Boyd J. Petersen recollects that Hugh W. Nibley (his father-in-law) was hesitant to ever discuss Adam-God with him (who was his biographer) and others.

Date
Aug 26, 2013
Type
Speech / Court Transcript
Source
Boyd J. Petersen
LDS
Hearsay
Direct
Reference

Boyd J. Petersen in "Hugh Nibley—Part 2: Scholar and Defender of the Faith," Mormon Matters podcast, August 26, 2013, accessed January 31, 2023

Scribe/Publisher
Mormon Matters
People
Hugh W. Nibley, Boyd J. Petersen
Audience
Internet Public
Transcription

I never heard him say, “I believe in the Adam-God doctrine” . . . I thought, “Why hasn’t he addressed that issue [Adam-God]?” And so I asked him . . . and he said, “Oh, I never think about that.” And he just didn’t want to talk about it, he said, “Well, let me revise that: I don’t talk about that.” . . . in several of his Brigham Young writings [he said] that he felt like Brigham Young was a better theologian than he’s been given credit for. So . . . my gut feeling is that he had very strong sympathies for that theology.

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