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Program Covers For Church Meeting Feature Book Of Mormon Research Sep 2023

Program Covers For Church Meeting Feature Book Of Mormon Research

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

FARMS has helped to prepare program covers, suitable for sacrament meetings, baptisms, and other Church meetings, that feature information about the Book of Mormon on the back page. The idea for the covers came from Earl Carlsen of Spokane, and his encouragement and generous contributions have made the project possible.


Can The 1834 Affidavits Attacking The Smith Family Be Trusted?, Daniel C. Peterson Sep 2023

Can The 1834 Affidavits Attacking The Smith Family Be Trusted?, Daniel C. Peterson

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The character and claims of Joseph Smith are fundamental to the claims of the Church he founded. Knowing this, critics of the Prophet have contended for more than a century and a half that he and his family were the kind of people from whom nobody would want to buy a used car, much less receive a plan of salvation.


Foundation Plans Annual Dinner For Subscribers Sep 2023

Foundation Plans Annual Dinner For Subscribers

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The F.A.R.M.S. banquet, an annual event that brings together F.A.R.M.S. subscribers, volunteers, researchers, members of the board of directors, and many other friends of the Foundation, will be held this year on Friday, October 29.


Farms-Led Expedition Examines Likely Candidate For Lehi's Old-World Bountiful Sep 2023

Farms-Led Expedition Examines Likely Candidate For Lehi's Old-World Bountiful

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The much-delayed and long-awaited examination of Wadi Sayq, a likely site for Old World Bountiful, became a reality recently. In April, a team of researchers examined the port area of Khor Kharfot ("Fort Inlet" in English) through which the Wadi Sayq enters the Indian Ocean on the southern coast of Oman, at the extreme western end near the border with Yemen. Their findings indicate that Khor Kharfot may be the site of Lehi's Bountiful.


Full Issue Sep 2023

Full Issue

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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From The Boardroom Sep 2023

From The Boardroom

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The Foundation is pleased to welcome Michael D. Rhodes as a new member of its board of directors. Brother Rhodes is a part-time member of the BYU faculty in the Department of Ancient Scripture. He recently retired from the Air Force, where his last assignment was assistant professor of physics at the Air Force Academy.


More Published On New Testament Word Studies Sep 2023

More Published On New Testament Word Studies

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The April 1993 Ensign magazine contained an article discussing three New Testament words, restoration, endow, and perfect. Those studies were drawn from a longer paper by John W. Welch published by F.A.R.M.S. That paper similarly discussed a total of twelve biblical Greek words. If you missed that paper when it was first offered in 1991, you may want to read it now. For your convenience, it is relisted on the current order form.


Tours To Israel: Are You Interested? Sep 2023

Tours To Israel: Are You Interested?

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

F.A.R.M.S. has been approached by a nonprofit educational company offering to arrange tours of Israel and surrounding areas for F.A.R.M.S. subscribers. The accommodations and the itineraries look very good and the cost would be very competitive--a recent example was a ten-day tour for about $1700. Interested F.A.R.M.S. subscribers could join a tour at almost any time, and a special F.A.R.M.S. tour may be arranged in February if there is enough interest. In addition, travellers who recruit five additional tour members can travel free.


Ancient Studies Features In A Recent Issue Of Byu Studies Sep 2023

Ancient Studies Features In A Recent Issue Of Byu Studies

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Readers interested in ancient research and Mormon studies will welcome several articles in the latest issue of BYU Studies. A short study by Donald Parry discusses a new insight into Psalm 24:6, widely recognized as a temple psalm. Parry suggests that the Hebrew dor ("generation") might be read as dur ("circle"), possibly alluding to a prayer circle of those who seek the Lord. Psalm 24 may reflect ancient pre-Mosaic temple practices, or it may prophetically look forward to the post-Mosaic temple era, when higher ordinances are known to mankind.


