Faculty and Staff Notes

Awards

Devan Jensen was recognized for ten years of service to the university.

In Memoriam

Monte S. Nyman, professor emeritus of ancient scripture, passed away on September 30, 2011.

Publications

Alford, Kenneth L. “Camp Douglas: Keeping a Watchful Eye on Salt Lake and the Saints.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, edited by Scott C. Esplin and Kenneth L. Alford, 179–201. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

———, “Latter-day Saint Poetry and Songs of the Utah War.” Mormon Historical Studies 12, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 1–26.

———,Chris L. Lafferty, and Todd E. Dunn. “A Global Leadership Framework.” In 2011 Proceedings for Society for the Advancement of Management Conference, edited by Moustafa Abdelsamad. April 2011.

———, and Robert C. Freeman. “The Salt Lake Theatre: Brigham’s Playhouse.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 97–117.

Baugh, Alexander L., and R. Jean Addams. “Historical and Geographical Beginnings of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot).” Mormon Historical Studies 12, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 87–103.

———. “‘I’ll Never Forsake’: Amanda Barnes Smith.” In Women of Faith in the Latter Days, vol. 1, 1775–1820, edited by Richard E. Turley Jr. and Brittany A. Chapman, 327–42. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

———. “’Tis Not for Crimes That I Have Done’: Parley P. Pratt’s Missouri Imprisonment, 1838–1839.” In Parley P. Pratt and the Making of Mormonism, edited by Gregory Armstrong, Matthew J. Grow, and Dennis J. Siler, 137–67. Norman, OK: Arthur H. Clark, 2011.

Belnap, Daniel L. “‘A Feast, O Baal, We Shall Provide’: The Role of the Feast in the Ugaritic Mythological Texts.” In Le Banquet à Travers les Âges: De Pharaon à Marco Ferreri, edited by Sydney H. Aufrère and Michel Mazoyer. Parias: Editions L’Harmattan, 2011.

Black, Susan Easton. “The Beehive and Deseret: Visual Influence of the Book of Mormon in Salt Lake City.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 119–31.

———. The Best of the St. Louis Luminary. Provo, UT: BYU Studies; Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2011. DVD.

———. 400 Questions & Answers about the Book of Mormon. American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2011. DVD.

———. Review of Fred E. Woods and Thomas L. Farmer. When the Saints Came Marching In: A History of the Latter-day Saints in St. Louis. In BYU Studies 30, no. 1 (2011): 174.

———. “The Spirit of the Lord Hath Buoyed Me Up.” In Women of Faith in the Latter Days, vol. 1, 1775–1820, edited by Richard E. Turley Jr. and Brittany A. Chapman, 5–77. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

———. “Visiting Nauvoo.” Mormon Times. April 16, 2011. 1, 5.

———, and Larry C. Porter. “Rest Assured, Martin Harris Will Be Here in Time.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 20, no. 1 (2011): 4–27.

———, and Mary Jane Woodger. Women of Character: Profiles of 100 Prominent LDS Women. American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2011.

Blumell, Lincoln. “Christians on the Move in Late Antique Oxyrhynchus.” In Travel and Religion in Antiquity, edited by Philip Harland, 235–54. Studies in Christianity and Judaism/Études sur le christianisme et le judaïsme 21. Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2011.

———. “A Gold Lamella with a Greek Inscription in the Brigham Young University Collection.” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik 177 (2011): 166–68.

———. “Is P.Oxy. XLII 3057 the Earliest Christian Letter?” In Early Christian Manuscripts: Examples of Applied Method and Approach, edited by Thomas J. Kraus and Tobias Nicklas, 97–113. Texts and Editions for New Testament Study Vol. IV. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 2011.

———. “A Text-Critical Comparison of the King James Version with Certain Modern Translations.” Studies in the Bible and Antiquity 3 (2011): 67–127.

Boone, David F. “‘And Should We Die’: Pioneer Burial Grounds in Salt Lake City.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 155–77.

Cope, Rachel. “Female Presence in Religious Archives: Discovering the Documentation of Forgotten [Church] Members.” Methodist History L, no. 1 (October 2011): 52–59.

———. Review of Confessing History: Explorations in Christian Faith and the Historian’s Perspective, edited by John Fea and Eric Miller. BYU Studies 50, no. 4 (2011): 173–74.

