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Bibliography of Selected Published Works of John W. Welch

Stephen O. Smoot, compiler

2016“Symbolism in the Parable of the Willing and Unwilling Two Sons in Matthew 21.” In Let Us Reason Together, 103–22. Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center and Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship & Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

2015“The Christus in Context.” BYU Studies Quarterly 54, no. 2: 148–61.

“Law, Ethics, Ritual and Eschatology: From the Sermon on the Mount to the Post-Temple Didache.” In A Missing Piece of the Puzzle in Early Christianity: Seminar Papers from the Society of Biblical Literature, edited by Jonathan A. Draper and Clayton N. Jefford, 335–62. Atlanta: SBL Press.

“Joseph Smith’s Awareness of Greek and Latin.” In Approaching Antiquity: Joseph Smith’s Study of the Ancient World, edited by Lincoln H. Blumell, Matthew J. Grey and Andrew H. Hedges, 301–26. Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center & Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

2014with Brent J. Schmidt. “Reading 2 Peter as a Farewell Text.” In The Ministry of Peter, the Chief Apostle, edited by Frank F. Judd Jr., Eric D. Hunstman, and Shon D. Hopkin, 317–35. Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center & Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

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“Legal History from Babylonia, Israel, Greece and Rome to the Early American Republic.” In Teaching Legal History, edited by Robert M. Jarvis, 215–18. London: Widly, Simmonds & Hill.

“Forging a Friend Alliance between Mormonism and Science.” Frontiers BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Spring: 24–31.

“Foreword.” In David Bokovoy, Authoring the Old Testament: Genesis —Deuteronomy, ix–xii. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books.

with Gordon A. Madsen and Jeffrey N. Walker, editors. Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith’s Legal Encounters. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“Joseph Smith and the Constitution.” In Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith’s Legal Encounters, edited by Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 1–38. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“Introduction” to Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith’s Legal Encounters, edited by Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, xi–xix. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“Legal Chronology of Joseph Smith.” In Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith’s Legal Encounters, edited by Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch, 461–514. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“From the Editor.” BYU Studies Quarterly 53, no. 1: 4–6.




2013“The Articles of Faith and the Life of Joseph Smith.” Ensign December: 70–75.

“The Bible, the Book of Mormon, and Additional Scripture.” In The Mormons: An Illustrated History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, edited by Roy A. Prete, 49–57. London: Merrell.

“Toward a Mormon Jurisprudence.” reprinted in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 6: 49-84

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“Reusages of the Words of Christ.” Journal of Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 1: 62–72.

“The 21st Century as the Century of Duties?” Clark Memorandum Spring: 30–37.

“The 21st Century as the Century of Duties?” In Life in the Law: Religious Conviction, edited by Jane Wise, Scott Cameron, and Galen Fletcher, 147–58. Provo, UT: J. Reuben Clark Law Society.

2012

“Commandment(s).” In Doctrine and Covenants Reference Companion, edited by Dennis Largey, 101–03. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

Review essay Everyday Law in Biblical Israel, by Raymond Westbrook and Bruce Wells (Westminster John Knox), Justice and Compassion in Biblical Law by Richard Hiers (T&T Clark), and God, Justice, and Society: Aspects of Law and Legality in the Bible by Jonathan Burnside (Oxford) in Journal of Law and Religion 27: 499–514.

“The Messiah and Prophet Puzzle: Explaining Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith.” In Mormonism at the Crossroads of Philosophy and Theology: Essays in Honor of David L. Paulsen, edited by Jacob T. Baker, 147–69. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books.

“Two Roman Bronze Plates on Display at the Law Library.” Clark Memorandum Spring: 38–39.

“Seeing 3 Nephi as the Holy of Holies of the Book of Mormon.” In Third Nephi: An Incomparable Scripture, edited by Andrew C. Skinner and Gaye Strathearn, 1–34. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

“3 Nephi Conference Panel Discussion.” In Third Nephi: An Incomparable Scripture, edited by Andrew C. Skinner and Gaye Strathearn, 373–91. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship; & Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.


