Farms Says "Thanks!" To 169 Substantial Donors,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Says "Thanks!" To 169 Substantial Donors
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In recent months and years, 169 individuals and foundations have given generously to F.A.R.M.S. Below are listed the names of these people, to whom we owe a deep debt of gratitude. Each has given $100 or more; several have given in the thousands. We hope we have not overlooked anyone on this list, but if we have, we apologize and thank them just as much, too.
Farms Copyright Policy,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Copyright Policy
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F.A.R.M.S. materials may be freely used for non-pecuniary or non-publishing purposes. Pages from any preliminary report, Update or newsletter may be reproduced and used, without alteration, addition, or deletion, for any non-pecuniary or non-publishing purpose, without further permission.
Short Notice Recent Research,
2023
Brigham Young University
Short Notice Recent Research
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In October 1983, the F.A.R.M.S. Newsletter reported the way in which the gates of Shalmaneser Ill (858-824 B.C.), pictured in Yigael Yadin's The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands 2:399, attests to the practice of cutting off the arms, hands, feet, or other body parts of vanquished enemies. This ancient military practice seems related to Alma 17:39, where Ammon cuts off the arms of those thieves who tried to steal the king's livestock and the shepherds take the arms to the king as a testimony of what has been done. In a recent conversation, John Lundquist, at the New York …
Preliminary Reports Study Multiple Authorship Of Book Of Mormon Texts,
2023
Brigham Young University
Preliminary Reports Study Multiple Authorship Of Book Of Mormon Texts
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Book of Mormon, in many places, is textually complex. Careful study of the words and ideas in the book sometimes requires the reader to be sensitive to who wrote the words in question. Occasionally, for example, Mormon quoted the words of earlier prophets directly; other times, he or Moroni abridged or paraphrased those earlier statements. The task of attributing authorship to a particular verse or section can often become an intriguing and rewarding challenge.
Lehi's Trail And Nahom Revisited,
2023
Brigham Young University
Lehi's Trail And Nahom Revisited
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In 1976, Lynn M. and Hope Hilton, In Search of Lehi's Trail (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, p. 94) and Ensign (September-October 1976), proposed that the place called Nahom (1 Ne. 16:34), where Ishmael died and was buried, was around Al Kunfidah near the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. Ross T. Christensen, Ensign (August 1978, p. 73), soon suggested an alternative location for Nahom, based upon a map of Yemen prepared as a result of a 1762-64 exploration by Carsten Niebu hr for Danish King Frederick V
Expiration Dates,
2023
Brigham Young University
Expiration Dates
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Your address label on this newsletter shows an expiration code in the upper left-hand corner. The first two digits indicate the month, and the last two the year of expiration (for example, 05-86 is May 1986). It is important for you to check your expiration date. Since we remove all names and addresses for which the expiration date has passed, you will want to act promptly to remain on the mailing list.
Enoch The Prophet,
2023
Brigham Young University
Enoch The Prophet
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
A major event last month was the publication of Hugh Nibley's Enoch the Prophet. Enoch's importance in the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha is certainly equaled or surpassed by his central role in the Book of Moses in the Pearl of Great Price. He is "the colossus that bestrides the Apocrypha as no other," writes Professor Nibley.
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
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Book Reviewed,
2023
Brigham Young University
Book Reviewed
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
John Hilton has submitted a review of the stylometric or word-print studies of Ernest Taves. While word-print studies may eventually tell us a great deal about various word-placement habits in the texts of the Book of Mormon and the writings of Joseph Smith, the efforts of Taves are flawed in several ways. Hilton and his colleagues have been working for several years on what they hope will be a more-definitive computer analysis of Book of Mormon texts. Hilton's review may be ordered now, while the larger study is still in preparation.
Critical Text Volume Ii Completed,
2023
Brigham Young University
Critical Text Volume Ii Completed
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Volume II of the Book of Mormon Critical Text: A Tool for Scholarly Reference has just been completed. At almost 550 pages, it is the result of thousands of hours of painstaking comparison of the various manuscripts and editions of the Book of Mormon; it organizes thousands of Biblical and other textual parallels. Not for the casual reader, this monumental three-volume work shows each noteworthy change that has ever occurred in the Book of Mormon through all its major editions.
