYU chapter of Phi Eta Sigma for excellence in teaching freshmen. He holds the Teaching Fellowship in Religious Education and was awarded the Alcuin Fellowship by BYU for his efforts in General Education. He is married to the former Denise Fry, a returned missionary who served in the Japan Tokyo South Mission. They are the parents of three children and have two grandsons.

4 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW Faculty Highlight: Brad W. Farnsworth

BRAD W. FARNSWORTH ([email protected]) IS AN INSTRUCTOR OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU.

Brad w. farnsworth was born and raised in a military family, living in California, Minnesota, Missouri, Virginia, and eventually Provo, Utah, after his father retired. After completing a mission to Argentina, he continued his studies at BYU and received both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting in 1979. He worked for an international accounting firm for eleven years. He returned to BYU in 1994 as administrative vice president after spending two years at BYU–Hawaii. He taught Book of Mormon classes as a transfer faculty for nine years before serving as president of the Spain Madrid Mission in 2006. Since his return, he has received full-time teaching assignments in Book of Mormon, New Testament, and missionary preparation. He currently serves in the presidency of the Utah Provo Mission. Brad is married to Deborah Hulme Farnsworth, and they have five children and ten grandchildren.

Faculty Spotlight: Kerry Hull

KERRY HULL ([email protected]) IS A PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU.

K erry hull was born in University, Reitaku University, Hosei Honolulu, Hawaii, where he grew University, and the Tokyo University up with a surfboard in his hand. He of Foreign Studies. His research served a mission in Queensland, focuses primarily on the languages Australia, and then attended Utah and cultures of ancient and modern State University. There he earned a Mesoamerica, Polynesian linguis- BA in French and a BA in Spanish. tics, and literary studies. He met his He received a master’s degree in wife, Asa, in Japan in 1994, where applied linguistics from Georgetown they lived for eleven years. They have University and a PhD in linguistic been married for seventeen years and anthropology from the University have three children. His passions are of Texas at Austin. Before coming skiing, riding motorcycles, surfing, to BYU, he taught at the University and reading. of Texas at Austin, Southwestern

WINTER 2014 5 Research Update

The Joseph Smith Papers, the Book of Mormon Translation Process, and More

By Michael Hubbard MacKay

MICHAEL HUBBARD MACKAY ([email protected]) IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY AND DOCTRINE AT BYU.

A s a former historian for the joseph smith which has been peer reviewed by dozens of scholars, Papers Project, I have been working for several years with including Steven Stein and Harry Stout. From this a team of academics at the Church History Department in research I have developed several book projects that I am Salt Lake City. The Church Historian’s Press has recently now working on at BYU. published our work on the earliest foundational events of Funded by the Neil A. Maxwell Institute and the the Restoration, Documents, Volume 1: July 1828–June 1831, Religious Studies Center at BYU, my first project is

6 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW Joseph Smith’s experience in the chamber of Father Whitmer, June 1829 (D&C 128:21). Joseph Smith, History, Vol. A–1, p. 27.

Right: Glass plate negative of the “Caractors” document by Jacob H. Hicks, 1886. Characters copied from the gold plates. Photo courtesy of Clay County Museum and Historical Society, Liberty, Missouri. finishing a book, Joseph the Seer, about the translation and publication of the Book of Mormon. Though the translation of the Book of Mormon has been analyzed by academics for decades, this book places the translation into its individual context of place, space, and time instead This book places the translation into its of forming an overarching theory about the translation. individual context of place, space, and For example, Joseph Smith’s experience of translating the time instead of forming an overarching plates was idiosyncratic to each scribe and done at differ- theory about the translation. ing locations. The book also uncovers his secular attempt to translate the plates. It also reveals a whole new narrative about how the Book of Mormon was published. Based Joseph Smith’s translation projects; namely, the Book of upon the new dating of Doctrine and Covenants 19, found Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants section 7, the Bible, the in Documents, Volume 1, the negotiations with printers and Adamic language, the Book of Abraham, Hebrew studies, Martin Harris’s role is further explored and redefined. the Kinderhook plates, the Greek Psalter, and so forth. My second book project, Endowed with Power, focuses The proceedings of the conference will be edited and upon the restoration of priesthood authority and will published. Third, I have recently received a MEG grant be published through the Religious Studies Center at to fund a documentary editing project, which will repro- BYU. This book explores where and when the priesthood duce journals and letters from the first Japanese mission. restoration took place through a careful examination of Finally, I am editing my PhD dissertation on the history of accounts describing the earliest angelic visits to Joseph surgery, which will be published with Pickering & Chatto Smith between 1827 and 1830. It expands our understand- Publishers in their Social History of Medicine series. ing of authority by uncovering where and when Smith It is truly a blessing to be working for Brigham Young became a prophet and by careful analysis of a June 1829 University. My stewardship is intended to build the faith commandment from Christ about the power to give the of students and the membership of the Church, through gift of the Holy Ghost. It also adds new documentation for my publications and testimony in the classroom. As when Peter, James, and John appeared to Joseph Smith faculty members of Religious Education, we have the and Oliver Cowdery and what it was that they restored. privilege and burden of speaking to both the academy and It also untangles several historical knots pertaining to the the Church membership. I am enthralled by the amount establishment of the Church and its location. of resources and support Religious Education offers its I also have four other projects that are in their faculty. The support that is granted to the faculty creates formative or completion stages. First, I am developing a an environment where our growing research can clarify book for the Religious Studies Center about the coming gospel truths in a world of expanding information and forth of the Book of Mormon. Second, I have formed a allow our faculty to offer courses in religion that will conference with sixteen scholars to present papers about inspire students and build faith.

WINTER 2014 7 historian’s corner

Religious Education and Missionary Training

RICHARD O. COWAN ([email protected]) IS A PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY AND DOCTRINE AT BYU.

issionary preparation has Mbeen a major focus in the Lord’s work since the beginning.1 As early as May 1829, the Lord instructed Hyrum Smith, “Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word” (D&C 11:21). In 1832, the Lord directed Joseph Smith to organize a school of the prophets so that elders could “teach one another” in gospel and other subjects that they might “be prepared in all things” for their callings (see D&C 88:77–80, The announcement by President Monson that changed the ages missionaries are eligible to serve 118). The Lord expected the elders caused a wave of enthusiasm among Church members. Photo by Cody Bell, © Intellectual Reserve Inc. to “study and learn, and become acquainted with all good books, and By 1894 missionary classes at BYA presidents enthusiastically praised with languages, tongues, and people,” were being well attended. the results, believing that young men for he declared, “It shall come to In 1899 the academy’s president, who had received this training were pass in that day, that every man shall Benjamin Cluff Jr., noted, “It is often far superior to those who had not. hear the fulness of the gospel in his asserted by missionary presidents In 1925 the Church opened own tongue, and in his own language, that many of our young men who are its own Missionary Home and through those who are ordained unto called to preach the gospel are wholly, Preparatory Training School in this power” (D&C 90:15, 11). This or in part, unprepared, not because Salt Lake City. The home of one of school opened at Kirtland in January they have not a strong testimony, Brigham Young’s daughters on State of the following year. but because they are ignorant of the Street, just north of the Beehive Missionary training was impor- principles of the gospel and of the House, was remodeled to accom- tant during the early days of Brigham scriptures.” He therefore offered to modate the new program. Because at Young Academy (BYA). In 1883 organize a program at Brigham Young this time missionaries typically had “missionary meetings” were added Academy at no additional charge to responsibility for promoting Church to the offering of the Theological the Church. These classes included activities in addition to proselyting, Department, a forerunner to today’s instruction in theology, public their weeklong orientation featured Religious Education. Returned speaking, vocal music, language, presentations by the auxiliary organi- missionaries and even General penmanship, correspondence, and zations, as well as genealogy. Authorities addressed the young men. the conducting of meetings. Mission

8 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW LeRoi C. Snow, son of the late President Lorenzo Snow and the home’s first director, believed the greatest good accomplished by the home was in “helping the missionaries obtain the missionary spirit.” He was convinced that the elders’ concentrating their minds on the work The growing interest in missionary service has significantly impacted the demand for “mission prep” of the Lord, visiting the temple, seeing courses. Brad Wilcox, a former mission president, is pictured here teaching one of the missionary prayers answered, and having to preparation classes at BYU. Photo by Brent R. Nordgren. express themselves before their asso- ciates “all increase faith, strengthen history and beliefs of major Christian caused a wave of enthusiasm among testimony, and increase eagerness to and other religious bodies. During Church members. At the time of the preach the gospel and bear testi- the early 1980s, Church and MTC announcement, fifty-eight thousand mony.”2 As the number of missionaries officials were increasingly concerned missionaries were serving, and a year coming for training increased during about the quality of preparation later, their ranks had increased to later decades, this program moved received by Latter-day Saint youth eighty thousand. into larger facilities nearby. prior to their missionary service. This growing interest in mission- When elders going to Mexico and MTC personnel worked closely with ary service had a significant impact Argentina experienced lengthy delays BYU religion faculty members in on the demand for “mission prep” in obtaining visas, the Missionary developing a new missionary prepara- courses at BYU. As a result, during Language Institute was launched at tion course to be taught throughout winter semester 2013, six additional Brigham Young University in 1961. the Church Educational System. sections were added. Whereas in the It provided important language By the early twenty-first century, past, most students had been young instruction while the missionar- twelve sections of Religion C 130 men, young women now typically ies were waiting to enter the field. (Missionary Preparation) were being represented more than half the Two years later this program gained offered, typically taught by former enrollment. Religious Education mission status and became known mission presidents. The university leaders anticipate that this trend will as the Language Training Mission. catalog states that this course continue as an increasing number of German, Portuguese, and many other “focuses upon the purpose, skills, and young men will have completed their languages were eventually added to doctrines of missionary work and missions even before coming to BYU. the curriculum. In 1978 the mission- prepares prospective missionaries for Teaching missionary preparation ary home in Salt Lake City was closed a more meaningful MTC and mission classes will continue to be a favorite and all missionaries came directly to experience.” assignment of Religious Education Provo for their orientation. At this At the general conference in faculty and will surely help to prepare time the name Missionary Training October 2012, President Thomas S. thousands of future missionaries as Center was adopted. Monson announced that young the Lord hastens his work. Meanwhile, missionary prepa- men would be eligible for mission- ration classes continued to be an ary service at age eighteen rather 1 For a more complete history of missionary important part of the curriculum than nineteen, as long as they had training, see the author’s “‘Called to Serve’: A History of Missionary Training,” in Go at BYU. Typically, the outline of graduated from high school. Young Ye Into All the World (Provo, UT: Religious the class included a review of basic women could enter the mission field Studies Center, 2012), 23–44. gospel principles taught by missionar- at age nineteen rather than twenty- 2 LeRoi C. Snow, “The Missionary Home,” ies, as well as a consideration of the one. These changes immediately Improvement Era, May 1928, 552–54.

WINTER 2014 9 TEACHING LEGACY

NO COMPROMISE WITH TRUTH

• A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH FIELDING MCCONKIE •

BY ROBERT L. MILLET

ROBERT L. MILLET ([email protected]) IS A PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE, BYU.

The passing of joseph fielding mcconkie on the Tallahassee First Ward. I was invited to accompany October 10, 2013, is a great loss to the Church and the the stake president, Richard Chapple, and his second Church Educational System (CES) in general. If he was counselor, Charles Madsen, to general conference in 1978. anything—and he was many things—Joseph was a religious The day before conference began, the three of us went educator, a superb one. His death is also a great personal into the downtown store of Deseret Book to browse. In loss, creating an empty space that I do not anticipate will sorting through the newest publications, I noticed a book ever be refilled. He was one of a kind, and I will miss him. by Joseph Fielding McConkie entitled Seeking the Spirit, I first came in contact with Joseph and his teachings which I purchased primarily to occupy my mind in the through the written word. In 1977 my wife and family Tabernacle the next day prior to the start of the Friday and I relocated to Tallahassee, Florida, where I served as morning session. As I had anticipated, my colleagues the director of the institute of religion adjacent to Florida and I entered the Tabernacle on Friday at about 8:00 a.m. State University. Within a year I was called as bishop of and thus had two hours to wait. I stood and stretched

10 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW and scoped out the place for any persons in attendance The Millennial Messiah. I can still remember looking around that I might know and eventually opened the book and to see if anyone else was as intellectually startled as I was, began to read. I first glanced at the title page. Of course I and I noticed across the room that George Horton was recognized the name of the author and knew something engaged in an animated conversation with Gerald Lund of his background in the CES and that he was now a about these things. I enjoyed the symposium very much, member of the Religious Education faculty at Brigham as I always did, and took many things home with me on Young University. I seemed to have remembered that he which to reflect. When The Millennial Messiah was released, had written a brief biography/tribute to his grandfather I devoured it and was once again quite startled by Elder Joseph Fielding Smith and also a short book on teaching, McConkie’s rather unusual teachings about the gathering Teach and Reach, which I had read as a very inexperienced of Israel. I phoned Robert J. Matthews, BYU’s dean of seminary teacher in Salt Lake City. Religious Education, and asked him what he thought about I was immediately drawn into Seeking the Spirit, the whole thing, what he made of Joseph’s teachings and of captured by the penetrating message it delivered—that Elder McConkie’s book. Dean Matthews calmly explained it is the spiritual right, and even responsibility, of every that he agreed completely with Joseph’s conclusions and Latter-day Saint to seek after and receive personal then added humorously, “Now, Bob, if you will read and revelation. Several times during the next hour and a half study this book [The Millennial Messiah] carefully, then I interrupted my friends in whatever they were doing to put it under your pillow at night, you will be exalted in the read aloud something I had come across in the book. I celestial kingdom!” I have often wished that it was that easy. was also impressed by Joseph’s style of writing. He was obviously the son of Elder Bruce R. McConkie, and he wrote with the boldness and fearlessness of a McConkie, but I noticed that he made his points more quickly, more directly than his father, yet was no less profound in his pronouncements. He wrote as one having authority, one who had paid a significant price in gospel study to be able to elucidate sacred principles and to do so with spiritual persuasiveness. A few years later I traveled to Provo to participate in the CES Religious Educators’ Symposium on the Book of Mormon. I attended a presentation by Joseph McConkie on the Gathering of Israel and the Second Coming of Christ. This time I was stunned, not by the power of the presentation alone, but by what he was teaching. Joseph put forward an approach to the gathering of Israel, including the gathering of the ten tribes, that I had not encountered before. He didn’t speak of the lost tribes in the center of the earth or on the North Star or another planet, but rather as a people scattered among the nations who would be gathered just like everyone else is gathered—through receiving the

testimony of the Book of Mormon, accepting the restored Above: Called to preside over the Scotland Edinburgh Mission, Joseph gospel, and joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- and Brenda McConkie, June 1989.

day Saints. And then, of all things, to substantiate his most Opposite page, left to right: Bruce R. McConkie with Joseph about unusual claims, he quoted extensively from the Book of 1942. Joseph Fielding McConkie, professor of ancient scripture at BYU. Captain and chaplain Joseph F. McConkie, Vietnam, 1968. Photos Mormon and then at length from a book by his father yet courtesy of Brenda McConkie. to be published by Deseret Book. The book, of course, was

WINTER 2014 11 presented in exactly the same way to be effective. I came to appreciate Joseph’s most distinctive teaching style. For example, the two of us were invited to be the two presenters at an all-day Book of Mormon symposium at the stake center adjacent to the Washington D.C. Temple, where several hundred people assembled. As Oliver Cowdery might have said, it was a day “never to be forgotten” (see Messenger and Advocate, October 1834, 14). While I cannot remember the exact order in which the classes took place, but the day went something like this:

The Nature of Fallen Man (Millet) Redemption through the Holy Messiah (McConkie) Ye Must Be Born Again (Millet) The Destiny of the House of Israel (McConkie)