2011with Clifford B. Parkinson, “Adding Evidence of Near Eastern Influence on the Roman Twelve Tables.” Maarav: A Journal for the Study of the Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures 18, no. 1–2: 163–88.

“How Rich was Paul? And Why It Matters.” In Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown, edited by Andrew C. Skinner, D. Morgan Davis, and Carl Griffin, 425–53. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.

“Chiasmus.” In Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception, edited by Steven L. McKenzie and Thomas Römer. Berlin: de Gruyter.

“Time to Embrace Our Constitutional Bill of Duties.” Deseret News, November 13, 2011, G3.

“The Role of Evidence in Religious Discussion.” In No Weapon Shall Prosper, edited by Robert L. Millet, 259–94. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book & Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center.

“‘Thy Mind, O Man, Must Stretch.’” BYU Studies 50, no. 3: 63–81.

“The Book of Mormon as the Keystone of Church Administration.” Religious Educator 12, no. 2: 83–117.

with Donald W. Parry, editors. The Tree of Life: From Eden to Eternity Salt Lake City: Deseret Book & Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies.

“The Tree of Life in the New Testament and Christian Tradition.” In The Tree of Life: From Eden to Eternity, edited by John W. Welch and Donald W. Parry, 81–108. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book & Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies.

Review of Manuscript Revelation Books, Facsimile Edition in the Joseph Smith Papers, published in Journal of Mormon History 37, no. 2 (Spring): 237–43.

“The Book of Mormon: The Keystone of LDS Church Organization and Administration.” Published: volume on the Administrative History of the Church. Also in Religious Educator 12, no. 2: 82–117.


“The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple.” Religious Educator 12 no. 1: 21–37.

2010“Essentials of a Mormon Jurisprudence.” Clark Memorandum Fall: 26–33.

“From the Preface to The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple.” FARMS Review 22, no. 1: 5–10.

“Echoes from the Sermon on the Mount.” In The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture, the 39th Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, edited by Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment and Daniel L. Belnap, 312–40. Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center.

“Seeing Third Nephi as the Holy of Holies of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 19, no. 1: 36–55.

“Alma’s Testimony: Give Ear to My Words.” Religious Educator 11, no. 2: 67–88.

2009“A Book of Commandments and Revelations: Editorial Introduction.” BYU Studies 48, no. 3: 4–6.

“A Latter-day Saint Reception of Temple Themes in Christian Worship.” FARMS Review 21, no. 1: 3–7; review of Temple Themes in Christian Worship, by Margaret Barker. London: T&T Clark, 2007.

“And with All Thy Mind.” In Life in the Law: Service and Integrity, edited by Scott W. Cameron, Galen L. Fletcher, and Jane H. Wise, 155–65. Provo, UT: J. Reuben Clark Law Society.

“Christmas Stories.” FARMS Review 21 no. 2: 31–46; review of Christmas: The Original Story, by Margaret Barker. London: SPCK, 2008.

“Oliver Cowdery as Editor, Defender, Justice of the Peace in Kirtland.” In Days Never to be Forgotten: Oliver Cowdery, edited by Alexander L. Baugh, 255–78. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.


“Temple Themes and Ethical Formation in the Sermon on the Mount.” Studies in Christian Ethics 22, no. 2: 148–60.

The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple. London: Ashgate.

“Toward a Mormon Jurisprudence.” Regent University Law Review 21, no. 1:79–103.

2008“Die Entdeckung des Chiasmus im Buch Mormon in Deutschland.” In Neal A. Maxwell Institut für religiöse Studien, F.A.R.M.S. Band 7, 101–26. Bad Reichenhall: LDS Books.

2007“The Discovery of Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon: Forty Years Later.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16, no. 2: 74–87.

“Foreword.” In Poetic Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon: Complete Text Reformatted, by Donald W. Parry, vii–viii. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies.

“The Stories behind the Two Roman Bronze Plates.” Harold B. Lee Library House of Learning Lecture Series, March 2, 2007. DVD.

“Thoughts on Joseph Smith and the Constitution.” The Thread: J. Reuben Clark Law Society 1, no. 2: 1–2.