———. Review of The Furnace of Affliction: Prisons and Reform in Antebellum America, by Jennifer Graber. Methodist History (July 2011): 243–45.

———. “‘With God’s Assistance I will Someday Be an Artist’: John B. Fairbanks Account of the Paris Art Mission.” BYU Studies 50, no. 3 (2011): 133–59.

———. “Zina Baker Huntington.” In Women of Faith in the Latter Days, vol. 1, 1775–1820, edited by Richard E. Turley Jr. and Brittany A. Chapman. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011. E-book edition.

———, and Robert Palmer. “Diversity in Nineteenth-Century St. Louis.” BYU Studies 50, no. 1 (2011): 111–27.

Cowan, Richard O. “Dealing with Disabilities.” In Embracing the Future: Preparing for Life after Retirement, edited by Roy A. Prete, 222–32. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

———. “The Design, Construction, and Role of the Salt Lake Temple.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 47–65.

Esplin, Scott C. “Closing the Church College of New Zealand: A Case Study in Church Education Policy.” Journal of Mormon History 37, no. 1 (Winter 2011): 86–114.

———. “The Salt Lake Tabernacle: A Witness to the Growth of God’s Kingdom.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 69–95.

Garr, Arnold K. “Thomas Bullock: ‘The Lord’s Clerk.’” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 133–53.

Goodman, Michael A. “Correlation: The Turning Point (1960s).” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 259–83.

Haws, J.B. “From The God Makers to the Myth Maker: Simultaneous—and Lasting—Challenges to Mormonism’s Reputation in the 1980s.” Mormon Historical Studies 12, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 31–51.

Hilton, John, and Anthony Sweat. “Three Great Reasons to Give Thanks.” New Era, December 2011, 18–20.

———, and David Wiley. “Open Access Textbooks and Financial Sustainability: A Case Study on Flat World Knowledge.” International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning 12, no. 5 (2011): 18–26.

———, and David Wiley. “Free E-Books and Print Sales.” Journal of Electronic Publishing 14, no. 1 (2011).

———, and Lani Hilton. What Guys Need to Know about Girls. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

———, and Mindy Friedman. “Speaking in Sacrament Meeting?” New Era, October 2011, 12–15.

Huntsman, Eric D.God So Loved the World: The Final Days of the Savior’s L

ife. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

———. Good Tidings of Great Joy: An Advent Celebration of the Savior’s Life. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

Judd, Daniel K. “The Eternal Family: A Plain and Precious Part of the Plan of Salvation.” In Successful Marriages and Families: Proclamation Principles and Research Perspectives, edited by Alan J. Hawkins, David C. Dollahite, and Thomas W. Draper, 337–45. Provo, UT: BYU Studies, 2011.

———. The Fortunate Fall: Understanding the Blessings and Burdens of Adversity. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

Livingstone, John P. “Historical Highlights of LDS Family Services.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 285–303.

Maddox, Annalisa, and Terry B. Ball. A Typologic and Morphometric Analysis of Phytoliths Produced by the Inflorescences of Selected Species of Millet. Abstracts of the 8th International Meeting for Phytolith Research (2011): 33.

Millet, Robert L. Lehi’s Dream. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011. Artwork by James C. Christensen.

———, Camille Fronk Olson, Andrew C. Skinner, and Brent L. Top. LDS Beliefs: A Doctrinal Reference. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

Minert, Roger P., ed. German Immigrants in American Church Records, vol. 10, Illinois North Protestant. Rockland, ME: Picton Press, 2011.

———. Under the Gun: West German and Austrian Latter-day Saints in World War II. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

Newell, Lloyd D. “Finding Fulfillment in Later Life.” In Embracing the Future: Preparing for Life after Retirement, edited by Roy Prete, 295–309. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

———. “From the Crossroads of the West”: Eight Decades of Music and the Spoken Word.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 305–21.

———. “The Proclamation: A Guide, a Banner, and a Doctrinal Summary of the Church's Emphasis on the Family.” In Successful Marriages and Families, 310–19.

———, Craig Hart, and Julie Haupt. “Parenting with Love, Limits, and Latitude: Proclamation Principles and Supportive Scholarship.” In Successful Marriages and Families, 102–18.

