Quotes by Nibley, Hugh

Hugh Winder Nibley (March 27, 1910-February 24, 2005) was born in Portland, Oregon and was one of Mormonism's most celebrated scholars. A prolific author and professor emeritus of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University, he was fluent in the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Egyptian, Coptic, Arabic, German, French, English, and Spanish languages. Nibley is notable both for vigorously defending the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and for frankly discussing the shortcomings of the LDS people and culture..