I have started reading books by Hugh Nibley, probably the best Mormon religious scholar, only recently.  Since moving to the US, I have heard his name over and over again, and for a while his brother was even my home teaching companion, but I was always busy with other things. Then finally I decided to start reading one of his book, The World and the Prophets, and after that I kept reading more and more.

Long before moving to the US, and before deciding to come to BYU, I had decided to study English mainly to have access to better Mormon literature and studies. Unfortunately, in other languages very little is available for those who want to read more than the Institute manual of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) and a couple of other books.

Living still in Brazil, I was happy to discover a new bookstore, opened near the San Paulo Mormon temple, where they had many books about the Church, but all written in English. Having read in previous years all that was available and interesting in other languages, I realized that I needed to improve my English if I ever wanted to have access to more interesting books about the Church. So, I decided to buy some of those books, and armed with a dictionary I went to a discovery journey. Among the first were the collection The Mortal Messiah by Bruce McConkie. But the books in the store were relatively expensive, and eventually the bookstore went our of business.

Now it is easier, I have finally learned English (more or less), and I am in the US, and I do not even have to buy the books, just go to the library.  Today by chance I found these videos about Hugh Nibley, and I want to share the link for those who may be interested.

Maxwell institute – The Works of Hugh Nibley – videos available