- Michael W. Sours. Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique (1995). — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
- John S. Hatcher, Amrollah Hemmat, Ehsanollah Hemmat. Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove": A Provisional Translation (2019). — A lengthy dialogue between Baha'u'llah (as persona/narrator) and the Huriyyih — the Maid of Heaven...
- John S. Hatcher, Amrollah Hemmat, Ehsanollah Hemmat. Bahá'u'lláh's Symbolic Use of the Veiled Ḥúríyyih (2019). — Analyzing some of the meanings behind the appearance of the Veiled Maiden, as alluded to by Baha'u'l...
- Farshid Kazemi. Celestial Fire: Bahá'u'lláh as the Messianic Theophany of the Divine Fire in Zoroastrianism (2013). — Heat is used as a symbol of the dynamic nature of motion and existence, and in a tablet to the Zoroa...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Days of Remembrance: Selections from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh for Bahá'í Holy Days (2017). — Forty-five selections revealed for, or relating to, nine Baha’i Holy Days.
- Hui Bau. Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Holy Mariner: History, Translations, Interpretations and Analysis (2016). — Lengthy compilation, with background information on the Tablet, and commentary from Bau, Adib Taherz...
- Hui Bau. Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal) (2018). — Background of the Suriy-i-Haykal: historical context and verses primarily from the first half of the...
- John Walbridge. Erotic Imagery in the Allegorical Writings of Baha'u'llah (1997). — Mystical symbolism in early Baha'i poetry.
- Mark A. Foster. Father and the Maiden, The: The Abrahamic Patriarchate and the Divine Feminine (1999). — While the outward structure of the Baha'i Faith may be patriarchal, the spirit of the age is express...
- Lil Osborn. Female Representations of the Holy Spirit in Bahá'í and Christian writings and their implications for gender roles (1994). — A response to feminist theologian Mary Daly's argument that a male representation of God reinforces ...
- Paula A. Drewek. Feminine Forms of the Divine in Bahá'í Scriptures (1992). — Examples of the interaction between male and female principles in the writings. Complementarity of m...
- Daryl Lowery. Hidden Words: Allusion to Progressive Revelation in Persian HW #77 (1999). — Student paper, exploring one of the longest and more mystical Hidden Words.
- Michael W. Sours. Immanence and Transcendence in Theophanic Symbolism (1992). — Baha'u'llah uses symbols to depict theophanies — the appearance of God and the divine in the real...
- Ross Woodman. "In the Beginning Was the Word": Apocalypse and the Education of the Soul (1993). — Hidden meanings in scripture and the soul are metaphorically identified with the huris, or brides. T...
- Mohamad Ghasem Bayat. Introduction to the Súratu'l-Haykal (Discourse of The Temple), An (2001). — One of Baha’u’llah's major writings. It includes references to the manifold stations of the Mani...
- John S. Hatcher. List of Articles on BahaiTeachings.org (2021). — List of online essays and articles by Dr. John Hatcher.
- Báb, The, Bahá'u'lláh, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice. Anonymous, comp. Maid of Heaven, The: A Personal Compilation (2020). — Compilation of texts related to the Maid of Heaven, a personification of the “Most Great Spirit."
- Michael W. Sours. Maid of Heaven, the Image of Sophia, and the Logos, The: Personification of the Spirit of God in Scripture and Sacred Literature (1991). — The Logos in Christianity and the Maiden for Baha'u'llah can be equated as one and the same eternal ...
- Ross Woodman. Metaphor and the Language of Revelation (1997). — To enter the realm of metaphor as the language of the soul is to come into direct contact with the W...
- Sandra Lynn Hutchison. O Pen!: Reflections on Suriy al-Qalam (Surih of the Pen) (2017 Autumn). — On the background and themes of Baha'u'llah's tablet about the inception of his revelation and the a...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Ode of the Dove (1997). — Translation of Qasidiy-i- Varqa'iyyih.
- Christopher Buck. Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith (1999). — Study of Baha'i and Christian symbology, the "first academic monograph comparing Christianity and th...
- Ismael Velasco. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies (2004). — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
- Peyman Sazedj. Provisional Translations of Selected Writings of the Báb, Baháʼuʼlláh, and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (2009-2011). — Twenty-four translations from 2009, 2010, and 2011 copied from the defunct website peyman.sazedj.org...
- Alison Marshall. Revelation in the Voices of Baha'u'llah (1999-06). — Paper examines how the process of revelation can be understood by examining how ordinary human being...
- Ross Woodman. Role of the Feminine in the Bahá'í Faith, The (1995). — On the terms 'Masculine' and 'Feminine' as referring to 2 interdependent energies at work within the...
- Marion Woodman. Role of the Feminine in the New Era, The (1989). — The unveiled feminine, symbolized by the unveiling of the Persian poet Tahirih at the conference ...
- Todd Lawson. Seeing Double: The Covenant and the Tablet of Ahmad (2005). — The Tablet of Ahmad is believed to have special potency. "Seeing double" means both looking at the w...
- Ismael Velasco, Julio Savi. Sprinkling from a Cloud (Rashh-i-Amá): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
- Universal House of Justice. Station of Bahá'u'lláh and the Significance of His Revelation, The (1992-10-15). — As the soul is a mystery that the human mind cannot unravel, even more ineffable is the nature of th...
- Christopher Buck. Symbolic Profile of the Bahá'í Faith, A (1998). — A “symbolic profile” of Baha’i consciousness as shaped by the writings of Baha’u’llah and ...
- Universal House of Justice. Tablet of Ahmad and Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1996-12-02). — Date of publications of translations of the Tablet of Ahmad and the Tablet of the Holy Mariner.
- Bahá'u'lláh. John Walbridge, trans. Tablet of the Deathless Youth (Lawh-i-Ghulamu'l-Khuld) (1996).
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1999). — Provisional translations of both the Persian and Arabic sections of Baha'u'llah's Tablet of the Holy...
- Bahá'u'lláh. Shoghi Effendi, trans, Mehran Ghasempour, trans. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1924/2002). — Complete tablet, both the Arabic (official translation) and the Persian (provisional translation) se...
- Aziz Mboya. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Study Compilations (2000/2021). — Includes a provisional translation of the Persian part of this Tablet, and. two compilations on the ...
- Jonah Winters. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Tablet study outline (1999).
- Michael W. Sours, Jonah Winters. Tablet of the Holy Mariner (Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds): Wilmette Institute faculty notes (1999).
- Universal House of Justice. Tablet of the Maiden: Commentary on its translation (1997/1998). — Two letters on the mystical/symbolic content of "Tablet of the Maiden," with comments on the transla...
- John Walbridge. Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal) (1996).
- John Walbridge. Tablet of the Temple (Suratu'l-Haykal) (1999).
- Jonah Winters. Tablet of the Temple (Súratu'l-Haykal): Tablet study outline (1999).
- Bahá'u'lláh. Stephen Lambden, trans. Tablet of the Vision (1999).
- Bahá'u'lláh. Juan Cole, trans. Tablet of Vision (1996). — Translation of Lawh-i-Ru'ya.
- Universal House of Justice. Tablet to Amir Khan and Tablet of the Holy Mariner (1996/2001/2007). — Three letters about Abdu'l-Baha'is Tablet to Amir Khan; one letter about the Tablet of the Holy Mari...
- Moojan Momen. Two Episodes from the Life of Bahá'u'lláh in Iran (2019). — Regarding the conference of Badasht and Baha'u'llah's arrival at the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi, and o...
- John S. Hatcher. Unveiling the Huri of Love (2005). — Three versions of this paper: Powerpoint presentation, audio file, and published article.
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