BYU Studies
Front Matter
Articles
From the Editor
John W. Welch
Understanding the Council of Fifty and Its Minutes
Ronald K. Esplin
Joseph Smith and Egyptian Artifacts: A Model for Evaluating the Prophetic Nature of the Prophet's Ideas about the Ancient World
Kerry Muhlestein
Anatomy of Invention
Larry L. Howell
Theological Underpinnings of Baptism for the Dead
David L. Paulsen, Roger D. Cook, and Brock M. Mason
On Criticism, Compassion, and Charity
George Handley
"This Is Very Historic": The Young Ambassadors 1979 Tour of China
John Hilton III and Brady Liu
Full Issue
Document
Minutes of the Afternoon Meeting of the Council of Fifty, April 11, 1844
Matthew J. Grow, Ronald K. Esplin, Mark Ashurst-McGee, Gerrit J. Dirkmaaat, and Jeffrey D. Mahas
Poetry
The Cordwainer
Terresa Wellborn
Silent Wednesday
Mark Bennion
Essay
Book Reviews
Schooling the Prophet: How the Book of Mormon Influenced Joseph Smith and the Early Restoration
Mark L. Staker
Mormonism and American Politics
J. B. Haws