DIALOGUE: A JOURNAL OF MORMON THOUGHT, VOL. 29, No. 4, WINTER 1996

CONTENTS

LETTERS IV

ARTICLES AND ESSAYS THE MIRACLES OF JESUS: THREE BASIC John P. Meier 1 QUESTIONS FOR THE HISTORIAN JESUS' DISPUTE IN THE TEMPLE Bruce Chilton 17 AND THE ORIGIN OF THE EUCHARIST HEAVEN AND HELL: THE PARABLE OF THE Todd Compton 31 LOVING FATHER AND THE JUDGMENTAL SON A MOSAIC FOR A RELIGIOUS COUNTERCULTURE: Mark D. Thomas 47 THE BIBLE IN THE BOOK OF MORMON RETELLING THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD: Clyde R. Forsberg, Jr. 69 POPULAR LITERATURE AS SCRIPTURE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA SCRIPTURE, HISTORY, AND FAITH: Participants: Todd Compton, 89 A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION Paul Edwards, Steven Epperson, Mark D. Thomas, Margaret Toscano, and David P. Wright "WHITE" OR "PURE": FrvE VIGNETTES Douglas Campbell 119 THE FIRE OF GOD: THOUGHTS ON THE Vincent C. Rampton 137 NATURE OF DIVINE WITNESS

NOTES AND COMMENTS W H. CHAMBERLIN AND THE QUEST FOR A James M. McLachlan 151 MORMON THEOLOGY LAVINA FIELDING ANDERSON AND Levi S. Peterson 169 THE POWER OF A CHURCH IN EXILE

FICTION SISTER DALLON GETS TATOOED Derk Koldewyn 181 ELIZABETH, AND DYING WISHES Daniel Austin 191 POETRY ALASKA GIRLHOOD R. F. Bartholomew 16 SILVER FOOTPRINTS Emma Lou Thayne 30 LIFE-LINE Megan Thayne Heath 45 BLACK MORONI Paul Swenson 88 LEAVING Stanton Harris Hall 118 THE SOON-TO-HIBERNATE BEAR ADDRESSES Karl C. Sandberg 150 HIS PUBLIC To SLEEP WITH THE INEFFABLE: Emma Lou Thayne 179 INVITING MY SWEET INFORMANTS AWAKE TO THE INEFFABLE: Emma Lou Thayne 180 SOME WOULD CALL IT KUNDALINI SECONDS COMING Casualene Meyer 196 PROPERTIES OF WATER Nancy Baird 205

REVIEWS 197 A MATURE AND POLISHED TREATISE Kent E. Robson The Truth, The Way, The Life, An Elementary Treatise on Theology: The Masterzvork ofB. H. Roberts edited by Stan Larson The Truth, The Way, The Life, An Elementary Treatise on Theology by B. H. Roberts edited by John W. Welch HYPERTEXTUAL BOOK OF MORMON STUDY Brent Lee Metcalfe Book of Mormon Reference Library (Deseret Book) Book of Mormon Studybase (Bookcraft) LDS Classics CD-ROM (Research Applications International) LDS Collectors Library 1995 Edition (Infobases) Sunstone on Disk: 1974—1994 (Sunstone Foundation) Ultimate LDS Library on CD-ROM (Portals)

NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS 207

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