Riley M. Moffat, Fred E. Woods, and Jeffrey N. Walker. Gathering to Laie. Laie, HI: The Jonathan Napela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Studies, Brigham Young University–Hawaii, 2011.

  1. Muhlestein, Kerry. Violence in the Service of Order: The Religious Framework for Sanctioned Killing in Ancient Egypt. British Archaeological Reports International Series 2299. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2011.

———. “Levantine Thinking in Egypt.” In Egypt, Canaan and Israel: History, Imperialism, Ideology and Literature, edited by S. Bar, D. Kahn, and J. J. Shirley. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, vol. 52 (2011): 190–235.

Ogden, D. Kelly. Happy like Jesus. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

———, and Andrew C. Skinner. Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon, vol. 1 (1 Nephi through Alma 29). Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

———, and Andrew C. Skinner. Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon, vol. 2 (Alma 30 through Moroni). Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

Olson, Camille Fronk. “Be of Good Cheer: Choosing Happiness,” Ensign, July 2011, 57–60.

———. “A Church for All, a Gospel of Inclusion.” In Voice(s) of Hope: Latter-day Saint Perspectives on Same-Gender Attraction—an Anthology of Gospel Teachings and Personal Essays, edited by Ty Mansfield, 208–25. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

Ostler, Craig James. “Salt Lake City: City Stake of Zion.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 339–52.

———. “Salt Lake City: Founded upon the Doctrine and Covenants.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 7–25.

Perrier, Xavier, Edmond De Langhe, Mark Donohue, Carol Lentfer, Luc Vrydaghs, Frédéric Bakry, Françoise Carreel, Isabelle Hippolyte, Jean-Pierre Horry, Christophe Jenny, Vincent Lebot, Ange-Marie Risterucci, Kodjo Tomekpe, Hugues Doutrelepont, Terry B. Ball, Jason Manwaring, Pierre de Maret, and Tim Denham. “Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Banana (Musa spp.) Domestication.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108, no. 28 (2011): 11311–18.

Pike, Dana M. “Exploring the Biblical Phrase ‘God of the Spirits of All Flesh.’” In Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown, edited by Andrew C. Skinner, D. Morgan Davis, and Carl W. Griffin (Provo, UT: BYU Maxwell Institute, 2011), 313–27.

———, Review of Terryl Givens, When Souls Had Wings: Pre-Mortal Existence in Western Thought. In BYU Studies 50, no. 4 (2011): 145–48.

Properzi, Mauro. “Looking for Balance between Identity and Encounter: Buber’s relations and Interreligious Dialogue.” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 46, no. 2 (Spring 2011): 251–58.

———. Review of “The Book of Mormon: A Very Short Introduction” by Terryl L. Givens. International Journal of Mormon Studies 4 (2011): 148–53.

Richardson, Matthew O. “A House for the Presidency: The History of the Church Administration Building.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 231–57.

Sperry, Kip. “Salt Lake City: An International Center for Family History.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 323–37.

Wayment, Thomas A. “P.Oxy. 2383 One More Time: A Response to Claire Clivaz.” Novum Testamentum 53 (2011): 1–5.

———, and Alex Ladenheim, “A New Fragment of the Protevangelium Jacobi.” Harvard Theological Review 104 (2011): 381–84.

Woodger, Mary Jane.Against the Odds: The Life of George Albert Smith (American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2011).

———. In Women of Faith in the Latter Days, vol. 1, 1775–1820, edited by Richard E. Turley Jr. and Brittany A. Chapman, 5–77. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011.

Woods, Fred E. “The Arrival of Nineteenth-Century Mormon Emigrants in Salt Lake City.” In Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 203–29.

———. “Making Friends Down Under: The Beginnings of LDS Missionary Work on Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia, 1961.” Mormon Historical Studies 11, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 105–23.

———, and Kari Bjarnason. “Jon Jonsson, Icelandic translation of the First Book of Nephi and Other Publications.” Mormon Historical Studies 12, no. 2 (Fall 2011), forthcoming.

Dennis A. Wright and Rebekah E. Westrup, “Ensign Peak,” in Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, 27–45.

Wright, Mark A. “‘According to Their Language, unto Their Understanding’: The Cultural Context of Hierophanies and Theophanies in Latter-day Saint Canon.” Studies in the Bible and Antiquity 3 (2011): 51–66.