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Contains documentation on John W. Welch's Latin Chiasmus Studies. Included with this documentation are notes on various Latin literature from Catullus to Europa. Materials dated 1902-1981.

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Contains documentation on John W. Welch's Mesoamerican chiasmus studies. Including in these documents are papers documenting how the chiasmus was used in Mesoamerica and the Mayan empire and how the usage of chiasms compares between Mesoamerica and the Ancient Middle East. Materials dated 1979-1988.

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Contains documentation on John W. Welch's Sumerian chiasmus studies. Materials included with these materials are notes from various Sumerian stories including "Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta," tablets from Nippur, and a comparison of Mesopotamian floodstories. Materials dated 1974.

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Contains documentation of John W. Welch's Sumero-Akkadian chiasmus studies. Included in these documents are a paper on the Akkadian language, a bibliogrpahy of documents with chiasms, and a collection of Akkadian poetry with chiasms. Materials dated 1972-1977.

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Contains documentation pertaining to John W. Welch's Ugaritic chiasmus studies. Included in this documentation are analyses of chiastic-use in various Ugaritic texts, lists of parallels in these texts, notes on Ugaritic kings, "The Wedding of Nikkal and the Moon." Materials dated 1972-1976.

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Contains documentation on John W. Welch's Ugaritic/Hebrew Chiasmus studies. Included in this documentation are not only notes of chiastic use, but also Ugaritic/Hebrew lexicography, syntax/style, and parallels with regular Hebrew texts. Materials dated 1963-1976.

Scope and Contents Contains personal materials and artifacts of Leona Holbrook on subjects including tools and ball-bearings, Indians and crafts, art and stamps, play scripts, history, the Bible, philosophy, international travel, quotes, poems, and recipes, biographical and newspaper articles, religion, flowers, and Brigham Young University. Also included are audiotapes, overhead transparencies, cloth tapestries, several clothing items, and a watercolor created by Leona. Three-by-five cards collected by Leona...

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Contains materials related to the publication of Part 5 of Volume 3 of Skousen's Book of Mormon Critical Text Project series; includes printed signatures, proofs and corrections, PDFs, introduction material, topical sections, collation and sorting files, etc. Materials dated 2005-2019.

Scope and Contents Contains research notes and lesson outlines for Gospel Doctrine and other religious study classes Skousen taught on all of the standard works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as an Austin Institute of Religion class on "Mormonism and Modern Scientific Thought," and a Sunday School course on "The Prophets." Includes outlines for the occasional fireside, a leaflet on scientific evidence for creation (issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior), Gospel Doctrine...

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Contains the documents and studies related to Jack Welch's research into chiasmus in scriptural and other ancient texts. Includes articles and books related to chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, Old and New Testaments, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price, as well as the works of Homer and ancient Jewish literature. Also includes Welch's correspondence with scholars, publishers, and readers regarding the impact and reception of his work. Dated 1787-2011, bulk 1953-2011.