In 1954 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sponsored a Sunday evening radio service that was broadcast from Temple Square in Salt Lake City. A captivating thirty-part lecture series by Hugh Nibley, under the general theme Time Vindicates the Prophets, was featured from March 7 through October 17.

Although recorded in 1954, the messages delivered in this broadcast are as interesting and relevant today as they were then, and they represent the characteristic Nibley style, which so many have come to appreciate. This extraordinary collection can be appropriately called "vintage Nibley." Material in these broadcasts were eventually the basis for Hugh Nibley's book, The World and the Prophets.

Hugh Nibley received his Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1939, and was a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University. He was a gifted scholar, educator, and lecturer who delighted and motivated Latter-day Saints for decades. A prolific writer, a keen and witty observer, and a relentless critic of the worldly, he led members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of all ages to a deeper understanding of and commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ.