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Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Abinadi: The Drama’s Sacral Kingship is About Being a Child of God." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 489-519. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Seely, David Rolph. "The Allegory of the Olive Tree and the Use of Related Figurative Language in the Ancient Near East and the Old Testament." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 290-303. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "The Allegory of the Olive Tree in Jacob." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 70-103. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, Edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch. Salt Lake City/Provo, UT: Deseret Book Company/Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1994.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Alma 12, Review of the Feast of Tabernacles Drama." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 556-558. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Alma 12, The Universal Pattern of Apostasy." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 538-540. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Alma 12:3, 'But Thou Hast Lied unto God'." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 541-543. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Alma 12:5-6, The Power of an Embrace." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 544-546. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Alma 13, Alma Teaches about the Eternal Nature of Priesthood and Kingship." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 583-585. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Alma 13, The Quest for Self: To Know the Law of One's Own Being." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 564-572. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Alma 13:1-9, Premortal Responsibilities and Opportunities to Bless Others." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 573-582. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Alma 14: The Origins of Good and Evil." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 586-606. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Alma 5: The Song of Redeeming Love." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 520-537. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Alma’s Invitation to Enter into the Rest of the Lord." In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 559-563. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Leonard, Glen. "Antiquites, Curiosities, and Latter-day Saint Museums." In The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry and Andrew H. Hedges, 291-325. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.

Nibley, Hugh W.. "Assembly and Atonement." In King Benjamin's Speech: "That Ye May Learn Wisdom", edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 119-145. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.

Nibley, Hugh W.. "Assembly and Atonement." In King Benjamin’s Speech Made Simple, edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.

Nibley, Hugh W.. "Assembly and Atonement." In King Benjamin's Speech: "That Ye May Learn Wisdom", edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 119-145. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.

Reynolds, Noel B.. "The Authorship Debate Concerning Lectures on Faith: Exhumation and Reburial." In The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry and Andrew H. Hedges, 355-382. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.

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Welch, John W., and Daryl R. Hague. "Benjamin's Sermon as a Traditional Ancient Farewell Address." In King Benjamin's Speech: "That Ye May Learn Wisdom", edited by John W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, 89-117. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1998.

Ricks, Stephen D.. Book of Mormon Studies In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.

Tvedtnes, John A.. "Book of Mormon Tribal Affiliation and Military Castes." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 296-326. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

Tvedtnes, John A.. "Borrowings from the Parable of Zenos." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 373-426. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

Hess, Wilford M., Daniel J. Fairbanks, John W. Welch, and Jonathan K. Driggs. "Botanical Aspects of Olive Culture Relevant to Jacob 5." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 484-561. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

Hamblin, William J.. "The Bow and Arrow in the Book of Mormon." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 365-399. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

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Ricks, Stephen D.. "Converging Paths: Language and Cultural Notes on the Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Book of Mormon." In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson and John W. Welch, 389-419. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.

De Hoyos, Genevieve. "Cultural Pluralism or Assimilation? A Dilemma of Our Times." In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 335-352. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

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Ricks, Stephen D.. "Death Knell or Tinkling Cymbals?" Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 4, no. 1 (1992): 235-250.

Ricks, Stephen D.. "Dexiosis and Dextrarum Iunctio: The Sacred Handclasp in the Classical and Early Christian World." The FARMS Review 18, no. 1 (2006): 431-436.

The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, Edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry and Andrew H. Hedges. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.

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Cheesman, Paul R.. "External Evidences of the Book of Mormon." In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 73-90. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

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Sorenson, John L.. "Fortifications in the Book of Mormon Account Compared with Mesoamerican Fortifications." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 425-444. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

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Ricks, Stephen D.. "God's Name?" FARMS Review of Books 12, no. 1 (2000): 1-4.

Gee, John, and Daniel C. Peterson. "Graft and Corruption: On Olives and Olive Culture in the Pre-Modern Mediterranean." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 186-247. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

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Ricks, Stephen D.. "'Holy War' in the Book of Mormon and the Ancient Near East." In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 202-205. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.

Ricks, Stephen D.. ""Holy War": The Sacral Ideology of War in the Book of Mormon and in the Ancient Near East." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 103-117. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

Phillips, R. Douglas. "The Honey and the Smoke: Achilles and Atē in the Iliad." In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 1, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 659-669. Vol. 1. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

Ricks, Stephen D.. "Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, The World of the Jaredites, There Were Jaredites." Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 2, no. 1 (1990): 128-142.

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Ricks, Stephen D.. "I Have a Question: Many times in prophecy, the present and past tenses are used, even though the prophecy refers to a future event. Can you explain the use of verb tenses in prophecy?" Ensign 18, no. 8 (1988): 27-28.

