Markk wrote:I do, when we would go to thanksgiving at his house...all the kids would be ready to eat but we first had to each read a page from Abraham in Egypt...and he would serve canned turkey baked like meat loaf and Wonder bread as rolls.
Then after we ate, Martha would have to tap dance for everyone to Come Come Ye saints...then we would all gather around Uncle and he would give us some wisdom, he once explained to us how it is biologically impossible for pop corn to pop on a apricot tree...Martha was really upset at that and we believe that is when she started doubting.
And yes I was bothered by all the attention Uncle Hugh got, I wanted so much to be him. I was once caught in my early teens putting the garment symbols on my tee shirt with a sharpie, and pretended I was Uncle Hugh walking around town.
A vignette from Hugh Nibley's life as performed by the crew of Black Adder. Probably the most brilliant thing I've read on this thread.
If it's not true, it felt to me that it might be. I have to confess that I agree with Markk on one thing: Nibley was out there. If you've ever listened to any of his lecture recordings and if you've read Martha Beck's book, then perhaps you, like me, will have done a double-take. The first time I read your comment Markk, it seemed utterly believable.
And your magnum opus is stunning. I hereby invoke the shade of Hoary Hugh, the Nebulous Nibley, and misquote the ancients: exegisti monumentum.
I read Martha's book and have no idea what to believe other than it is one messed up relationship ( Hugh and Martha). It was my inspiration for my joke though.
I have to be a little proud in a warped way that you believed what I wrote, especially putting masonic emblems on my tee shirt and walking around town.
Don't take life so seriously in that " sooner or later we are just old men in funny clothes" "Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk"
In this thread did anyone say who was and maybe still is the biggest supporter/defender of the nibster amongst the Mormon scholar, intellectual or apologetics' crowd?
Also are there courses taught at BYU like "Hugh Nibley-his writings and his impact on Mormonism?" Are Nibley written textbooks used in courses of study?
And does anyone know the number of Masters or PHD's awarded with the Nibster as the "supervising professor"-any notables in that crowd?
Hugh Nibley taught me that footnotes don't have to be accurate and that citing obscure works is pretty sweet because no one will verify. Got me through grad school.
lostindc wrote:Hugh Nibley taught me that footnotes don't have to be accurate and that citing obscure works is pretty sweet because no one will verify. Got me through grad school.
Please tell me you are joking, or that your qualification was in a topic that:
(a) Is of no practical importance to people's life, wealth or health, and (b) you do not intend to teach to anybody else.
Zadok: I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis. Maksutov: That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
lostindc wrote:Hugh Nibley taught me that footnotes don't have to be accurate and that citing obscure works is pretty sweet because no one will verify. Got me through grad school.
This is the first sensible comment on this thread.
lostindc wrote:Hugh Nibley taught me that footnotes don't have to be accurate and that citing obscure works is pretty sweet because no one will verify. Got me through grad school.
Please tell me you are joking, or that your qualification was in a topic that:
(a) Is of no practical importance to people's life, wealth or health, and (b) you do not intend to teach to anybody else.
kairos wrote:In this thread did anyone say who was and maybe still is the biggest supporter/defender of the nibster amongst the Mormon scholar, intellectual or apologetics' crowd?
Also are there courses taught at BYU like "Hugh Nibley-his writings and his impact on Mormonism?" Are Nibley written textbooks used in courses of study?
And does anyone know the number of Masters or PHD's awarded with the Nibster as the "supervising professor"-any notables in that crowd?
just askin'
k
I indirectly wrote that I believe "the folks" are the main supporters/defenders and the ones that basically made him a successful scholar...read through the book reviews and search pro LDS message boards, it really paints a positive acceptance of him with the folks .
I also believe scholars and apologists for the most part will only support him when he agrees with their current thought or paper. Also, as time goes on his scholarship will be shelved in academia, and his legend will grow with the folks and "the church," as long as it compliments their testimonies and helps "the church" survive.
Don't take life so seriously in that " sooner or later we are just old men in funny clothes" "Tom 'T-Bone' Wolk"
kairos wrote:In this thread did anyone say who was and maybe still is the biggest supporter/defender of the nibster amongst the Mormon scholar, intellectual or apologetics' crowd?
Also are there courses taught at BYU like "Hugh Nibley-his writings and his impact on Mormonism?" Are Nibley written textbooks used in courses of study?
And does anyone know the number of Masters or PHD's awarded with the Nibster as the "supervising professor"-any notables in that crowd?
just askin''
k
I indirectly wrote that I believe "the folks" are the main supporters/defenders and the ones that basically made him a successful scholar...read through the book reviews and search pro LDS message boards, it really paints a positive acceptance of him with the folks .
I also believe scholars and apologists for the most part will only support him when he agrees with their current thought or paper. Also, as time goes on his scholarship will be shelved in academia, and his legend will grow with the folks and "the church," as long as it compliments their testimonies and helps "the church" survive.
I've been out forever, apparently (not that I'm complaining!)-- but who are "the folks?"
Chap wrote: Please tell me you are joking, or that your qualification was in a topic that:
(a) Is of no practical importance to people's life, wealth or health, and (b) you do not intend to teach to anybody else.
I'm pretty sure he's joking, Chap
Yes I was bein a little sarcastic.
Also, don't worry, my degree is utterly useless to the real world in pretty much most ways. In fact, all my schooling really has very little to do with my job.
Lastly, sometimes the truth isn't necessary if it doesn't promote faith, therefore, I saw the truth in my research as not necessarily important.
I indirectly wrote that I believe "the folks" are the main supporters/defenders and the ones that basically made him a successful scholar...read through the book reviews and search pro LDS message boards, it really paints a positive acceptance of him with the folks .
I also believe scholars and apologists for the most part will only support him when he agrees with their current thought or paper. Also, as time goes on his scholarship will be shelved in academia, and his legend will grow with the folks and "the church," as long as it compliments their testimonies and helps "the church" survive.[/quote]
i agree it's the "folks' who keep him in the limelight if that's the word- funny it's not a Sperry or Welch or Allen or even a ugh DCP or Geeman.
any notable Phd candidates under the Nibster's supervision?
