Keywords
Matthew Black, Mircea Eliade, Hugh Nibley, Enoch
Abstract
As a graduate student, Gordon Thomasson had the opportunity to introduce two internationally renowned scholars to the publications and scholarship of Hugh Nibley: Matthew Black, an eminent scholar of ancient Enoch writings; and Mircea Eliade, famed chair of the History of Religions program at the University of Chicago. Upon hearing of Nibley’s Enoch discoveries, Black made an immediate, impromptu visit to BYU to meet him. Upon reading one of Nibley’s studies, Eliade proposed hiring him on the spot, exclaiming, “He knows my field better than I do, and his translations are elegant!”
Recommended Citation
Thomasson, Gordon C.
(2021)
"Matthew Black and Mircea Eliade Meet Hugh Nibley,"
Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship: Vol. 45, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/interpreter/vol45/iss1/7