And so forth, for eight hours. I recall being rather surprised at the end of the day how quickly the day Institute director in Seattle, Washington, 1973–77. seemed to have passed and also how energized we both felt at 5:00 p.m. It was an invigorating experience, both spiritually and physically. We did this on a number of I joined the BYU religion faculty in the summer occasions. In addition, among my fondest memories are of 1983, and, as fate would have it, my office was right the times the two of us served as tour guides to the Holy across the hall from Joseph’s in the old Joseph Smith Land, to the British Isles, and to Church history sites. In Building. He roamed over to my place one day soon the latter example, I will go to my grave rejoicing in the after I arrived, introduced himself, and we struck up a supernal experience we had as a group to be able to be in conversation. Before long we began to talk about where the Kirtland Temple for a three-hour period, courtesy of we had worked, and in particular our experiences with our friend Lachlan Mackay of the Reorganized Church anti-Mormon propaganda, he having encountered it in full (now Community of Christ). We sang a number of the force in Washington state, and I in Florida and Georgia. hymns that had been written and sung at the dedication of He looked at me and said, “Maybe we ought to do a book that temple in 1836, I spoke for a little over an hour on the together.” Many months later we submitted a manuscript Lectures on Faith, and Joseph then waxed eloquent about to Bookcraft, and sometime after that our first coauthored the first day of dedication and the coming of Moses, Elias, book, Sustaining and Defending the Faith, was released. It and Elijah a week later. There were many tears of joy and was, as they say, the beginning of a beautiful friendship. testimony shed that day, including those of our host. Over the next eleven years we coauthored ten books and I want to say something more specifically about him edited each other’s works. as a teacher. I know of no one who could engage a scrip- People who know Joseph and me quite well have tural text as tenaciously and rigorously as Joseph Fielding often asked how we worked together so harmoniously, McConkie. He was born to be a scriptural exegete! On given that we had two very different teaching and writing several occasions philosophy majors at BYU shared styles. Over the years I have had a number of people say, with me that it had been recommended strongly by their for example, that they could easily tell which chapters of academic advisers that they enroll in classes taught by a book he had written and which I had done. Our answer Joseph McConkie. Why? Because he taught from and to the query was simple: we believed in and taught the stayed with the scriptural text. I can remember the two same doctrine and were not persuaded that it had to be of us speaking to a large group on doctrinal themes of the

12 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW Pearl of Great Price. Joseph assigned himself the topic of the roundtables. Many of those who were involved can the Abrahamic covenant. He worked with Abraham 2:8–11; still remember a fairly heavy conversation going forward, four verses, for fifty-five minutes, and still didn’t finish only to have it punctuated now and then by the following what he wanted to say at the time the session ended! He from Joseph: “Now hold on. Let’s think for a moment. Let also spoke at that same gathering on the preeminence of me teach you something.” And he would proceed to do so. Christ and drew upon Abraham 3 to demonstrate how all He was not only inspiring; he was entertaining to watch. things bear witness of the Redeemer. When his missionaries in the Scotland Edinburgh I recall the day, during the time when I was serving Mission, where he and Brenda presided for three years, as dean of Religious Education, that President Merrill J. began to return home, a goodly number of them enrolled Bateman said to the deans of the various colleges, essen- in my classes. I say without hesitation that these returned tially, “We need to find ways to get the blessings of Brigham missionaries were distinctively different: they had a love Young University out to the greater Church; this is their for and a devotion to the Restoration that was obvious university too.” I came back to my office, did some prayer- in the way they spoke and the manner in which they ful thinking, spoke with my associate deans Don Cannon responded to questions. In addition, they had a familiarity and Larry Dahl, and decided to move forward with an with and commitment to the Restoration scriptures that idea: we would essentially set up a religion course for the was contagious. It was clear to me and to other members KBYU television audience. These came to be known as the of the faculty that these young people had, in both zone Scripture Roundtables, where four or five of the religion conferences and in private interviews, been privileged to faculty would discuss a section of scripture and share sit at the feet of a master teacher. their respective insights into the passages under consid- There is so much more I could say, so many occasions eration. We decided to start with the Pearl of Great Price, where I saw the power of God resting upon him as he read and we determined in those early days of the filming to from and expounded the scriptures. Much like his father, hold fifty-five minute segments. Joseph was never more Joseph never left anyone wondering where he stood on animated and colorful than when he was a participant in important matters. That didn’t always win friends to his

On May 9, 1984, Joseph, Robert J. Matthews, and S. Kent Brown visited the Great Pyramid of Giza (also known as the Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops). This pyramid is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one to remain largely intact.

WINTER 2014 13 cause, and sometimes listeners went away offended by miss our association with our beloved colleague Joseph his certitude. But with Joseph there was no compromise but rest secure in our knowledge that the restored gospel when for him truth was at stake. is being preached with great power in the postmortal spirit For some of us who have been around for a while, world and that Joseph Fielding McConkie may now enjoy there’s a particular melancholy associated with the passing the sweet association of his great-grandfather Joseph F. of some of the great religious educators, especially those Smith; his grandfathers, Joseph Fielding Smith and Oscar who were irreplaceable doctrinal giants, great redwoods in W. McConkie; and his father, Bruce R. McConkie. What the theological forest, men who were fearless and peerless a reunion! What a classroom! And, oh, what testimony is defenders of the faith: Daniel Ludlow, Robert Matthews, now being borne on the other side! Truman Madsen, and now Joseph McConkie. We will all

THE FINAL WORD

THOUGHTS FROM JOSEPH FIELDING McCONKIE

INTERVIEW BY PAUL HOSKISSON JOSEPH FIELDING MCCONKIE (1941–2013) WAS A PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU. PAUL Y. HOSKISSON ([email protected]) IS A PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU. THIS INTERVIEW WAS HELD IN FEBRUARY 2013.

One of the things that most of us old guys feel his own genius. To suppose that everyone is equally adept is something of an urge or responsibility to do before we at teaching is no different than supposing that we are all leave this frail existence is to write a little personal history equally gifted as artists, musicians, or any other of a thou- or at least some kind of collection of memories or counsel sand things. or instruction or whatever that we would like to pass on to Most of what enriches our lives comes from those our family. So that’s one of the projects I’ve been working who are not teachers. Yet it is the privilege of the teacher on during the course of the winter months. to aid others in the use of the gifts that God has given them. In my personal history, I have taken the occasion to And as a personal part of my teaching philosophy, notes talk a little bit about my feelings about what a teacher have no place in the classroom. There is not a teacher alive is and what it means to be a teacher since my life has who would not be well served to be more dependent on essentially been spent in classrooms. Well, I wouldn’t the Spirit and less dependent on their outline or, worse inflict that on anybody, but there are a few one-liners that still, on someone else’s outline. Most talks and lessons I wouldn’t be offended to have preserved. . . . I would like would be greatly improved if those giving them would this expression to be remembered: teaching is a sacred spend less time searching the Internet and more time trust. This includes the decision as to what you teach and searching their souls. Every member of the Church has what you do not teach. No teacher has succeeded who been given the gift of the Holy Ghost so that God can has not helped instill in the hearts of those he has taught reveal things to them and through them. a testimony of the restored gospel. The ability to teach is A teacher is simply a servant of truth, and a friend of a spiritual gift, and all have not the same gift. It was not those who seek it. All truth edifies, and thus the role of the intended that we all be teachers. To every man is given teacher is to lift and build.

14 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW outreach notre dame conference spearheads a new lds-catholic dialogue by mauro properzi

MAURO PROPERZI ([email protected]) IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY AND DOCTRINE AT BYU.