“The Legal Cause of Action against Jesus in John 18:29–30.” In Celebrating Easter, edited by Thomas A. Wayment and Keith J. Wilson, 157–76. Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center.

“Parable of the Good Samaritan.” Ensign 37: 40–47, and Liahona 31 no. 2: 26–33.

2006with Stephen D. Ricks, editors. König Benjamins Rede: Verständlich Gemacht. Bad Reichenhall: LDS Books, 2006. [edited volume and authored three chapters]

“Bible in American Law.” In Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, edited by Paul Finkelman, 125–31. New York: Routledge.


“Miracles, Maleficium, and Maiestas in the Trial of Jesus.” In Jesus and Archaeology, edited by James H. Charlesworth, 349–83. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.

with Larry E. Morris, editors. Oliver Cowdery: Scribe, Elder, Witness. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies.

“The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon.” In Oliver Cowdery: Scribe, Elder, Witness, edited by John W. Welch and Larry E. Morris, 39–74. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies.

“Oliver Cowdery’s Response to Alexander Campbell.” In Oliver Cowdery: Scribe, Elder, Witness, edited by John W. Welch and Larry E. Morris, 221–40. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies.

“The Apocryphal Judas Revisited.” BYU Studies 45, no. 2: 45–53.

“Two Ancient Roman Plates.” BYU Studies 45, no. 2: 54–76.

The Worlds of Joseph Smith: A Bicentennial Conference at the Library of Congress. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press. Also published as BYU Studies 44, no. 4.

“Joseph Smith and the Past.” In The Worlds of Joseph Smith, 105–17. Also published in BYU Studies 44, no. 4: 105–17.

Biblical Law Cumulative Bibliography. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns & Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press.

2005

“An Analytic Framework for Understanding and Evaluating the Fiduciary Duties of Educators.” Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal no. 2: 159–229.

“Early Mormonism and Early Christianity: Some Providential Similarities.” In Window of Faith: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on World History, edited by Roy A. Prete, 17–38. Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center.


“Modern Revelation: A Guide to Research about the Apostasy.” In Early Christians in Disarray: Contemporary LDS Perspectives on the Christian Apostasy, edited by Noel B. Reynolds, 101–32. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Jehovah’s Code of Civil Justice.” Clark Memorandum Spring: 12–20.

with Kelsey Draper. “A King James Vocabulary Lesson.” Religious Educator 6, no. 1: 33–42.

“Hugh Nibley’s Articles of Faith.” BYU Studies 44, no. 2: 103–9.

with John F. Hall, editors. Apostles and Bishops in Early Christianity, Collected Works of Hugh Nibley Series. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

editor. Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press.

with James B. Allen. “The Appearance of the Father and the Son to Joseph Smith in 1820.” In Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, edited by John W. Welch, 35–76. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press.

“The Miraculous Translation of the Book of Mormon.” In Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, edited by John W. Welch, 77–212. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press.

2004“ ‘…All Their Creeds Were an Abomination’: A Brief Look at the Creeds as Part of the Apostasy.” In Prelude to the Restoration: From Apostasy to the Restored Church, 228–49. 33rd Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center.

“…And with All Thy Mind.” In Speeches of the Year, 105–12. Provo, UT: BYU Publications and Graphics. Also published in Clark Memorandum: 17–23; and in BYU Magazine.


“Handling Sensitive Issues.” In Telling the Story of Mormon History, edited by William Hartley, 41–43. Provo, UT: Joseph Fielding Smith Institute.

with Brett G. Scharffs. “Reconceptualizing the Fiduciary Duties of Educators.” In Critical Issues in Education Law and Policy: Second Virginia Education Law Conference, 99–118. Richmond: LexisNexis.

“Abstracts [of recent Biblical Law publications].” Jewish Law Annual 15: 247, 253–55.

with David Roth Seely and Jo Ann H. Seely, editors, Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.

“The Calling of Lehi as a Prophet in the World of Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, edited by John W. Welch, David Roth Seely and Jo Ann H. Seely, 421–48. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.

