History
“Alexander the Great Comes to Jerusalem: The Jewish Response to Hellenism,” by Cecilia M. Peek in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“The Ancient Practice of Crucifixion,” by Richard Lloyd Anderson in Ensign 5 (July 1975).
“Aspects of an Early Christian Initiation Ritual,” by William Hamblin in By Study and Also by Faith, ed. John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1990).
“Cameos: The Women of the New Testament,” by Ann M. Madsen (Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute).
“Crucifixion in the Roman World: The Use of Nails at the Time of Christ,” by John C. Robinson in Studia Antiqua 1 (Winter 2002).
“A Historical Sketch of Galilee,” by Andrew C. Skinner in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“From Solomon’s Porch: A View of the Church as the Apostles Took Command,” by T. Edgar Lyon in Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute.
“The Fruit of the Vine: Wine at Masada and in the New Testament,” by Jo Ann H. Seely in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“Israel’s Ancient Psalms: Cornerstone of the Beatitudes,” by Andrew C. Skinner in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture. Ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010).
“Jerusalem: in Early Christianity,” by Hugh W. Nibley. Reprinted by permission from Mormonism and Early Christianity, vol. 4 in The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1987).
“Jerusalem,” by D. Kelly Odgen in Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
“Jesus and Josephus Told of the Destruction of Jerusalem,” by Keith H. Meservy in Sperry Symposium (1987).
“The Jewish Lectionary and Book of Mormon Prophecy,” by John L. Fowles in Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3 (Fall 1994).
“Jews and Greeks: The Broader Context for Writing the New Testament,” by Jennifer C. Lane in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006).
“King Herod,” by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“Mary and Joseph: Heirs of David, Highly Favored Guardians of Our Lord,” by Robert J. Matthews (Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute).
“Masada: Herod’s Fortress and the Zealots’ Last Stand,” by Yigael Yadin and S. Kent Brown in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
Masada and the World of the New Testament, eds. John W. Welch and John F. Hall. Provo, Utah: BYU Studies, 1997.
“The Masada Fragments, the Qumran Scrolls, and the New Testament,” by David Rolph Seely in BYU Studies 36 no 3 (1996–1997).
“The Path of Jesus: The Full Dimension,” by Richard Lloyd Anderson in New Era 7 (Feb. 1977).
“Paul’s Use of Old Testament Scripture,” by Jared W. Ludlow in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr.(Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006).
“Revolutionaries in the First Century,” by Kent P. Jackson in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“The Road to Bethlehem,” by D. Kelly Ogden in Ensign 25 (Dec. 1995).
“The Roman Province of Judea: A Historical Overview,” by John F. Hall in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“The Setting of the New Testament,” by Paul E. Dahl in Ensign 13 (July 1983).
“Suicide at Masada and in the World of the New Testament,” by Daniel K. Judd in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“Symbols of the Harvest: Old Testament Holy Days and the Lord’s Ministry,” by Lenet H. Read in Ensign 5 (Jan. 1975).
“Why This Holy Land?” by Russell M. Nelson in Ensign 19 (Dec. 1989).
Culture
“And They Cast Lots: Divination, Democracy, and Josephus,” by Eric Huntsman in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996-1997).
“Beholdest Thou . . . the Priests and Levites,” by Matthew J. Grey in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture. Ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010).
“Casting Stones: Ballista, Stones as Weapons, and Death by Stoning,” by James V. Garrison in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“The Common Israelite Background,” by John W. Welch in lluminating the Sermon at the Temple and Sermon on the Mount by John W. Welch.
“Coins in the New Testament,” by Nanci DeBloois in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“Cross,” by Roger R. Keller in Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
“Family and Home in the Savior’s Life and Ministry,” by S. Kent Brown in To Save the Lost, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
“From Vestal Virgin to Bride of Christ: Elements of a Roman Cult in Early Christian Asceticism,” by Ariel E. Bybee in Studia Antiqua 1 (Fall 2001).
“Graft and Corruption: On Olives and Olive Culture in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean,” by John Gee and Daniel C. Peterson in The Allegory of the Olive Tree, ed. Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1994).
“Home Life at the Time of Christ,” by Richard D. Draper in Ensign 17 (Sept. 1987).
“Jesus and the Ossuaries: First-Century Jewish Burial Practices and the Lost Tomb of Jesus,” by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Frank F. Judd Jr., and Thomas A. Wayment in Behold the Lamb of God: An Easter Celebration, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Frank F. Judd Jr., and Thomas A. Wayment (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2008).
“Jewish Religious Education in the Meridian of Time,” by Stephen D. Ricks and Shirley S. Ricks in Ensign 17 (Oct. 1987).
“John and the Feast of Tabernacles,” by Bruce K. Satterfield (1998).
“Legal and Social Perspectives on Robbers in First-Century Judea,” by John W. Welch in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“Looking beyond the Mark: Insights from the JST into First-Century Judaism,” by Robert L. Millet in The Joseph Smith Translation: The Restoration of Plain and Precious Things, ed. by Monte S. Nyman and Robert L. Millet (Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, BYU, 1985).