On december 5–6, 2013, several Catholic and LDS scholars with Catholic and Latter-day Saint scholars Mark Noll, a renowned professor from various colleges and universities of history at Notre Dame, as a very met at the University of Notre Dame welcome evangelical “outsider.” in South Bend, Indiana, for a two-day Understandably, the Catholic contin- conference entitled “Catholics and gent was, for the most part, based Mormons: A New Dialogue.” It was at Notre Dame, with Peter Huff jointly sponsored by Brigham Young (Centenary College of Louisiana), University and the University of Notre Matthew Wilson (Southern Dame. Its purpose was to function as a Methodist University), and Stephen “conversation starter” for scholars who Webb (retired professor of Wabash

have a general interest in the intersec- College) being the exceptions. On the Kathleen Cummings, Terryl Givens, and David tion of Mormonism and Catholicism. other hand, the LDS group of scholars Campbell. Photos courtesy of Jennifer Smith. For this reason, the conference did varied extensively in geographical my introductory remarks aimed not have a specific subject focus. The provenance. It included all three at framing interfaith dialogue in a presentations ranged widely from Mormon Studies chairs in US univer- broad context of personal encoun- theology and history to the social sities (Patrick Mason, Claremont; ter, authenticity, and disagreement sciences. Phil Barlow, Utah State; Kathleen between trustworthy interlocutors. The conference was hosted by Flake, Virginia), nationally renowned I concluded with some comments the Rooney Center for the Study of scholars Richard Bushman and Terryl on the word new in the title of the American Democracy at Notre Dame, Givens, young LDS professors from conference and explained it in the which is directed by David Campbell. institutions in Virginia and Michigan, context of the increasing number David, a political science professor and BYU Religious Education faculty. of Latter-day Saints who are being and the only LDS faculty member at In addition to the twenty present- trained at Catholic universities, often Notre Dame, was one of the orga- ers, a group of about twenty or thirty in subjects directly related to religion. nizers of the conference alongside interested observers, both Catholic The highlight of this session was the Thomas Wayment and myself (both and LDS, brought the attendance to a keynote address by Professor Terryl BYU Religious Education faculty). total of about fifty individuals. Givens, who spoke with his usual The group of twenty presenters The first session of the confer- finesse about the need to deepen was almost evenly divided between ence, on Thursday night, began with our understanding of the Mormon

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concepts of apostasy and restoration of Mormons and Catholics. He also parishes, one liberal and one conser- in order to open the door of conversa- compared Mormon and Catholic vative. She stressed the difference in tion with Catholicism. Through the views of each other, highlighting the emphasis by the two groups in relation use of the “woman in the wilderness” fact that Mormons feel more warmth to the meaning of their Church identity. image found in the book of Revelation, towards Catholics than toward any The second morning session Givens highlighted Joseph Smith’s other group and that Catholics feel began with Kathleen Flake’s explora- view of apostasy as temporary exile more warmth towards Mormons tion of the theological meaning of rather than disappearance. He further than do black, evangelical Protestants marriage in Mormonism, particularly spoke of restoration as a process (at and the “nones” (religiously unaffili- in its eschatological (with reference times tentative), which makes use ated), but less than what Jews and to the end of times) significance. A of light and truth found in Christian mainline Protestants feel. Matthew recently discovered historical docu- churches to expand rather than Bowman’s remarks juxtaposed the ment recording a plural marriage reset the doctrinal clock. Givens also Second Vatican Council and the LDS celebrated by Newel K. Whitney was highlighted the centrality of author- establishment of correlation in the used as an illustration of her analy- ity to any Mormon understanding sixties as similar but also different sis. Mark Noll followed Flake with of the Apostasy and rejected the ways of addressing the challenges of a historical overview of nineteenth- view that Reformation theology is, modernity and the question of mean- century American perceptions of as a whole, closer to LDS teachings ing of “the Church.” Matthew Wilson Mormons and Catholics as well as than Catholic doctrine is. Professor presented a picture of American of LDS-Catholic mutual perceptions Kathleen Cummings, director of Catholicism as a wide spectrum of in the same time period. He brought to light several similarities but also two significant differences. Scott Appleby then concluded the session The highlight of this session was the keynote address by by acknowledging that both Mormons Professor Terryl Givens, who spoke with his usual and Catholics have historically finesse about the need to deepen our understanding of recognized the role of the state in the Mormon concepts of apostasy and restoration in bringing about the common good but that Mormonism has a unique stress order to open the door of conversation with Catholicism. on being “a people,” which is often manifested in the “taking care of our own” approach to welfare policies. the Cushwa Center for the Study political and theological views, where After lunch, Phil Barlow began of American Catholicism at Notre age, church attendance, and Latino by highlighting four possible areas Dame, concluded the session by versus Anglo ethnic identity play a of concern that are likely shared by briefly responding to Givens’s paper defining role in the existing differ- Catholics and Mormons, including and by suggesting that a possible area ences. However, he also stressed that crises of faith, the nature of prophetic of dialogue between Catholics and Catholic institutional teachings are authority, the role of the Bible, and Mormons may be found in exploring more significant than the diverging religious pluralism. Barlow suggested the concept and experience of holi- views of individual Catholics gath- that perhaps the two traditions could ness in both traditions. ered through surveys. Mary Ellen learn something from the other The main day of the conference Konieczny concluded the session by when addressing these difficulties. began with two morning sessions. In further highlighting how polarized Thomas Wayment drew some paral- the first, David Campbell spoke about American Catholics can be on issues lels between the early Christians’ some of the findings that emerge related to the family through a report construction of their religious identity from surveying the political views of her study of two very different vis-à-vis a different group, namely the

16 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW Conference presenters at the Notre Dame LDS–Catholic Dialogue, December 5–6, 2013.

Jews’ and the Mormons’ historical direction. They suggested as possible LDS interfaith dialogue moves beyond construction of their identity “on the factors for this disparity the historical a conversation with Evangelicals backs” of Catholics. Wayment then youth of Mormonism, a history that to include Catholics. Brad Gregory, argued that Mormonism does not moved from conflict with, to accom- Notre Dame professor of history, have the need to define itself against modation to the US government, and responded to Bushman’s address by another religion anymore. Taylor an LDS tendency for eschatological pinpointing what he identified as Petrey moved the focus to the topic of political thinking. Timothy Matovina, key theological differences between feminism, highlighting the existence Notre Dame professor of theol- Mormonism and Catholicism, thus of parallel strands of conservative ogy, then spoke about Catholicism’s wanting to curb excessive enthusiasm (“complementarity”) and liberal historical attempts to find unity in about the parallels between the two (“oppositional”) feminisms in both diversity by highlighting the histori- traditions. His remarks were followed Catholic and LDS traditions, whereas cal mileposts of the Edict of Milan by a lively Q&A discussion and by a Peter Huff spoke about the need and Vatican II as moments of deep closing dinner in a unique location: to transform potential obstacles to introspection about this very question. the press box room of the Notre Dame LDS-Catholic dialogue into bridges. Stephen Webb concluded the session football stadium. Huff’s presentation drew attention to with a discussion of nineteenth- The conference was undoubt- the ecumenical Mariology (the theo- century Protestant associations edly a success as well as a memorable logical study of Mary) of Vatican II and of Mormonism with Catholicism experience. Several of the partici- to Nephi’s vision of Mary in the Book particularly as evident in such accusa- pants have already provided of Mormon concluding the session tions as the use of magic, an excessive suggestions on future directions for with a call to explore this interesting sense of place, and sexual deviancy. additional conferences with more topic in comparative fashion. The conference was then brought focused themes. It is certainly my The second afternoon session to a conclusion with a keynote address hope that interest in LDS-Catholic started with two presentations by by Professor Richard Bushman, who dialogue will be expanded in both LDS Notre Dame alumni Patrick spoke about Mormon loneliness and Mormon and Catholic circles and Mason and Jeremiah John. Mason the Mormon desire to connect with that one day we will be able to look and John addressed the question other religious groups in the world at the Notre Dame conference as the of Mormon involvement, or lack after a history of both imposed and inaugural meeting of an ongoing and thereof, in social justice and conflict self-imposed isolation. Bushman fruitful conversation. For the time resolution endeavors in comparison suggested that Catholics can help being, as they would say at Notre to Catholicism’s visible efforts in this Mormons find their place in history as Dame, “we have got the first down.”