President's Message,
2023
Brigham Young University
President's Message
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1985 has been an eventful and successful year for the work of the Foundation. Your support and interest has made most of it possible. In addition to completing several books and papers in 1985, we have greatly enhanced our office staff and equipment; our 1985 Catalog has proved very valuable; funding has been generous, and major news coverage has accelerated. For 1986 we look forward to projects now underway with the Nibley Collected Works, warfare, temples, legal texts, King Benjamin's Speech, and many others.
Nibley Works Volume 1 Published,
2023
Brigham Young University
Nibley Works Volume 1 Published
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The first volume of the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley is now available. Old Testament and Related Studies gathers together eleven Nibley articles and talks, several of which are published here for the first time. The first four address problems raised by opponents of the Bible-claims against the historicity of the creation account and early narratives in Genesis, and the skeptical views of existentialist theologians, textual critics, and evolutionists. Three other papers deal with the creation itself, with innuendos regarding rituals based on creation account narratives. Other essays are about Isaiah and the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Aar/Sbl Session To Be Held,
2023
Brigham Young University
Aar/Sbl Session To Be Held
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A call for papers has gone out for a new "Consultation" Session to be held at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Atlanta in late November.
Statue Donated To Assist Book Of Mormon Studies,
2023
Brigham Young University
Statue Donated To Assist Book Of Mormon Studies
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Stan Johnson, noted sculptor from Mapleton, Utah, has donated to FARMS a significant bronze statue of a Moqui Indian dancer. This beautiful gift is gratefully acknowledged. We are interested in locating connoisseurs of fine bronze to discuss the highest possible use the Foundation might make of this valuable piece of art. Any contacts would be welcomed.
Doctrine & Covenants Book Benefits Farms,
2023
Brigham Young University
Doctrine & Covenants Book Benefits Farms
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The Doctrine & Covenants by Themes, published recently by Bookcraft and edited by John and Jeannie Welch, is a useful study aid which will probably make the ideas of the Doctrine & Covenants more accessible to most readers. We make it available, since readers of the scriptures will find it handy and since all royalties for the book have been donated to FARMS.
Scripture Concordance On Computer Disk,
2023
Brigham Young University
Scripture Concordance On Computer Disk
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The "DSEARCH" Scripture Computer Concordance, recently developed by a BYU research staff, is now available for purchase at the BYU Bookstore. This computerized index engine ($30.00) locates chapter and verse references by simply entering a word or combination of words contained in the scripture, searching 40,000 verses in about 3 seconds.
More Perspectives On Benjamin's Speech,
2023
Brigham Young University
More Perspectives On Benjamin's Speech
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Two more interesting insights into the complex nature of King Benjamin's speech have been noticed. First, in the June 1985 issue of the Journal of Biblical Literature, an article by William Kurz analyzes the twenty elements found in typical classical Greek, Roman and Biblical " farewell addresses." In such speeches, the person who is about to die summons successors, points to his own mission as an example, proclaims his innocence, discusses his impending death, gives exhortations, appoints a successor, etc. While many of these elements taken alone are unremarkable, the full pattern Kurz displays is interesting. It is apparent …
General Authorities Talk About The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
General Authorities Talk About The Book Of Mormon
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A new collection of talks and articles about the Book of Mormon by General Authorities has been added to the F.A.R.M.S. materials this month. In this issue we offer talks by Mark E. Petersen, and several articles by B. H. Roberts written between 1900 and 1911. They may be ordered on the attached Order Form.
Visit Ramses With Hugh Nibley,
2023
Brigham Young University
Visit Ramses With Hugh Nibley
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Thursday, April 3, 1986, will be a F.A.R.M.S. Night at the Ramses II exhibit on the BYU campus through April 5. We have 200 tickets at $4.00 each, and they will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis (see attached order form).
"And It Came To Pass" In Mayan,
2023
Brigham Young University
"And It Came To Pass" In Mayan
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Martin Raish reports a passing curiosity. Last spring at the Maya Hieroglyphic Workshop at the University of Texas, the translation of a common glyph was proposed by Linda Schele. The glyph, in the Palace Tablet at Palenque, translates "And it came to pass."