“The Trial of Jeremiah: A Legal Legacy from Lehi’s Jerusalem.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, edited by John W. Welch, David Roth Seely and Jo Ann H. Seely, 337–56. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.

with Robert D. Hunt. “Culturegram: Jerusalem 600 B.C.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, edited by John W. Welch, David Roth Seely and Jo Ann H. Seely, 1–40. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.

with Jeffrey Thompson. “The Rechabites.” In Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem, edited by John W. Welch, David Roth Seely and Jo Ann H. Seely, 611–24. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship.

2003“Counting to Ten.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 2: 42–57.

“Biblical Law Bibliography—2002 Supplement.” Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte 9: 279–318.

with Stephen Fleming, editors. Lectures on Religion and the Founding of the American Republic. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press.


“Biblical Law in America.” In Lectures on Religion and the Founding of the American Republic, 49–66. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press.

“Chiasmus.” In Reference Guide to the Book of Mormon, edited by Dennis Largey, 182–86. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

“Nephite Civilization.” In Reference Guide to the Book of Mormon, edited by Dennis Largey, 605–09. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

“Zeezrom.” In Reference Guide to the Book of Mormon, edited by Dennis Largey, 800–01. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

“Introduction to the Study of Law in the Book of Mormon.” Studia Antiqua 3, no. 2: 1–17.

“Bibliography of Legal Studies of the Book of Mormon.”Studia Antiqua 3, no. 2: 181–185.

“. . . And with All Thy Mind.” BYU Devotional, broadcast on KBYU and published on speeches.byu.edu (September 30).

“Give Ear to My Words: The Testimony of Alma and Alma as a Jurist.” Lecture broadcast on KBYU and Church satellite system (August).

“Ten Testimonies of Jesus Christ.” Reprinted in A Book of Mormon Treasury, 316–42. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center.

“How Much Was Known about Chiasmus in 1829 When the Book of Mormon Was Translated?” FARMS Review 15, no. 1 : 47–80.

“Teaching the Usage of Thee and Thou.” Religious Educator 4, no. 1: 49–54.

2002Selected Collections from the Archives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, producer and publisher; directed by Richard E. Turley Jr. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press. 78 DVDs in 2 volumes.

editor. “Latter-day Saint Writings on Christ and the New Testament.” BYU Studies 41, no. 3: 86–158.


with Donald W. Parry and Daniel C. Peterson, editors. Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“A Steady Stream of Significant Recognitions.” In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch, 331–87. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith.” In Nurturing Faith through the Book of Mormon, 149–86. Sperry Symposium 1995. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book [1995]. Reprinted in Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch, 17–54. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Rainy Day Gingerbread Boys.” In Five Star Recipes from Well-Known Latter-day Saints, edited by Elaine Cannon, 191. Salt Lake City: Eagle Gate.

A Latter-day Saint Compass: Readings from the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2002.

“The Factor of Fear in the Trial of Jesus.” In Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, edited by Paul H. Peterson, Gary L. Hatch, Laura D. Card, 284–312. Provo, UT: BYU Religious Studies Center.

“Biblical Law in America: Historical Perspectives and Potentials for Reform.” Brigham Young University Law Review, no. 3: 101–30.

with John F. Hall. Charting the New Testament. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“The Good Samaritan and Eternal Life.” BYU Magazine Spring: 48–55.

LDSFAQ Web site (released February 2002), http://ldsfaq.byu.edu/.

2001“A Faint but Interesting Christian Voice from the Dust of Egypt.” Review of Gospel of the Savior: A New Ancient Gospel, by Charles W. Hedrick and Paul A. Mirecki. FARMS Review of Books 13, no. 2: 171–73.

David Daube Bibliography. Distributed in Denver, November 2001, at the national meeting of the Biblical Law Section of the Society for Biblical Literature. Published on www.biblicallaw.org.

“Fasting in Earliest Christianity.” Insights 21, no. 9: 3–4.


“Doubled, Sealed, and Witnessed Documents.” Insights 21, no. 8: 2–3.

“Preface to the Second Edition.” In Hebrew Law in Biblical Times, by Ze’ev W. Falk, 2nd edition. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press & Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns.

2000“Latter-day Saint Reflections on the Trial and Death of Jesus.” Clark Memorandum Fall: 2–13.

