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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.

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Sound recordings of the Pearl of Great Price, recorded on four 33-1/3 RPM vinyl records. The discs were produced and distributed by Covenant Records.

Scope and Contents Contains materials pertaining to the research of the Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price conducted by H. Donl Peterson. Includes research files, photocopies of newspapers, materials from books, probate records, and genealogical information. Details the early exploration of Egypt from the 18th and 19th centuries and Antonio Lebolo’s travel and discovery of Ancient Egyptian antiquities and manuscripts, Michael H. Chandler’s acquisition of the lost mummies and papyri, and their...

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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.

Scope and Contents Contains letters and other papers relating to the Bradshaw's service as mission presidents for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hong Kong from 1971 to 1974. Contains letters, handbooks, mission newsletters, an oral history and a family history focused on the Bradshaw's mission years, and gospel teaching material in both Cantonese and Vietnamese. Also contains translation material for the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price in Cantonese, and the Book of Mormon in...