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Reflections on the Mormon Experience in Clay County, Missouri, and the Liberty Jail

By Alexander L. Baugh and Rachel Ishoy

ALEXANDER L. BAUGH ([email protected]) IS A PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CHURCH HISTORY AND DOCTRINE AT BYU.

RACHEL ISHOY ([email protected]) IS A STUDENT EDITOR AT THE RELIGIOUS STUDIES CENTER AT BYU.

Q: Professor Baugh, could you tell me about some of the history of the area of Clay County, Missouri? A: When many Latter-day Saints think about Liberty or Clay County Missouri, they generally think about Liberty Jail. And they should, because it was the location where Joseph Smith and five others were incarcerated from December 1, 1838 to April 6, 1839 (127 days). But many Latter-day Saints are rather surprised to learn that Clay County was the main place of Mormon gathering in Missouri

from November 1833 to the latter part Alexander L. Baugh, BYU professor of Church history and doctrine, speaking at the fiftieth anniver- of 1836. During this time, a great deal sary commemoration of the Historic Liberty Jail Visitors’ Center, Liberty, Missouri, October 12, 2013. Photo courtesy of Valerie Anderson. of history took place in Clay County. For example, Zion’s Camp went there was fully organized in Clay County were much more hospitable to in the summer of 1834; the Saints during those years, presided over by the Saints than Jackson County’s eventually established fourteen the Missouri presidency with David citizens. Following the expulsion of settlements; and by 1836, there were Whitmer as president, W. W. Phelps the Mormons from Jackson County probably about 1,500 Latter-day and John Whitmer as counselors, and in late 1833, the citizens living in Saints living there, which probably a high council. Clay County took the Saints in; they represented about twenty percent of I think it is significant to note provided shelter, homes, jobs, and the county’s population. The Church that the citizens in Clay County employment. It’s interesting to note

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that Clay’s citizens who were kind to 1, 1838, Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, The fireside was broadcast to six or the Mormons were even nicknamed Sidney Rigdon, Caleb Baldwin, seven stake centers in Missouri and “Jack Mormons.” When I was young, Alexander McRae, and Lyman Wight Kansas. I’m guessing there were prob- the old-timers in my ward sometimes began their incarceration in the ably several thousand people who had called those who were less active in Liberty Jail, so 2013 marked the 175th the opportunity to participate in the the Church “Jack Mormons,” but the anniversary of that event. In addition, commemoration. So it was a wonder- term originated in the early 1830s in September 1963, the LDS Church ful event. I hope in twenty-five years and was first applied to the residents completed and dedicated the Liberty when we celebrate the 200th anniver- of Clay County who were friendly Jail Visitors’ Center, which included sary of the Liberty Jail that I’m still toward the Mormons. a reconstructed cut-away model of around and maybe I can go back and Significantly, today there are the original jail, so 2013 marked the speak again. I’ll be eighty-one years several places of interest in Clay 50th anniversary of the facility. Early old, but I’d love to go back. County where visitors can learn more in 2013, Elder Douglas Brenchley, about the early history of the Latter- the director of the Independence Q: Could you tell me more about day Saints in the area. For example, Visitors’ Center and the Liberty Jail the other prisoners in Liberty Jail? in 2012, a beautiful monument, Visitors’ Center, began planning and Why they were there? located about three and a half miles organizing a special 50th anniver- A: Following the Mormon surren- southwest of Liberty, was dedicated sary commemoration of the visitors’ der to Missouri militia authorities to commemorate the establishment center and contacted me to be one of in late October 1838, Joseph Smith, of the Church in Clay County. The the speakers. Most of the activities along with six other prisoners, were monument is situated in a beautiful for the two-day event (October 12–13, taken to Independence, where they park-like setting and is located on the 2013), cosponsored by the Liberty remained for a few days. Then they former property of Michael Arthur, Missouri Stake, were held in the were transferred to Richmond in Ray a non-Mormon who befriended rotunda of the building, with overflow County for a preliminary hearing the Mormons. The monument also accommodations provided in various conducted by Austin A. King, a circuit includes information about Christian rooms throughout the visitors’ center. court judge for the state of Missouri. Whitmer and Peter Whitmer Jr. (two Besides me, Susan Easton Black, BYU Eventually sixty-four Mormon men of the Eight Witnesses to the Book professor emeritus of Church history (including Joseph Smith) were of Mormon who died in Clay County and doctrine, and Daniel C. Peterson, arraigned before Judge King in a and are buried on the Arthur prop- BYU professor of Islamic studies and hearing that lasted from November erty), the organization of the Missouri Arabic, also spoke. The commemora- 12 to 29. The hearing was held to presidency and high council, and the tion included a reader’s theater and determine if there was probable cause disbanding of Zion’s Camp. Other special musical numbers. On Sunday against the Mormon prisoners for places of interest include Alexander afternoon, October 13, Elder M. any illegal activity they might have W. Doniphan’s grave, the Clay County Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the participated in during the Mormon Courthouse, the Liberty Jail Visitors’ Twelve and Elder Robert C. Gay of the War. At the conclusion of the hear- Center, and, of course, the Kansas Seventy were the featured speakers. A ing, King determined that there City Missouri Temple. number of local dignitaries, including was probable cause against Joseph Liberty’s mayor, Lyndell Brenton, also Smith, Hyrum Smith, Caleb Baldwin, Q: Could you tell me about your shared remarks. Later that evening, Alexander McRae, and Lyman Wight experience speaking in October Elder Ballard, Elder Gay, and Donald for committing acts of treason in 2013 at the 175th anniversary of J. Keyes, president of the Missouri Daviess County, and probable cause Joseph Smith’s imprisonment? Independence Mission, spoke at a against Sidney Rigdon for acts of trea- A: The year 2013 actually marked fireside at the Liberty Stake Center son committed in Caldwell County. two anniversaries. First, on December adjacent to the Kansas City temple. In addition, Judge King ordered

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Parley P. Pratt, Luman Gibbs, Norman A: Yes, there are some misconcep- the others were allowed to visit with Shearer, Morris Phelps, and Darwin tions, or perhaps we could also say him at his office. William T. Wood, Chase to stand trial for their involve- folklore, regarding the experience of another Liberty lawyer, also recalled ment in the Battle of Crooked River. Joseph Smith and the other Liberty that the Mormon prisoners were Because of the nature of the charges, Jail prisoners. First, there’s a miscon- permitted to visit him in his law office. none of the prisoners were permit- ception that the prisoners could not So they were allowed some limited ted to post bail and be released until even stand up in the jail. In 1888, time outside the jail. their hearings convened in March Andrew Jenson, who later became Finally, following their release, 1839, which meant that they would the assistant Church historian, visited both Hyrum Smith and Lyman Wight spend the entire winter in confine- the jail and took measurements. He gave statements to the effect that ment. Since the Richmond Jail could noted that the dungeon cell, or the during their incarceration they were not hold all eleven prisoners (it was lower chamber was six and a half feet fed human flesh, which they referred also still unfinished), King ordered high. Although Alexander McRae was to as “Mormon beef.” Sometime later Joseph Smith and the other five men the tallest of the Liberty Jail prison- in Utah, Alexander McRae attested to who were charged with treason to ers—family members report him the same thing. Although Clay County be confined in Liberty Jail, while the being six feet six inches tall—neither had its share of unruly characters, it’s five who participated in the Crooked McRae nor any of the other prison- hard to imagine that those in charge River engagement were ordered to ers ever mentioned they could not of the Mormon prisoners could be confined in the Richmond Jail. So stand upright. Significantly, historical do something that gruesome and that’s the backdrop. sources indicate they actually spent repugnant. There can be no question On December 1, Joseph Smith most of the time during the day in the that their food was mundane and at wrote a letter to Emma Smith indicat- upper chamber, where they would times perhaps even unhealthy and ing that they had arrived in Liberty entertain visitors and eat their meals. inedible, and while they obviously that day and were confined in the Andrew Jenson reported that room believed that they were fed human Liberty Jail. Until about the middle to be seven feet high, so the idea that remains, this was probably not the of February 1839, the prisoners had they could not stand up is probably case. For one thing, the attorneys a steady stream of visitors, who not accurate. representing the Mormon leaders, brought food, changes of clothing, Second, there seems to be a particularly Alexander Doniphan and letters. We know Emma visited misconception that the prisoners and Peter H. Burnett, who were also the prison on at least three occa- remained confined in the jail during charged with seeing to the welfare sions. The other prisoners’ families their entire incarceration and were of their clients, would never have and friends also came and went. On never allowed to go outside. However, allowed such treatment. Years later numerous occasions they visited with we have good historical documenta- when William T. Wood, a Liberty their attorneys and other visitors to tion showing otherwise. James H. attorney, whom I mentioned earlier, set up their case and to negotiate how Ford, a deputy sheriff at the time, said consulted with the Mormon prisoners the Mormons should leave the state. that on occasion he accompanied during their incarceration, and James After mid-February, when most of the the prisoners on walks around the H. Ford, who frequently had charge Latter-day Saints had made their way town to get some exercise and fresh of the prisoners—both respected citi- out of Missouri, the number of visi- air. He even allowed them to occa- zens—learned of such reports, both tors to the jail dropped dramatically. sionally enjoy a good meal at a local men emphatically dismissed them. tavern. But during these excursions Without question, Liberty Jail was Q: Are there any misconcep- they were probably kept under heavy dingy, dirty, unsanitary, unpleasant, tions about the experiences of the guard and were maybe even chained. and a miserable place to be confined, Mormon prisoners in Liberty Jail? Alexander W. Doniphan, one of their but they could move about inside, attorneys, indicated the Prophet and they were occasionally permitted to