Review of The Rise of Christianity, by Rodney Stark. BYU Studies 39, no. 3: 197–204.

with Dean C. Jessee. “Revelations in Context: Joseph Smith’s Letter from Liberty Jail, March 20, 1839.” BYU Studies 39, no. 3: 125–45.

Review of The Shape of Biblical Language, by John Breck. Review of Biblical Literature. www.bookreviews.org, February 13, 2000.

“Oliver Cowdery’s Response to Alexander Campbell.” In The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges. Provo, UT: FARMS; reprinted in Oliver Cowdery: Scribe, Elder, Witness, edited by. John W. Welch and Larry E. Morris, 221–39. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Studies. [2006].

1999An Epistle from the New Testament Apostles. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft.

Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and Sermon on the Mount. Provo, UT: FARMS. [expanded, updated edition of 1990 volume]

with Daniel B. McKinlay. Chiasmus Bibliography. Provo, UT: FARMS.

with J. Gregory Welch. Charting the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: FARMS.

with Melvin J. Thorne. Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: FARMS. [containing the updates of the 1990s and some new materials]


with Stephen D. Ricks. King Benjamin’s Speech Made Simple. Provo, UT: FARMS. [abridgement of 1998 volume on King Benjamin]

“Weighing and Measuring in the Worlds of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2: 36–45.

“Brigham Henry Roberts.” In American National Biography, 18:595–97. Cary, NC: Oxford University Press.

“The Parable of the Good Samaritan as a Type and Shadow of the Plan of Salvation.” BYU Studies 38, no. 2: 50–115.

“Off on the Right Foot.” BYU Studies 38, no. 1: 18–20.

“Moving On.” BYU Studies 38, no. 1: 225–29.

“John Welch, a Pioneer in Paradise.” In Nearly Everything Imaginable: Everyday Life in Pioneer Utah, edited by Ronald Walker and Doris Dant, 450–68. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press.

“Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: Serving Political Purposes.” Insights May: 2.

“Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: Serving Practical Needs.” Insights April: 2.

“When Did Nephi Write the Small Plates?” Insights March: 2.

1998editor. Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Introduction.” In Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis, 9–16. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Chiasmus in Ugaritic.” In Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis, 36–49. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon.” In Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis, 98–210. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Chiasmus in the New Testament.” In Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis, 211–49. Provo, UT: FARMS.


“Chiasmus in Ancient Greek and Latin Literatures.” In Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis, 250–68. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“The Laws of Eshnunna and Nephite Economics.” Insights December: 2.

“Cursing a Litigant with Speechlessness.” Insights October: 2.

“Toward Becoming a Gospel-Scholar.” This People Fall: 42–55.

“Better That One Man Perish.” Provo Sun 9 (September 13), and Insights June: 2.

“The ‘Lamb of God’ in Pre-Christian Texts.” Insights August: 2.

Contributor to Latter-day Christianity: 10 Basic Issues. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“A Climber’s Guide to the Kirtland Temple.” This People Summer: 93–96.

“Doubled, Sealed, Witnessed Documents: From the Ancient World to the Book of Mormon.” In Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World, edited by Davis Bitton, 391–444. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“What the Original Book of Mormon Manuscript Is Not.” Insights February: 2.

with Stephen D. Ricks, editors. King Benjamin’s Speech: “That Ye May Learn Wisdom.” Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Benjamin the Man: His Place in Nephite History.” In King Benjamin’s Speech, edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 23–54. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Benjamin’s Speech: A Masterful Oration.” In King Benjamin’s Speech, edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 55–88. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Benjamin’s Speech as a Prophetic Lawsuit.” In King Benjamin’s Speech, edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 225–32. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Benjamin’s Covenant as a Precursor of the Sacrament Prayers.” In King Benjamin’s Speech, edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 295–314. Provo, UT: FARMS.


“Parallelism and Chiasmus in Benjamin’s Speech.” In King Benjamin’s Speech, edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 315–410. Provo, UT: FARMS.

with Daryl R. Hague. “Benjamin’s Sermon as a Traditional Ancient Farewell Address.” In King Benjamin’s Speech, edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 89–118. Provo, UT: FARMS.

with Terrence L. Szink. “King Benjamin’s Speech in the Context of Ancient Israelite Festivals.” In King Benjamin’s Speech, edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 147–224. Provo, UT: FARMS.

