Mormon Monastery » Creation http://www.mormonmonastery.org Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 338- Nibley, Abraham’s Creation Drama http://www.mormonmonastery.org/338-nibley-abrahams-creation-drama/ http://www.mormonmonastery.org/338-nibley-abrahams-creation-drama/#comments Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:05:43 +0000 The Monk http://www.mormonmonastery.org/?p=247 Hugh Nibley presentation, “Abraham’s Creation Drama.”  Available in Quicktime, Windows Media, or streaming audio.

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  • Keith Meservy briefly addresses this question in “Four Accounts of the Creation.” Ensign, January 1986.
  • The EM article on Creation discusses it very briefly.
  • A harmony of the three scriptural accounts of creation. (Harmonies are sometimes useful, but some things aren’t meant to be harmonized.
  • My commentary.
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  • Highly recommended. Discusses 1) creation as organization from extant matter (ie. not creation ex nihilo), 2) a plurality of divine beings, 3) a supreme God at the head, 4) premortal council in heaven, 5) a god appointed over this world, and 6) persistant plurality throughout Israelite history.
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  • For more on this topic, I recommend this page by Marc Schindler, with many statements on both sides of the issue.
  • In essence, the official position seems that there is no official position.
  • Cf. “Origin of Man” in EM:1053-54, Gospelink (subscription required)
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  • Discusses usage of the creation narrative in Jewish temple rituals. Professor Ricks once quipped that he had offered this article to BYU Studies. The secretary he talked to said, “Why would BYU Studies be interested in THAT?” He replied (at least in class,) “If you don’t know, I’m not going to tell you.”
  • Gospelink (subscription required)
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