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Hugh Nibley

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March 27, 1910 in Portland, Oregon, The United States

died

February 24, 2005

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Religion & Spirituality, History

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Hugh Winder Nibley was one of Mormonism's most celebrated scholars. Nibley is notable for his extensive research and publication on ancient languages and culture, his vigorous defense of doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for frankly discussing what he saw as the shortcomings of the LDS people and culture.

A prolific author and professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University, he was fluent in over ten languages, including Classical Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Egyptian, Coptic, Arabic, German, French, English, and Spanish languages. He also studied Dutch and Russian during World War II.

In addition to his efforts as a scholar, Nibley was well known for writings and lectures on LDS scripture and doctrinal topi...more

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Books by Hugh Nibley

Average rating: 4.22 · 3,465 ratings · 391 reviews · 43 distinct works

	Approaching Zion (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Volume 9) by Hugh Nibley, Don E. Norton (Editor) 4.49 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1989	My rating:
	Temple and Cosmos: Beyond This Ignorant Present (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Volume 12) by Hugh Nibley, Don E. Norton, Don Norton (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 446 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	Lehi in the Desert, the World of the Jaredites, There Were Jaredites (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Volume 5) by Hugh Nibley, John W. Welch, Darrell L. Matthews (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 299 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	My rating:
	An Approach to the Book of Mormon (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Volume 6) by Hugh Nibley, John W. Welch (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1957 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Enoch the Prophet (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Volume 2) by Hugh Nibley, Stephen D. Ricks (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	Old Testament and Related Studies (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Volume 1) by Hugh Nibley, John W. Welch (Editor), Gary P. Gillum (Editor) 3.97 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1986	My rating:
	Mormonism and Early Christianity (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Volume 4) by Hugh Nibley, Stephen D. Ricks (Editor) 4.16 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Abraham in Egypt (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Volume 14) by Hugh Nibley, Gary P. Gillum 4.16 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1981 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless: Classic Essays of Hugh W. Nibley 4.39 avg rating — 139 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The World and the Prophets (The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Volume 3) by Hugh Nibley, John W. Welch (Editor), Gary P. Gillum (Editor) 4.22 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1954 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Hugh Nibley

“No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.”
― Hugh Nibley

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“Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a
contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection.”
― Hugh Nibley

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“Why should we labor this unpleasant point? Because the Book of Mormon labors it, for our special benefit. Wealth is a jealous master who will not be served halfheartedly and will suffer no rival--not even God: "Ye cannot serve God and Mammon." (Matthew 6:24) In return for unquestioning obedience wealth promises security, power, position, and honors, in fact anything in this world. Above all, the Nephites like the Romans saw in it a mark of superiority and would do anything to get hold of it, for to them "money answereth all things." (Ecclesiastes 10:19) "Ye do always remember your riches," cried Samuel the Lamanite, ". . .unto great swelling, envyings, strifes, malice, persecutions, and murders, and all manner of iniquities." (Helaman 13:22) Along with this, of course, everyone dresses in the height of fashion, the main point being always that the proper clothes are expensive--the expression "costly apparel" occurs 14 times in the Book of Mormon. The more important wealth is, the less important it is how one gets it.”
― Hugh Nibley, Since Cumorah

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