Assisted by Alison Coutts and others. “Complete Text of Benjamin’s Speech with Notes and Comments.” In King Benjamin’s Speech, edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 479–623. Provo, UT: FARMS.

with Donald W. Parry, editors. Isaiah in the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Getting Through Isaiah with the Help of the Nephite Prophetic View.” In Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch, 19–46. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Isaiah 53, Mosiah 14, and the Book of Mormon.” In Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch, 293–312. Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Authorship of the Book of Isaiah in Light of the Book of Mormon.” In Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch, 423–38. Provo, UT: FARMS.

1997Review of Culture Clash and Accommodation: Public Schooling in Salt Lake City, 1890–1994, by Frederick S. Buchanan. Church History 66: 909.

“Practical Guide to Forming a Partnership in Utah.” BYU Journal of Public Law 12, no. 1: 111–73.

“Biblical Law Bibliography Supplement through 1996.” Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte 3: 207–46.


with Doris R. Dant. The Book of Mormon Paintings of Minerva Teichert. Provo, UT: BYU Studies; & Salt Lake City: Bookcraft.

“Two Windows on the Ancient World.” In Ancient Scrolls from the Dead Sea, edited by M. Gerald Bradford, 13–14. Provo, UT: FARMS.

editor. The Story of Masada : Discoveries from the Excavations, by Gila Hurvitz. English edition. Jerusalem: Hebrew University of Jerusalem; & Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

with John F. Hall, editors. Masada and the World of the New Testament. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“Herod’s Wealth.” In Masada and the World of the New Testament, edited by John F. Hall and John W. Welch, 74–84. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“Legal and Social Perspectives on Robbers in First-Century Judea.” In Masada and the World of the New Testament, edited by John F. Hall and John W. Welch, 141–53.Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

with Claire Foley. “Gammadia on Early Jewish and Christian Garments.” In Masada and the World of the New Testament, edited by John F. Hall and John W. Welch, 252–58. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“Gallery Guide to the Masada Exhibition, with New Testament notes.”

with James B. Allen, editors. Coming to Zion. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

with Jeannie Welch. The Doctrine and Covenants by Themes, 2nd edition. Provo, UT: FARMS and BYU Studies.

Review of Sidney Rigdon: A Portrait of Religious Excess, by Richard Van Wagoner. Church History 66 no. 1: 150–52.

“The Narrative of Zosimus (History of the Rechabites) and the Book of Mormon.” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited, edited by Noel Reynolds, 323–74. Provo, UT: FARMS. [expanded and updated version of previous BYU Studies publication]

“What Does Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon Prove?” In Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited, edited by Noel Reynolds, 199–224. Provo, UT: FARMS.


1996Law in the Book of Mormon: The Nephite Court Cases. Provo, UT: BYU Law School.

Review of “Corinthian Religion and Baptism for the Dead” by Richard E. DeMaris. FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2: 43–45.

with James V. Garrison. “ ‘The ‘Hymn of the Pearl’: An Ancient Counterpart to ‘O My Father.’ ” BYU Studies 36, no. 1: 127–38.

with James B. Allen, editors. Life in Utah: Centennial Selections. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

with Don E. Norton, editors. Educating Zion. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“From Presence to Practice: Jesus, the Sacrament Prayers, the Priesthood, and Church Discipline in 3 Nephi 18 and Moroni 2–6.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5, no. 1: 119–39.

“Good and True.” In Expressions of Faith: Testimonies of Latter-day Saint Scholars, edited by Susan E. Black, 231–42. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

editor. The Truth, The Way, The Life: An Elementary Treaties on Theology, by B. H. Roberts, 2nd edition. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“Reflections on the Teachings of Brigham Young.” In The Lion of the Lord, edited by Susan E. Black and Larry C. Porter, 372–442. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

“Two Notes on the Lord’s Prayer.” Insights August: 2.