Hamblin, William J.. "The Importance of Warfare in Book of Mormon Studies." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 481-499. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

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Thomas, M. Catherine. "Jacob's Allegory: The Mystery of Christ." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 11-20. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

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Ricks, Stephen D.. "King, Coronation, and Covenant in Mosiah 1-6." In Rediscovering the Book of Mormon, edited by John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne, 209-219. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1991.

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Ricks, Stephen D.. "Latter-day Saint Doctrines and the Bible." FARMS Review of Books 14, no. 1-2 (2002): 337-340.

Ricks, Stephen D.. "Lehi and Local Color." FARMS Review 21, no. 2 (2009): 169-177.

Ricks, Stephen D.. "On Lehi's Trail: Nahom, Ishmael's Burial Place." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 20, no. 1 (2011): 66-68.

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S. Kent Brown. "Marriage and Treaty in the Book of Mormon: The Case of the Abducted Lamanite Daughters." In The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry and Andrew H. Hedges, 1-18. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.

Welch, John W., John M. Lundquist, and Stephen D. Ricks. "The Melchizedek Material in Alma 13:13-19." In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, 238-272. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

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Porter, Bruce H., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Names in Antiquity: Old, New, and Hidden." In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 1, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 501-522. Vol. 1. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

Smith, Robert F., and Stephen D. Ricks. "New Year's Celebrations." In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 209-211. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.

Tvedtnes, John A., and Stephen D. Ricks. "Notes and Communications: Jewish and Other Semitic Texts Written in Egyptian Characters." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 5, no. 2 (1996): 156-163.

Hamblin, William J., and Brent A. Merrill. "Notes on the Cimeter (Scimitar) in the Book of Mormon." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 360-364. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

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Szink, Terrence L.. "An Oath of Allegiance in the Book of Mormon." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 35-45. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

Ricks, Stephen D.. "Olive Culture in the Second Temple Era and Early Rabbinic Period." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 460-475. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

Hall, John Franklin. "The Olive in Greco-Roman Religion." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 248-261. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

Madsen, Truman G.. "The Olive Press: A Symbol of Christ." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 1-10. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

Faulconer, James E.. "The Olive Tree and the Work of God: Jacob 5 and Romans 11." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 347-366. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

Welch, John W.. "Oliver Cowdery's 1835 Response to Alexander Campbell's 1831 "Delusions"." In The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry and Andrew H. Hedges, 434-458. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.

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Sorenson, John L.. "Religious Groups and Movements among the Nephites, 200–1 B.C." In The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry and Andrew H. Hedges, 163-208. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.

Parry, Donald W.. "Ritual Anointing with Olive Oil in Ancient Israelite Religion." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 262-289. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

Gillum, Gary P.. "Romans 11:17–24: A Bibliography of Commentaries." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 367-372. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

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Skinner, Andrew C.. "Savior, Satan, and Serpent: The Duality of a Symbol in the Scriptures." In The Disciple as Scholar: Essays on Scripture and the Ancient World in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry and Andrew H. Hedges, 359-384. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2000.

Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "Scimitars, Cimeters! We Have Scimitars! Do We Need Another Cimeter?" In By Study and Also By Faith, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 352-359. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

England, Eugene. "A Second Witness for the Logos: The Book of Mormon and Contemporary Literary Criticism." In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 91-125. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

Warren, Bruce W.. "Secret Combinations, Warfare, and Captive Sacrifice in Mesoamerica and the Book of Mormon." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 225-239. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

Tvedtnes, John A.. "The Sons of Mosiah: Emissaries of Peace." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 118-123. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

Hamblin, William J., and Brent A. Merrill. "Swords in the Book of Mormon." In Warfare in the Book of Mormon, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and William J. Hamblin, 329-351. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

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King, Arthur Henry, and Terry C. Warner. "Talent and the Individual's Tradition: History as Art, and Art as Moral Response." In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John M. Lundquist, 483-501. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

Ricks, Stephen D.. "Testaments: The Literary Riches of the Book of Mormon." The FARMS Review 16, no. 2 (2004): 55-57.

Haglund, Jr., Richard F.. "Is There a Cure for Authoritarianism in Science?" In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John M. Lundquist, 438-455. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.

Benson, RoseAnn, and Stephen D. Ricks. "Treaties and Covenants: Ancient Near Eastern Legal Terminology in the Book of Mormon." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 14, no. 1 (2005): 48-61, 128-129.

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Tvedtnes, John A.. "Vineyard or Olive Orchard?" In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 477-483. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

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Welch, John W.. "Words and Phrases in Jacob 5." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 174-184. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

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Seely, David Rolph, and John W. Welch. "Zenos and the Texts of the Old Testament." In The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5, edited by Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, 322-346. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1994.

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