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Encyclopedia of Mormonism

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Frank Moore Cross and Robert A. Cloward, "Dead Sea Scrolls," Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 361-364

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Andrew C. Skinner, "The Dead Sea Scrolls and Latter-day Truth," Ensign, February 2006, 44-49. Andrew Skinner explores the world of the Dead Sea Scrolls and how they are similar, as well as different, to those things taught by the Latter-day Saints.

Other Resources

The resources listed below are related items available on the Web that should be of interest. These links are to information not located on the FAIR Web site.

"," Latter-day Saint Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls, Eds., Donald W. Parry and Dana M. Pike (Provo, UT: FARMS) This free electronic version of the FARMS book is now available on-line. It includes several articles by LDS scholars who discuss the details and significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

"The Dead Sea Scrolls," (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, 2002) A Web site dedicated to an understanding of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

FARMS, "LDS Perspectives of the Dead Sea Scrolls," (Provo, UT: FARMS) MP3: 48 minutes.

Hugh W. Nibley, "Apocryphal Writings and Teachings of the Dead Sea Scrolls," Temple and Cosmos (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1992), 264-335 Nibley reviews some of the issues related to the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi library, noting that, like the Book of Mormon, they were buried with the expectation of being received by a later generation. He points to a number of their teachings, including "cosmism," which in the literal interpretation of scripture runs counter to the allegorical tendencies of later Christianity. He lectures on the importance of matter and space and how they relate to the larger picture of "worlds without number." He explains that although creations follow patterns, they are characterized not by monotonous sameness but by refreshing individuality. Nibley also discusses the ordinances that were revealed to the early Christians to guide them back to the presence of the Father.

Hugh Nibley, "The Expanding Gospel," BYU Studies (City Unknown: BYU, 1966), 1-21 Dr. Nibley demonstrates that traces of authentic gopsel doctrines can be found in the previously forgotten writings of the ancients.

Daniel C. Peterson and William J. Hamblin, "The Great Religious Books of Early Judaism," (City Unknown: MeridianMagazine.com)

Gerald Smith, Comparing Covenants in Dead Sea Scrolls and Book of Mormon.

Gerald Smith, Comparison Between Nephi's Psalm and Community Rule. Brief comparison between Nephi's Psalm (2 Ne 4), and a Psalm found in the Community Rule scroll of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Geza Vermes translation).

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