“Unintentional Sin in Benjamin’s Discourse.” Insights April: 2.

1995“The Power of Evidence in the Nurturing of Faith.” In Nurturing Faith through the Book of Mormon, 149–86. Sperry Symposium 1995. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

“Practical Guide to Forming a Closely-Held Corporation in Utah.” BYU Journal of Public Law 9, no. 2: 189–234.

“Upon the Tower of Benjamin.” Insights August: 2.


“Criteria for Identifying the Presence of Chiasmus.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4, no. 2: 1–14.

“Word Studies from the New Testament.” Ensign 25: 28–30.

“On the Right or the Left: Benjamin and the Scapegoat.” Insights January: 2.

1994with Jan Shipps, editors. The William E. McLellin Journals, 1831–1836. Urbana: University of Illinois Press; & Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“The Acts of the Apostle William E. McLellin.” In The William E. McLellin Journals, 13–26.

with Stephen D. Ricks, editors. The Allegory of the Olive Tree; The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Words and Phrases in Jacob 5.” In The Allegory of the Olive Tree, edited by Stephen D. Rick and John W. Welch, 174–85. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

“The Last Words of Cenez and the Book of Mormon.” In Allegory of the Olive Tree, edited by Stephen D. Rick and John W. Welch, 305–21. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

with David Rolph Seely. “Zenos and the Texts of the Old Testament.” In Allegory of the Olive Tree, edited by Stephen D. Rick and John W. Welch, 322–46. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

with Wilford M. Hess, Daniel J. Fairbanks, and Jonathan K. Driggs. “Botanical Aspects of Olive Culture Relevant to Jacob 5.” In Allegory of the Olive Tree, edited by Stephen D. Rick and John W. Welch, 484–562. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

editor. The Truth, The Way, The Life: An Elementary Treaties on Theology, 1st edition, by B. H. Roberts. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“Introduction: Settings, Audiences, and Sources.” In The Truth, The Way, The Life: An Elementary Treaties on Theology, 1st edition, by B. H. Roberts, xi–xxxvii. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.


“Cross-references to Roberts’s Other Doctrinal Works.” In The Truth, The Way, The Life: An Elementary Treaties on Theology, 1st edition, by B. H. Roberts, 561–78. Provo, UT: BYU Studies.

“The Temple in the Book of Mormon: The Temples at the Cities of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Bountiful.” In Temples of the Ancient World, edited by Donald W. Parry, 297–387. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Approaching New Approaches.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 6: 145–86.

“Was There a Library in Harmony, Pennsylvania?” Insights January: 2.

1993“Recent Bibliography on the Trial of Jesus.” BYU Studies 32, no. 4: 79–86.

“Connections between the Visions of Lehi and Nephi.” Insights July: 2.

“Hearing Mercy.” BYU Studies 33, no. 1: 172–73.

“New Testament Word Studies.” Ensign 23: 28–30.

1992editor. Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Ten Testimonies of Jesus Christ from the Book of Mormon.” In Doctrines of the Book of Mormon, edited by Bruce Van Orden, 223–42. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book.

“Legal Perspectives on the Slaying of Laban.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1: 119–41.

“Book of Mormon: Nephite Religious Teachings and Practices.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 4 volumes, 1:201–05. New York: Macmillan.

“Book of Mormon: Translation by Joseph Smith.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 4 volumes, 1:210–13. New York: Macmillan.


“Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 4 volumes, 2:748–50. New York: Macmillan.

1991with Stephen D. Ricks and Donald W. Parry. A Bibliography on Temples of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.

“BYU Studies: Into the 1990s.” BYU Studies 31, no. 4: 21–28.

“A Masterpiece: Alma 36.” In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by John Sorenson and Mel Thorne, 114–31. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS, a shorter version of “Chiasmus in Alma 36.” FARMS Paper [1989].

1990“Why Study Warfare in the Book of Mormon.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 3–24. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Law and War in the Book of Mormon.” In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 46–102. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

“A Doorkeeper in the House of the Lord.” In By Study and Also By Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh Nibley on His 80th Birthday, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John M. Lundquist, 2 volumes, 1:6–10. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

“The Melchizedek Material in Alma 13.” In By Study and Also By Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh Nibley on His 80th Birthday, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John M. Lundquist, 2 volumes, 2:238–72. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.

