New Office Coordinator,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Office Coordinator
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Lois Richardson has begun part-time work as our office coordinator. She is finishing a degree at BYU in Near Eastern Studies. She brings a great deal of enthusiasm and secretarial and office experience to F.A.R.M.S.
Executive Editor Joins Farms Staff,
2023
Brigham Young University
Executive Editor Joins Farms Staff
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Melvin J. Thorne joins F.A.R.M.S. as Executive Editor and a member of the board of directors. He will coordinate all of the Foundation's many publishing projects.
Study Of Figurines Sheds Light On Ancient Americas,
2023
Brigham Young University
Study Of Figurines Sheds Light On Ancient Americas
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Archaeologist Terry Stocker (Ph.D., Illinois, 1983) is working under a F.A.R.M.S. research grant compiling articles that discuss and illustrate ceramic human figurines from throughout the Americas. Figurines can provide some of our most valuable information about ancient peoples arid their customs and relationships.
The Updates Of 1989,
2023
Brigham Young University
The Updates Of 1989
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Now available for a nominal charge are the valuable Updates for 1989. These interesting and easily readable monthly reports track the steady flow of new research generated by the Foundation this year.
Ten-Year Milestone Celebrated,
2023
Brigham Young University
Ten-Year Milestone Celebrated
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On November 8, 1989, the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies marked the 10th anniversary of its incorporation. We are pleased to report some of the major accomplishments of your Foundation in its first decade.
The Complete Updates Of The 80s,
2023
Brigham Young University
The Complete Updates Of The 80s
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Since 1984, F.A.R.M.S. has announced many of its most exciting discoveries in its monthly Updates. Sixty-four Updates appeared in the 1980s. As this decade closes, these concise, informative summaries are now all conveniently available as a sing le set (includes 1989; see the attached order form).
Explore Complexities,
2023
Brigham Young University
Explore Complexities
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With in the next six months, the Foundation will complete a volume of essays that discuss complexities, subtleties, and intricate consistencies in the Book of Mormon. These essays, by more than 25 scholars, have been popularized to make them accessible to the general reader.
Inscriptions Support Transoceanic Contact,
2023
Brigham Young University
Inscriptions Support Transoceanic Contact
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John Sorenson recently joined other scholars in examining ancient inscriptions in southeastern Colorado that appear to be written in Ogam, a language known chiefly from Ireland in medieval times. While claims for the authenticity of ancient inscriptions in west European or North African writing systems allegedly found in many parts of North America have been rejected by most archaeologists because of the flawed evidence put forward to support the claims, these particular inscriptions are unusually impressive and cannot be dismissed as modern fakes.
Warfare Volume At The Publisher,
2023
Brigham Young University
Warfare Volume At The Publisher
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The F.A.R.M.S. Symposium on Warfare in the Book of Mormon held in March of this year produced some excellent contributions. Editors William J. Hamblin and Stephen D. Ricks have prepared these essays for publication as Warfare in the Book of Mormon, to be published by F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book Company in the latter part of 1990. The following are samples of the contributions in this book.
New Reviews Coming,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Reviews Coming
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F.A.R.M.S. will publish volume 2 of Review of Books on the Book of Mormon in the first months of 1990. It will contain reviews of all books about the Book of Mormon published in 1989, plus reviews of a few published earlier. We welcome review copies or unsolicited reviews of any books on the Book of Mormon.
Inscription Appears To Be Hebrew,
2023
Brigham Young University
Inscription Appears To Be Hebrew
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In 1889 a representative of the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology excavated a small inscribed stone from an undisturbed burial mound in eastern Tennessee. He claimed that the signs on it were from the Cherokee Indian writing system invented about 1821. It was supposed at that time that these mounds were built in the centuries since European colonists had arrived.
Searching Again For Old World Bountiful,
2023
Brigham Young University
Searching Again For Old World Bountiful
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Warren Aston of Australia recently completed another field trip to Oman on the south Arabian peninsula searching for clues to the original land Bountiful where Nephi and his family built their ship. A F.A.R.M.S. research grant again aided his research.
Looking For The Nephite Bountiful,
2023
Brigham Young University
Looking For The Nephite Bountiful
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A grant from F.A.R.M.S. will support a photographic reconnaissance trip in southern Mexico at the end of December. At the invitation of John Sorenson, Dr. David Palmer and Mexican associates will examine a small area just east of the Coatzacoalcos River near the Gulf of Mexico where one or more archaeological ruins are thought to exist (remains have been re ported informally). Sorenson proposed in An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon that the city of Bountiful where the Savior visited was possibly located about there.
Book Of Mormon Seminar Continues,
2023
Brigham Young University
Book Of Mormon Seminar Continues
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An informal seminar continues to meet twice a month during regular BYU semesters and has held six sessions since the last Newsletter report. Persons interested in attending or making presentations should contact Noel B. Reynolds (801-378-2391).
Nibley On "Criticizing The Authorities",
2023
Brigham Young University
Nibley On "Criticizing The Authorities"
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At the Church Educational System Symposium at BYU and the Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City in August, Hugh Nibley presented a paper on "Criticizing the Authorities." His paper draws heavily on the writings of Joseph Smith since, according to Brother Nibley, "criticism of the Church and its leaders has always centered around him."
American Corn Depicted In Ancient India,
2023
Brigham Young University
American Corn Depicted In Ancient India
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A recent article in Economic Botany contains abundant data showing the presence of American maize on the sculptured fronts of temples in southern India several centuries before the time of Columbus. Numerous accurate representations of corn ears on three temples near Mysore are pictured and analyzed by Carl L. Johannessen and Anne Z. Parker, geographers at the University of Oregon.
Fifty Scholars To Honor Nibley,
2023
Brigham Young University
Fifty Scholars To Honor Nibley
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In honor of the eightieth birthday of Dr. Hugh W. Nibley, F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book will publish two volumes of essays, entitled By Study and Also By Faith. These essays include contributions from some 50 LDS and non-LDS scholars.
Annual Book Of Mormon Lecture Announced,
2023
Brigham Young University
Annual Book Of Mormon Lecture Announced
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Professor Richard D. Rust, Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, will deliver the Foundation's annual Book of Mormon lecture at 7:30 P.M., February 27, 1990, in 2084 JKHB on the BYU campus. His lecture is titled "The Book of Mormon, Designed for Our Day."
New Nibley Volume Published,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Nibley Volume Published
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Approaching Zion, volume 9 in the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, has been published by F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book Company. It contains Nibley's essays on the uses of wealth, consecration, the Zion society, spiritual gifts, and the atonement.
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
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