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Stephen E. Robinson, "Background for the Testaments," Ensign, December 1982, 25. Explanation of the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha, and how they relate to the scriptures.

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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.

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