Comments on: Nibley, In His Own Words http://www.bloggernacle.org/nibley-in-his-own-words/ Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:45:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Stephen M (Ethesis) http://www.bloggernacle.org/nibley-in-his-own-words/#comment-105 Stephen M (Ethesis) Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://bt.splendidsun.com/?p=25#comment-105 I should add that I find his discussion with his grandfather, when the grandfather was a general authority telling. His mother and grandmother had disapproved of the things father and grandfather did to turn trees into money. Later, in the Hotel Utah, the grandfather felt the weight of what he had done as a heavy sin, and told Hugh that if an angel came through the door, he would throw himself out the window, because of the stain he felt his sins against the world had placed on him. That appears to have truly influenced Nibley. It is also interesting the way that general authorities nurtured him, such as when he traveled with Spencer W. Kimball to acquire books. But, above all, I agree that his discovery that God had given the early brethern the Book of Enoch that they were looking for, that discovery was a real turning point for him, like a bolt of light, illuminating in scholarship what was important and enduring for him. Thanks for this post. I should add that I find his discussion with his grandfather, when the grandfather was a general authority telling. His mother and grandmother had disapproved of the things father and grandfather did to turn trees into money. Later, in the Hotel Utah, the grandfather felt the weight of what he had done as a heavy sin, and told Hugh that if an angel came through the door, he would throw himself out the window, because of the stain he felt his sins against the world had placed on him. That appears to have truly influenced Nibley.

It is also interesting the way that general authorities nurtured him, such as when he traveled with Spencer W. Kimball to acquire books.

But, above all, I agree that his discovery that God had given the early brethern the Book of Enoch that they were looking for, that discovery was a real turning point for him, like a bolt of light, illuminating in scholarship what was important and enduring for him.

Thanks for this post.

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