When the Lights Went Out: Three Studies on the Ancient Apostasy

Authors

Hugh Nibley

Files

Description

When the Lights Went Out contains reprints of three classic Nibley essays on the fate of the primitive Christian church and its institutions and beliefs. In “The Passing of the Primitive Church,” Nibley presents forty striking and often neglected facets of church history. “The Forty-Day Mission of Christ” deals with the historical relevance of Acts 1:3, which claims that after Christ’s resurrection, he was “seen of them forty days, and [spoke] of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.” Nibley discusses the implications of the loss of the temple during the fall of Jerusalem in his “Christian Envy of the Temple.” Each of these three articles appeared separately in scholarly journals, 1959–66.

Copyright Status

© 2001 Hugh W. Nibley

ISBN

978-0934893602

Owning Institution

Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Publisher

The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies

Publication Date

2001

Disciplines

Religion | Religious Education

Recommended Citation

Nibley, Hugh, "When the Lights Went Out: Three Studies on the Ancient Apostasy" (2001). Maxwell Institute Publications. 99.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mi/99