20 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW leave the jail, and, although their food was course, they were probably never given human remains.

Q: Tell me more about the sections in the Doctrine and Covenants that Joseph Smith received while in the Liberty Jail. A: Most Latter-day Saints are famil- iar that sections 121, 122, and 123 in the Doctrine and Covenants, came from a March 20, 1839, letter dictated by Joseph Smith from Liberty Jail to Church leaders in Quincy, Illinois. Portions of the twenty-nine-page letter contain some of the Prophet’s most powerful teachings and expres- sions. In the 1870s, when Orson Pratt was preparing a new edition The Historic Liberty Jail Visitors’ Center, Liberty, Missouri, October 2013. The visitors’ center was dedicated on September 15, 1963, by President Joseph Fielding Smith. Photo by Alexander L. Baugh. of the scriptures for publication, he reviewed the documents of Joseph Smith in the Church’s possession, wanted him to become. When he left not be numbered less; therefore, fear including earlier published extrac- the jail in April 1839, he came out a not what man can do, for God shall be tions of the March 20, 1839, letter. different man. In a letter dictated with you forever and ever.” So Liberty Pratt selected some of the most by Joseph Smith from the jail to Jail was a refiner’s fire for the Prophet. moving and doctrinally significant Presendia Huntington Buell, dated From these three statements—and passages, provided versification, and March 15, 1839, as he was nearing the there are many more—we learn just then arranged them into sections for end of his confinement, he wrote, “It a few of the lessons he learned. He publication in the 1876 edition of the seems to me that my heart will always became more tenderhearted, he Doctrine and Covenants. So today we be more tender after this then it ever recognized the necessity of opposi- can thank Pratt for reviewing that was before.” He then explained that tion, and he had complete confidence material and including the material he believed that much of what he in God’s promise of deliverance. which became D&C sections 121, 122, was going through was because he When a person visits the jail and and 123. In addition, Joseph Smith understood there must be opposition ponders about some of the things wrote several additional letters from in all things (see 2 Nephi 2:11). “It has that took place there, I hope they will Liberty Jail which also provide some been the plan of the devil to hamper be able to sense the significance of wonderful instructional teaching, but me and distress me from the begin- Liberty Jail in the Prophet’s life. And these have not been canonized. ning,” he wrote, “to keep me from although it was an extremely difficult, explaining myself to them [the Latter- lonely, and painful experience, Joseph Q: What kind of effect did the day Saints] and I never have had the grew from it. He became a better Liberty Jail experience have on opportunity to give them the plan individual, a better prophet, and a Joseph Smith? that God has revealed to me.” And better leader with more compassion A: Liberty Jail was a life-changing finally, in the March 20, 1839, letter and confidence. I think we can gain experience for the Prophet. It helped he received divine reassurance: “Thy similar understanding regarding the him define who he was and what God days are known, and thy years shall

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trials and the opposition we each face 50,000 visitors a year. So if you multi- A: I hope from our conversation in our own lives. ply that by fifty years, then it’s easy to that it is evident that Clay County is see that a lot of people have visited rich in early LDS history. But that Q: How did the Liberty Jail the site. I think most people who history continues today, not only with Visitors’ Center come to be? visit the jail experience some very the growth of the Church in the area, A: The jail is quite a Mormon powerful spiritual feelings. I know I but the fact that there are sites that landmark, as with all of our visi- did when I first visited the jail in June serve as a reminder of our past—like tors’ centers, but the Liberty Jail 1979, and I still do. Each time I visit, the Liberty Jail Visitors’ Center Visitors’ Center was really the first it’s like stepping back in time. I try and the monument erected in 2012 of the modern visitors’ centers in to imagine what the experience was to commemorate the Clay County the Church. It was constructed and like for Joseph Smith and the other period. In addition, the dedication of dedicated in 1963, so it’s been around prisoners, but I try to understand why the Kansas City temple is the newest for fifty years. Many Latter-day Saints it was necessary for him, and for us, Mormon landmark, which stands as and their families traveling east or to experience trials, and it’s been very a symbol, not only of the present and west have taken the time to stop in helpful. the future, but also as a memorial Liberty to tour the historic jail. If to those Saints who established the you crunch the numbers, literally Q: How would you summarize Church in Clay County in the 1830s. hundreds of thousands of people have the significance of Clay County, visited the jail, as many as 30,000 to Missouri, in Mormon history?

Earliest known photo of Liberty Jail, date unknown, ca. 1878, glass plate photo by Jacob T. Hicks, courtesy of Clay County Historical Society and Museum, Liberty, Missouri. Inscription on photo: “Old Jail, Liberty, Mo., Jo Smith was incarcerated here in the year 1837. Photo by Hicks.”

22 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW Historic Mormon Sites and Events in Clay County, Missouri during the early Clay County period, is dedicated by Donald D. Deshler, NOVEMBER 1833–AUGUST 1836 treason. With the exception of Rigdon, an Area Seventy. The monument The Latter-day Saints establish four- who secures an early release on pays tribute to Michael Arthur, in teen settlements in Clay County. By February 5, 1839, the remaining five addition to the Eight Witnesses, two 1836, approximately 1,500 Mormons prisoners spend 127 days in the jail. of whom, Christian Whitmer and live in the county. Portions of a March 20, 1839, letter Peter Whitmer Jr., are buried on the dictated by Joseph Smith are later Arthur property. The monument also JUNE 22, 1834 canonized in the 1876 edition of the commemorates the July 3, 1838, orga- While camped on a branch of Fishing Doctrine and Covenants as sections nization of the Missouri presidency River about fourteen miles northeast of 121, 122, and 123. and high council by Joseph Smith, Liberty, Joseph Smith receives a revela- and the disbanding of Zion’s Camp. tion instructing the members of Zion’s AUGUST 1842 Camp to return to Ohio (D&C 105). From March 4 to December 13, 1843, OCTOBER 4, 2008 Orrin Porter Rockwell is incarcerated LDS Church President Thomas S. JUNE 24–29, 1834 for his alleged assassination attempt of Monson announces plans to build the While bivouacked on Rush Creek, two former Missouri governor Lilburn W. Kansas City Temple in Clay County, and one-half miles east of Liberty on Boggs. During his nine-month impris- Missouri. the property of George Burkett and onment, Rockwell spends most of his A. Sidney Gilbert, cholera breaks out time in the Jackson County Jail in APRIL 7–12, 2008 among the members of Zion’s Camp. Independence. However, in late August The Kansas City Temple open house Some sixty-eight Mormons contracted the court agrees to a change of venue is held. Over 92,000 visitors tour the the sickness and fifteen die. and he is taken to Clay County and put temple, including Missouri governor in the Liberty Jail, where he spends Jeremiah (Jay) W. Nixon and Kansas DECEMBER 1, 1838–APRIL 6, 1839 ten days before the court orders he be governor Samuel D. Brownback. Joseph Smith, Sidney Rigdon, Hyrum returned to Independence. Smith Lyman Wight, Alexander MAY 6, 2012 McRae, and Caleb Baldwin are SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 The Kansas City Temple, the 137th incarcerated in Liberty Jail to await Joseph Fielding Smith, President of operating temple, is dedicated by LDS their formal hearing on the charge of the Quorum of the Twelve, dedicates Church President Thomas S. Monson. the Historic Liberty Jail Visitors’ Center. The center includes a cut- OCTOBER 11–12, 2013 away replica of the original jail. A historic commemoration and symposium is held celebrating the NOVEMBER 19, 2011 50th anniversary of the Historic The Eight Witnesses Monument, Liberty Jail Visitors’ Center and also located approximately three and marking the 175th anniversary of the one-half miles southeast of Liberty imprisonment of Joseph Smith and on land formerly owned by Michael the other Church leaders. Elder M. Arthur, a non-Mormon who Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the befriended the Latter-day Saints Twelve is the keynote speaker.

