Source? Did you realize that Hugh Nibley fought as a soldier in WWII? Honorably. I grew up in Provo and know the family. I've heard him speak many times. You do not know what you are talking about. From a lengthy essay on his life:
At first light on 6 June 1944, the first of many Allied landing craft began hitting the beaches of Normandy. At Utah Beach, 12 men dangling from one of the emerging jeeps cheered their driver on as they surged up from beneath the surface of the chilly English Channel waters. That driver, an army intelligence officer with a PhD in ancient history from the University of California at Berkeley, was none other than Hugh W. Nibley, age 34.Hugh Nibley was a brilliant man. Did he question everything? Yes. And through it all he stayed faithful to his beliefs in Jesus Christ and the truth of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. He did say things that made people uncomfortable. He also made us think. You always knew where he stood on issues. Did he like war? No. Did he speak out against some wars? Yes, but he did volunteer to serve. His son Alex Nibley wrote a book titled Sergeant Nibley, Ph.D.: Memories of an Unlikely Screaming Eagle. Alex Nibley and his father were going to write the last chapter of the book together. But Hugh Nibley died before that could happen. So Alex wrote it himself, writing what he thought his father would write. If you would like to read the whole interview on the book, it is Here. I've read the book and it is excellent.While preparing for the invasion, Hugh had visited several antiquarian bookstores in London— walking out with armloads of Arabic and Greek literary treasures. He had also, on the sly, slipped a copy of the Book of Mormon into one of the 55 pockets in his regimental intelligence corps fatigues. Insights
Thanks...will read it. Dr. Nibley was a brilliant linguist, as I’m sure you are aware...but he also was very anti-war in the 60s. He also opposed BYU’s dress code and actually encouraged students to dress like the smelly hippies of San Francisco of the era. And though, very much famous in ancient languages, he was no historian, IMO—what he did in response to equally brilliant Fawn Brodie’s well-sourced scholarship was reprehensible!