“Loosing a Shoe Latchet: Sandals and Footwear in the First Century,” by Shane A. Baker in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“Major Jewish Groups in the New Testament,” by Victor L. Ludlow (Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute).
“Miqvaot: Ritual Immersion Baths in Second Temple (Intertestamental) Jewish History,” by Stephen D. Ricks in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“The Priestly Tithe in the First Century A.D.” by John A Tvedtnes in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“The Roman Army in the First Century,” by William J. Hamblin in BYU Studies 36 no. 3 (1996–1997).
“Scribes, Pharisees, Hypocrites’: A Study in Hypókrisis,” by Richard D. Draper in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges. Provo, Utah: Foundation of Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.
“The Social Context of First-Century Roman Christianity,” by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel in The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, ed. Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2000).
“The Sociocultural Context of the Sermon on the Mount,” by Amy B. Hardison in The Sermon on the Mount in Latter-day Scripture. Ed. Gaye Strathearn, Thomas A. Wayment, and Daniel L. Belnap. Provo, Utah: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2010.
“They Ministered Unto Him of Their Substance: Women and the Savior,” by Camille Fronk Olson in To Save the Lost, ed. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Kent P. Jackson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009).
“What Constitutes the True Church?” by Delbert L. Stapley in Ensign 7 (May 1977).
“‘Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?’: Medicine and Healing in the Time of Jesus,” by Ann N. Madsen in Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (1990).
“‘The Wisdom of Men’: Greek Philosophy, Corinthian Behavior, and the Teachings of Paul,” by Eric Huntsman in Shedding Light on the New Testament: Acts–Revelation, ed. Ray L. Huntington, Frank F. Judd Jr., and David M. Whitchurch. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009.
New Testament Generally
“All the Prophets Prophesied of Christ,” by D. Kelly Ogden and R. Val Johnson in Ensign 24 (Jan. 1994).
“Chiasmus in the New Testament,” by John W. Welch in Chiasmus in Antiquity ed. John W. Welch.
“The Earliest ‘New Testament’,” by Richard D. Draper in How the New Testament Came to Be, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr., (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, and Deseret Book 2006).
“The First Presidency of the Early Church: Their Lives and Epistles,” by Richard Lloyd Anderson (Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute).
“From Clay Tablets to Canon: The Story of the Formation of Scripture,” by Kerry Muhlestein in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006).
“The Greatest Story Ever Foretold,” by Keith H. Pryor in Ensign 21 (Dec. 1991).
“Judah between the Testaments,” by Richard D. Draper in Ensign 12 (Oct. 1982).
“The Many Witnesses of Jesus Christ and His Work,” by James M. Paramore in Ensign 20 (Nov. 1990).
“The Masada Fragments, the Qumran Scrolls, and the New Testament,” by David Rolph Seely in BYU Studies 36 no 3 (1996–1997).
“New Testament,” by Robert C. Patch in Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
“New Testament Manuscripts, Textual Families, and Variants,” by Carol F. Ellertson in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006).
“Organization of the Church in New Testament Times,” by John K. Carmack in Encyclopedia of Mormonism.
“Principles of New Testament Textual Criticism,” by Carl W. Griffin and Frank F. Judd Jr. in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006).
“Scripture Insight: ‘The Lord Appointed Other Seventy Also,’” by John A. Tvedtnes in Insights 1 no. 4 (1999).
Sperry Symposium Classics: The New Testament, ed. Frank F. Judd Jr. and Gaye Strathearn (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006).
Writings
“The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Mormon Perspective,” by S. Kent Brown in BYU Studies 23 no. 1 (1983).
“The Dead Sea Scrolls and the World of Jesus,” by Andrew C. Skinner in Studies in the Bible and Antiquity 2 (2010).
“First-Century Sources on the Life of Jesus,” by Thomas A. Wayment in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006).
“Jesus is Jehovah (YHWH): A Study in the Gospels,” by Roger R. Keller in Jesus Christ: Son of God, Savior, ed. Paul H. Peterson, Gary L. Hatch, and Laura D. Card (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2002).
“Maverick Scholarship and the Apocrypha,” by Thomas A. Wayment in FARMS Review 19 no. 2. Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute, 2007.
“The Messiah and the Manuscripts,” by S. Kent Brown and C. Wilfred Griggs in Ensign, September 1974, 68–73.
“New Directions in the Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls,” by Frank M. Cross in BYU Studies 25 no. 3 (1985).
“New Testament Manuscripts, Textual Families, and Variants,” by Carol F. Ellertson in How the New Testament Came to Be: The Thirty-fifth Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, ed. Kent P. Jackson and Frank F. Judd Jr. (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006).
“The Sermon at the Temple and the Greek New Testament Manuscripts,” by John W. Welch in Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and Sermon on the Mount (Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute, 1990).