Left: Eight Witnesses Monument, located approximately three and one-half miles southeast of Liberty, Missouri, July 25, 2013. The monument is located in a park-like setting on land formerly owned by Michael Arthur, a friendly non-Mormon. Photo by Alexander L. Baugh.

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By Dana M. Pike and Donald W. Parry

DANA M. PIKE ([email protected]) IS ASSOCIATE DEAN OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. DONALD W. PARRY (donald_parry@ byu.edu) IS A PROFESSOR OF THE HEBREW BIBLE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ASIAN AND NEAR EASTERN LANGUAGES AT BYU. BOTH HAVE EXTENSIVELY RESEARCHED AND PUBLISHED ON THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS AND HEBREW BIBLE.

The leonardo museum in salt although some are in Aramaic and a from Qumran are similar to what Lake City is currently hosting a major few are in Greek. Discovered from became the traditional text of the exhibit titled “Dead Sea Scrolls: Life 1947 to 1956, these documents have Hebrew Bible, some of them preserve and Faith in Biblical Times” (http:// proven to be significant in several different readings for some passages. www.theleonardo.org/landing). The ways (some other texts were subse- Modern Bible committees have exhibit runs through April 27, 2014. quently found in other caves in the employed several of these differences Fragments of the scrolls on display Judean wilderness, south of Qumran, in new translations of the Bible. The include some of the oldest biblical along the western side of the Dead scrolls also illustrate what biblical manuscripts, as well as fragments of Sea; these are sometimes included texts looked like during the century Jewish religious texts not included in under the designation Dead Sea preceding the Christian era and help the Bible. Scrolls). reveal how the Old Testament books The scrolls include the world’s were transmitted in earlier centuries. UNDERSTANDING THE oldest extant texts of books in the The nonbiblical Qumran manu- DEAD SEA SCROLLS Hebrew Bible (what Christians scripts are primarily religious texts. The scrolls and fragments thereof call the Old Testament), which are They provide a wealth of informa- were discovered in caves around more than 1,000 years older than tion about the variety of beliefs Qumran, near the northwestern the oldest complete traditional and practices of Jews living in the portion of the Dead Sea, about ten Hebrew Bible, called the Masoretic land of Israel shortly before and miles south of Jericho. The majority Text (from whence came the King during the mortal ministry of Jesus of the scrolls are written in Hebrew, James and other Bible translations). Christ. Scholars label some of these the language of the ancient Israelites, Although many of the biblical texts texts “sectarian,” since they seem to

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have been unique to the Jewish sect for example, contain various marks (Essenes) represented at Qumran and notes indicating scribal correc- (e.g., Community Rule, the War Scroll, tions and other practices. Commentary on Habakkuk). Other For these and other reasons, the texts preserved at Qumran circulated Dead Sea Scrolls are considered one more widely among Jewish people of the greatest manuscript discoveries of the time (e.g., Jubilees, 1 Enoch, of the twentieth century. The scrolls Psalm 151). The scrolls are thus have been and continue to be the significant for individuals studying focus of thousands of books, articles, Jewish religion and literature during and dissertations; two academic jour- the latter portion of the Jewish nals are dedicated entirely to their Second Temple period, as well as for study, and academic conferences those interested in a better under- continue to discuss their significance. standing of the Jewish background The community at Qumran of Jesus’ ministry. (There are no New considered itself God’s covenant Testament texts preserved among the people who lived in the last days Dead Sea Scrolls.) before the coming of the Messiah and Jewish scribes and copyists the end of the world; thus the scrolls generally possessed a high level of contain certain themes that resonate competence as they transmitted with Latter-day Saints. However, it religious texts from generation to is important to realize that there are The Dead Sea Scrolls are considered one of the greatest manuscript discoveries of the twenti- generation. Various scribal conven- no uniquely LDS doctrines purely eth century. Photo courtesy of Darryl Moran of tions are evident in the scrolls. Some, preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls. the Franklin Institute.

THE EXHIBIT On display with the scroll fragments are more than six hundred objects from Israel, most dating from about 700 BC to AD 200, some of which have never before been publicly exhibited. Visitors will see a three-ton stone from Jerusalem’s Western Wall (sometimes called the Wailing Wall), the remains of religious artifacts such as small altars and figurines, weapons of war, textiles, beautiful mosaics, and everyday household items such as jewelry and ceramics. The Leonardo Museum has agreed to cut the usual admission price in half for BYU students, faculty, and staff (they must show a current, valid BYU ID). The Visitors to the exhibit will see more than six hundred objects from Israel, most dating from about 700 BC to AD 200, some of which have never before been publicly exhibited. Photo by Darryl Moran Leonardo Museum is located at 209 of the Franklin Institute. East 500 South, Salt Lake City.

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Further Reading on the Dead Sea Scrolls

LATTER-DAY SAINT–ORIENTED PUBLICATIONS

Articles in Studies in the Bible and Antiquity 2 (2010) (available at http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/periodical/studies-volume-2-issue-number-1/) Holzapfel, Richard Neitzel, Donald W. Parry, Dana M. Pike, and David Rolph Seely. “The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Roundtable Discussion Celebrating the Sixtieth Anniversary of Their Discovery, Part 1.” Religious Educator 8, no. 3 (2007): 127–46; and “Part 2,” Religious Educator 9, no. 2 (2008): 83–97 (available at http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/ volume-8-number-3-2007/dead-sea-scrolls-roundtable-discussion-celebrating-60th-anniversary and http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/re-9-no-2-2008/ dead-sea-scrolls-roundtable-discussion-celebrating-sixtieth-anniversary). Parry, Donald W. Illuminating the Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of Qumran Revealed. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2014. Parry, Donald W., and Dana M. Pike, editors. LDS Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1997. Parry, Donald W., and Stephen D. Ricks. The Dead Sea Scrolls: Questions and

Fragments of the scrolls on display include Responses for Latter-Day Saints. Provo, UT: FARMS, 2000. some of the oldest biblical manuscripts, as well as fragments of Jewish religious texts not RECENT, RELIABLE, ACCESSIBLE OVERVIEWS OF THE included in the Bible. Photo by Darryl Moran of the Franklin Institute. SCROLLS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE

LECTURE SERIES Flint, Peter. The Dead Sea Scrolls. Nashville: Abingdon, 2013. VanderKam, James C., and Peter W. Flint. The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scholars at BYU have helped translate, Scrolls: Their Significance for Understanding the Bible, Judaism, Jesus, and publish, and digitize the scrolls. A Christianity. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2002. room near the entrance to the exhibit Vermes, Geza. The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English, rev. ed. New York: highlights BYU’s involvement with Penguin Putnam, 2004 (provides reliable translations of the nonbiblical texts). the Dead Seas Scrolls during the past twenty-five years, including the work of professors Dana M. Pike, David R. Seely, and Andrew C. Skinner in ACADEMIC CONFERENCE Dame), and James VanderKam (Notre Religious Education and professor On April 11–12, 2014, toward the Dame) will be the keynote speakers. Donald W. Parry in the Hebrew close of the exhibit at the Leonardo Among other presenters are Religious section of Asian and Near Eastern Museum, there will be an academic Education professors Matt Grey, Languages. In connection with the conference on the theme “The Shon Hopkin, Dana Pike, and David exhibit, these and other professors Prophetic Voice at Qumran and Seely, as well as Professor Donald W. are participating in a series of free Contemporary Communities.” Parry from Asian and Near Eastern public lectures on Thursdays at Professors Emanuel Tov (Hebrew Languages (see the Leonardo’s 7:00 p.m. at the museum. University), Eugene Ulrich (Notre website for further information).

