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Contains materials related to the King James Bible exhibit including a recording of a House of Learning Lecture by Richard Duerden, a brochure advertising the BYUtv production Fires of Faith, and a gallery guide to the exhibit.

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Contains information on studying the Bible and the Book of Mormon including lists of scriptures to ponder. Date of production not identified.

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Contains footnote entries and notes related to the LDS Edition of the Bible. Dated 1998.

Scope and Contents Contains the DeMille family bible, which was passed down from Robert DeMille (Cecil's uncle) to the eldest son starting in 1852. It was briefly in the possession of Cecil B. DeMille during the production of the film The Ten Commandments. Recorded in the bible are marriage, birth, and death records for members of the DeMille family descending from William Edward Demille (1824-1873) and Margaret Blount Hoyt (1835-1911). Also includes letter from Cecil's office discussing the repair of the...

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Contains research notes, newspaper clippings, photocopies of books, articles, and other material, papers, drafts, and letters written and collected by Hugh Nibley. Research topics include the Book of Mormon, Bible-related subjects, Mormon history, the apocryphal, Brigham Young, and many other topics. Materials date from approximately 1940 to 2003, bulk from 1950 to 2003.

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Contains correspondence regarding John Welch's research on chiasmus. Includes letters, faxes, and emails from scholars, readers, class members, and publishers to and from Welch. Dated 1967-2011.

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Contains John W. Welch's incoming correspondence. In this collection of correspondence, it contains emails and letters on chiasms both in scripture and in antiquity, outlines for scriptural works such as the Psalms, bibliographies, conference handouts, and additional references to chiasms. Materials dated 1967-2011.

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Contains documentation on John W. Welsh's miscellaneous chiasmus studies. Included in these documents are notes from other organizations (including universities and book dealers) about the usage of chiasms, articles published by organizations such as FARMS, and various notes taken by Robert F. Smith pertaining to topics surrounding the scriptures and their usage of chiasms. Materials dated 1809-2010.

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Contains documentation on John W. Welch's other chiasmus studies. Included in these documents are the usages of chiasms in architecture, Mormon culture, WordPerfect documents, and Hamlet. It also includes such documents arguing against chiasms and the potential fallacies of the literary tool. Materials dated 1834-2010.

Scope and Contents Contains a collection of John W. Welch's outgoing correspondence. Included in this collections are emails and letters pertaining to the creation of the Scripture Language program at BYU, chiastic structures found in recent talks including Dallin H. Oaks' 1993 General Conference talk, the potential usage of chiasms as a means to help the missionary effort throughout the world, chiastic structures in Apocryphal and Pseudepigraphal works, chiastic structures within the Book of Mormon, the role...