“Chiasmus in Biblical Law: An Approach to the Structure of Legal Texts in the Hebrew Bible.” Jewish Law Association Studies 4: 5–22.

A Biblical Law Bibliography. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press.

The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS.


General editor. The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; & Provo, UT: FARMS, 1985–. [19 volumes in this series]

with Edwin Firmage and Bernard Weiss, editors. Religion and Law: Biblical, Jewish & Islamic Perspectives. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.

“Reflections on Postulates: Power and Ancient Laws—a Response to Moshe Greenberg.” In Religion and Law, 113–26. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns.

1989Review of A Witness and a Warning, by Ezra Taft Benson. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1: 1–2.

“Amen.” “Endow.” “Seal.” “Strait.” “Aparabatos.” “Peculiar.” “Evangelist.” “Firstborns.” and other word studies in various issues of the BYU Religious Studies Center Newsletter.

with Larry Dahl and Donald Q. Cannon. “Restoration of Major Doctrines by Joseph Smith.” Parts I and II. Ensign 29: 27–30; 30: 7–11.

Transcript of Oliver Cowdery’s court docket from Kirtland, Ohio, 1835–37. Deposited in Harold B. Lee Library, J. Reuben Clark Law Library, LDS Church Archives, BYU Religious Studies Center, and the Huntington Library.

“Lehi’s Last Will and Testament: A Legal Approach.” In The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, edited by Monte Nyman and Charles D. Tate, 61–82. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center.

“Straight and Narrow.” “What Was a ‘Mosia’?” “Exemption from Military Duty.” “The Case of an Unobserved Murder.” and other short studies published as FARMS Updates.

“When Did Jesus Appear to the Nephites in Bountiful?” FARMS Paper.

1988“Study and Faith in the Book of Mormon.” In BYU Speeches of the Year, 139–49. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press.


“The Calling of a Prophet: An Analysis of the Call of Lehi in 1 Nephi 1.” In 1 Nephi: The Doctrinal Foundation, 35–54. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center.

“How Long Did It Take Joseph Smith to Translate the Book of Mormon?” Ensign 18: 46–47.

1987“Chiasmus in Helaman 6:7–13.” FARMS Preliminary Report.

“The Timelessness of Hugh Nibley.” This People 8: 38.

“Series of Laws in the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Preliminary Report.

“If a Man…The Casuistic Law Form in the Book of Mormon.” FARMS Preliminary Report.

“Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans—with Emphasis on the Closely Held Business.” Journal of Pension Planning and Compliance 13: 197–218.

1986“Preliminary Comments on the Sources behind the Book of Ether.” FARMS Preliminary Report.

with David J. Whittaker. “Mormonism’s Open Canon: Some Historical Perspectives on Its Religious Limits and Potentials.” FARMS Preliminary Report. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature, November 1986.

“B. H. Roberts: Seeker after Truth.” Ensign 16: 56–62. Reprinted in A Sure Foundation: Answers to Difficult Gospel Questions, 60–74. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book [1988].

“An Unparallel.” FARMS Paper.

“Finding Answers to B. H. Roberts’s Questions.” FARMS Paper.

“The Translation of the Book of Mormon: Basic Historical Information.” FARMS Preliminary Report.


“The Nephite Sacrament Prayers: From King Benjamin’s Speech to Moroni 4–5.” FARMS Preliminary Report.

1985with Jeannie Welch. The Doctrine & Covenants by Themes. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft.

“Theft and Robbery in the Book of Mormon and Ancient Near Eastern Law.” FARMS Preliminary Report.

“Hugh Nibley and the Book of Mormon.” Ensign 15: 50–56.

“Topically Speaking: The Doctrine & Covenants.” Ensign 15: 20–25.

“The Father’s Command to Keep Records in the Small Plates of Nephi.” FARMS Preliminary Report.

“King Benjamin’s Speech in the Context of Ancient Israelite Festivals.” FARMS Preliminary Report.