26 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW spotlight who do we turn to? ancient scripture adjunct faculty By Jeanine Ehat

JEANINE EHAT ([email protected]) IS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT SCRIPTURE AT BYU.

Every semester we, the semester 2014. Department of Ancient Scripture, We appreciate turn to adjunct faculty to help teach the contribu- the thousands of students who regis- tion she has ter for our classes. We are blessed made to our with talented and committed teachers department and Sherrie Johnson Jeanne Burgon RoseAnn Benson in this group and want to highlight to the university. three of them. It was a lucky day for BYU of three. We feel sincerely blessed to Sherrie Johnson has been teach- students when Jeanne Burgon first have her as a part of our faculty. ing part time since 1999. In addition stood in front of a Book of Mormon Our third teacher is RoseAnn to being an excellent instructor, she class in the fall of 1996. She has Benson. She has a bachelor’s degree is an example of lifelong learning. taught in the Department of Ancient from BYU in physical education She earned a doctoral degree after Scripture steadily since that time (with minors in US history and mothering ten children. She also and has touched many lives through biology), two master’s degrees from writes books, articles, stories, and her inspired teaching. We were not BYU in ancient Near Eastern stud- poetry and has even been a writer surprised when Jeanne received ies and exercise science, and a PhD for Music and the Spoken Word. She BYU’s Adjunct Faculty Excellence from Southern Illinois University presents seminars, plays the piano, Award in 2010. Jeanne earned a in community and school health serves in the Church, and is often bachelor’s degree from BYU and a education. We have appreciated her called upon to present at Women’s graduate degree from Utah State ability to teach a variety of courses Conference and Education Week. She University. She stays current about since we hired her in the fall of is a “young thinker” who writes a the different modes of cognitive 2001. She is also part of the adjunct blog and understands youth. Her blog processing to enhance teaching and faculty for the Department of Public captured some of her feelings about learning. Her goal is to engage her and Community Health at Utah teaching: “I’ve encountered [former] students in the scriptures so that they Valley University. She is active in students and seen them walking in will know how to study them and can research and publishing and enjoys a the ways of the Lord and doing the learn the gospel for themselves. She variety of sports: swimming, water- things the Lord would want them to also enjoys writing, including text skiing, surfing, snowboarding, road do. That has brought me a delight and for hymns and other musical settings. biking, wakeboarding, wake surfing, joy that I can’t even begin to put into She and her husband are the parents and scuba diving. We are glad she words.” Sherrie is retiring after winter of four children and the grandparents continues teaching here.

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28 BYU RELIGIOUS EDUCATION REVIEW Blumell, Lincoln H., and Thomas by David R. Seely, Jeffrey R. Temple Activity.” In Ascending A. Wayment. “Coptic New Chadwick, and Matthew J. Grey, the Mountain of the Lord, Testament Fragments in the 367–83. 384–402. Brigham Young University ———. “Hebron.” In Oxford Craig K. Manscill, Brian D. Reeves, Collection.” Journal of the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Guy L. Dorius, and J. B. Haws, Canadian Society for Coptic Archaeology, 485–90. Oxford: editors. Joseph F. Smith. Studies 6 (2014): 59–88. Oxford UP, 2013. Easton-Flake, Amy. “Harriet ———. “The Curious Case of Kom ———. “Regarding Recent Suggestions Beecher Stowe’s Multifaceted Aushim Inv. no. 45: The Redating the Siloam Tunnel” by Response to the Nineteenth- Rediscovery of a Fragment Aren M. Maeir and Jeffrey R. Century Woman Question” New from a Lost Inscription?” Tyche, Chadwick, appearing at Bible England Quarterly 86, no. 1 Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte, History Daily, online site of (2013): 29–59. Papyrologie und Epigraphik 28 Biblical Archaeology Review and Esplin, Scott C. “Excavating Nauvoo: (2014): 21–26. the Biblical Archaeology Society. The Mormons and the Rise ———. “The Date of P.Oxy. XLIII Cope, Rachel. “Hermeneutics of of Historical Archaeology in 3119, the Deputy-Prefect Lucius Trust vs. Hermeneutics of Doubt: America.” Mormon Historical Mussius Aemilianus, and the Considering Shaker Spirituality.” Studies 13, nos. 1–2 (2013): Persecution of Christians Journal of Spirituality 3, no. 1 246–48. by Valerian and Gallienus.” (2013): 56–66. ———. “Joseph F. Smith and the Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und ———. “‘I Cannot Refrain from Reshaping of Church Education,” Epigraphik 186 (2013): 111–13. Testifying’: Edith Turpin’s BYU Studies Quarterly 52, no. 3 ———. “PSI IV 311: Early Evidence Observations about Mormonism (2013): 39–62. for Arianism at Oxyrhynchus?” and Plural Marriage.” Mormon ———. “Joseph F. Smith’s Role in Bulletin of the American Society of Historical Studies 14, no. 2 (Fall Reshaping Church Education.” Papyrologists 49 (2013): 277–96. 2013): 155–88. In Joseph F. Smith, 401–17. ———. “Rereading the Council of ———. “I Feel My Soul Is Advancing ———. “To the Peripheries of Nicaea and Its Creed.” In Towards Heaven: The Daily Mormondom: The Apostolic Standing Apart: Mormon Quest for Sanctification.” New Around-the-World Journey of Historical Consciousness and the York History 94, nos. 1–2 (Winter/ David O. McKay, 1920–1921.” Concept of Apostasy, edited by Spring 2013): 59–83. Utah Historical Quarterly 81, no. 1 Miranda Wilcox and John Young, Cowan, Richard O. “Church (2013): 97–98. 191–212. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2014. Programs in Transition.” In ———. “The World Really Is Our ———. “Two Coptic Ostraca in the Joseph F. Smith, 418–33. Campus.” BYU Religious Brigham Young University ———. “Mormon Temples Dot the Education Review, Winter 2013, Collection.” Chronique d’Égypte Earth.” In The Mormons: An 8–9. 88 (2013): 182–87. Illustrated History of the Church Frederick, Nick. “What Has Moroni ———. “Die vierte internationale of Jesus Christ of Latter-day to Do with John?” Religious Sommerschule in koptischer Saints, edited by Roy A. Prete, Educator 14, no. 3 (2013): 93–109. Papyrologie in Heidelberg.” Richard O. Cowan, John P. Freeman, Robert, C. Glimpses Agora 6 (2013): 44–50. Livingstone, and Craig J. Ostler, of Springville: Utah’s Art City. Chadwick, Jeffrey R. “The Great 107–19. London: Merrell, 2013. Spanish Fork, UT: North Star, Jerusalem Temple Prophecy: ———. “Unto Every Nation.” In The 2013. Latter-day Context and Likening Mormons, 127–35. ———. Saints at War: Inspiring Stories unto Us.” In Ascending the ———. “What Old Testament Temples of Courage and Valor. Springville, Mountain of the Lord, edited Can Teach Us about Our Own UT: Cedar Fort, 2013.

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