John W. Welch research materials on the Old Testament, 1825-2011
Scope and Contents
Contains research on chiasmus in the Old Testament, including published articles by scholars of the Ancient Near East and others, as well as Welch's own notes. Dated 1825-2011.
Dates
- 1825-2011
Creator
- Welch, John W. (John Woodland) (creator, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English, German, French, Spanish, Hebrew, and Latin.
Conditions Governing Access
Donor restricted until 2017; permission to use materials must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the John W. Welch chiasmus papers must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.
Biographical History
John W. Welch (1946- ) discovered chiasmus in the Book of Mormon and founded the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS).
John W. Welch was born in 1946. In 1967, while serving in the LDS South German Mission, Welch and his companion attended a lecture in the Catholic Priesterseminar which talked about the use of chiasmus in the Gospel of Matthew. Two weeks later, he discovered chiasmus in the Book of Mormon and began to correspond with family members and scholars on the subject. In 1968, when he returned from his mission, he attended BYU for two years, earning a B.A. and M.A. in 1970. He attended Oxford as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow after that, and then attended Duke Law School from 1972 to 1975. He began working for the law firm O’Melveny and Meyers in Los Angeles in 1975 and worked until 1980, all the while corresponding with scholars about chiasmus studies. In 1979, he organized the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) in Los Angeles, and in July 1980 he accepted a job offer to teach at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU. He continued to work with FARMS and BYU, furthering the historiography and knowledge of chiasmus. From 1988 to 1991, he served as an editor of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism and from 1991 to 2007 he was the editor-in-chief of BYU Studies. Today, he still researches chiasmus and works on the Joseph Smith Papers project.
He is married to the former Jeannie Sutton, and they have four children and sixteen grandchildren.
Extent
1 carton
114 folder
Arrangement
Arranged in 37 subseries: 1. John W. Welch research materials on the Old Testament-general, 1836-2001. 2. John W. Welch research materials on Genesis, 1968-1998. 3. John W. Welch research materials on Exodus, 1965-2006. 4. John W. Welch research materials on Leviticus, 1980-2009. 5. John W. Welch research materials on Numbers, 2003. 6. John W. Welch research materials on Deuteronomy, 1960-2006. 7. John W. Welch research materials on Joshua, 1982-1986. 8. John W. Welch research materials on Judges, 1963-2009. 9. John W. Welch research materials on Ruth, 1965-2007. 10. John W. Welch research materials on 1 Samuel and 2 Samuel, 1967-1986. 11. John W. Welch research materials on 1 Kings, 1967-1985. 12. John W. Welch research materials on 2 Kings, 1973-2006. 13. John W. Welch research materials on Chronicles, 1984. 14. John W. Welch research materials on Ezra, date of production not identified. 15. John W. Welch research materials on Nehemiah, 1996. 16. John W. Welch research materials on Esther, 1976. 17. John W. Welch research materials on Job, 1961-1985. 18. John W. Welch research materials on Psalms, 1825-2008. 19. John W. Welch research materials on Proverbs, 1965-2001. 20. John W. Welch research materials on Ecclesiastes, 1977. 21. John W. Welch research materials on Song of Solomon, approximately 1957-1995. 22. John W. Welch research materials on Isaiah, 1940-2009. 23. John W. Welch research materials on Jeremiah, 1950-1978. 24. John W. Welch research materials on Lamentations, 1972. 25. John W. Welch research materials on Ezekiel, 1975-1992. 26. John W. Welch research materials on Daniel, 1962-1978. 27. John W. Welch research materials on Hosea, 1966-1980. 28. John W. Welch research materials on Joel, 1959-1984. 29. John W. Welch research materials on Amos, 1977-1995. 30. John W. Welch research materials on Jonah, 1983-1985. 31. John W. Welch research materials on Micah, 1969. 32. John W. Welch research materials on Nahum, 1986. 33. John W. Welch research materials on Habakkuk, 1933-2001. 34 John W. Welch research materials on Zephaniah, 1984. 35. John W. Welch research materials on Haggai, 1977. 36. John W. Welch research materials on Zechariah, approximately 1961-1978. 37. John W. Welch research materials on Malachi, 1992.
Other Finding Aids
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Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States