BYU Library - Special Collections

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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...

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Includes John W. Welch's research materials of 1st Nephi, the first book of "The Book of Mormon." Materials include articles pertaining to the chiasms found in 1st Nephi, 1st Nephi's similarities to the book of Isaiah in the Bible, and an outline of Nephi's life. Materials dated 1968-2004.

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Includes John W. Welch's research materials of 2nd Nephi, the second book of "The Book of Mormon." Materials included in this collection are papers pertaining to the chiasms within the book, and Nephi's psalm. Materials dated 1972-2009.

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Includes John W. Welch's research materials on the book of 3rd Nephi, the eleventh book of "The Book of Mormon." Included with these materials are analyses on the parallelisms between Malachi 3 and 3rd Nephi 24, and chiasms between 3rd Nephi 4-16. Materials dated 1980-2008.

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Includes John W. Welch's research materials on the Book of Alma, the ninth book in "The Book of Mormon." Included with these materials are analyses on the chiasms found in Alma 7 and 36, FARM's breakdown on Alma the Younger's conversion experience, and a calligraphy of the chiasm in Alma 36. Materials dated 1968-2005.

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Includes John W. Welch's research materials on the Book of Ether, the 14th book in "The Book of Mormon." Included with these materials are the chiasms found within the book, notes on the Jaredite's lineage, and the rise and fall of Korihor. Materials dated 1975-2004.