Connections Between The Visions Of Lehi And Nephi, John W. Welch Sep 2023

Connections Between The Visions Of Lehi And Nephi, John W. Welch

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Although a simple book in several respects, the Book of Mormon is also marvelously complex, as in the interconnections between several of its texts. No example of this phenomenon is more instructive than the case of Lehi's and Nephi's visions.


Brown Bag Seminar Presents Book Of Mormon Research Sep 2023

Brown Bag Seminar Presents Book Of Mormon Research

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Some of the most interesting current research on the Book of Mormon was reported on during the sessions of the F.A.R.M.S. brown bag seminar through the 1992-1993 school year. Fourteen Latter-day Saint scholars from Brigham Young University and elsewhere gave participants a glimpse of their most recent findings on a wide variety of topics.


Reviews Examine 19 Books Published In 1992 On The Book Of Mormon Sep 2023

Reviews Examine 19 Books Published In 1992 On The Book Of Mormon

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

One of the best resources for students of the Book of Mormon is the annual Review of Books on the Book of Mormon--now available in five volumes. Volume 5 continues the tradition of giving clear, succinct, and sometimes humorous help to readers in selecting from among the multitude of books published each year about the Book of Mormon.


Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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I Was In Prison, And Ye Visited Me Aug 2023

I Was In Prison, And Ye Visited Me

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Marvin Roberson, longtime friend of F.A.R.M.S., has brought to our attention an opportunity to supply the Utah State Prison with books, articles, videos, and tapes about the Book of Mormon. Several inmates in this correctional institution are eager to read books like Nibley's Approaching Zion and to watch programs like "Unraveling the Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls." Anyone who has worked with prisoners knows that some desire to repent, but the way back is hard. Great needs cry out for strong resources.


Library Shaping Up Nicely, Thanks To Volunteers Aug 2023

Library Shaping Up Nicely, Thanks To Volunteers

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Thanks to the efforts of Daniel McKinlay, Pat Eyler, Stephen Heidt, and Jim Holmes, unselfish F.A.R.M.S. volunteers, our library is becoming more accessible. All of our books have been catalogued and assigned call numbers, and our collection of papers is receiving the same attention. A computerized index is being created to make it easier for researchers to find items by title, author, and subject.


Encyclopedia Of Mormonism Is Available Again Aug 2023

Encyclopedia Of Mormonism Is Available Again

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Macmillan has reprinted the 4-volume set of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism. F.A.R.M.S. will again be able to provide this significant resource at a discount. See the order form.


Paper Details The Chronology Of The Book Of Mormon Aug 2023

Paper Details The Chronology Of The Book Of Mormon

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

A new preliminary paper, "Introduction to Book of Mormon Chronology: The Principal Prophecies, Calendars, and Dates," by Randall Spackman, examines the temporal context of the Book of Mormon. Much as John Sorenson has done for the geography of the Book of Mormon, Spackman attempts carefully to lay out the issues that must be addressed in any treatment of the chronology of the book and present a plausible and enlightening correlation between the chronology of the Book of Mormon and other historical events and time-keeping systems.


Video Recordings Begins On A New Book Of Mormon Lecture Series Aug 2023

Video Recordings Begins On A New Book Of Mormon Lecture Series

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Filming has begun for a new video series that will present fifty or more lectures on the Book of Mormon. F.A.R.M.S. has invited BYU faculty and others to deliver one-hour lectures on favorite Book of Mormon topics, to be videotaped for broadcast on public and community-access cable television stations and for release in 1994 on videocassette.


The Sword Of Laban As A Symbol Of Divine Authority, Brett L. Holbrook Aug 2023

The Sword Of Laban As A Symbol Of Divine Authority, Brett L. Holbrook

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The sword that Nephi took from Laban played an important role in Nephite history, not only as the model after which the Nephites later made swords to defend themselves, but also and perhaps more importantly as a symbol of the legitimate authority of the Nephite rulers, beginning with Nephi himself.


Scrolls Broadcast Received Well Aug 2023

Scrolls Broadcast Received Well

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

In March the VISN Interfaith Satellite Network broadcast nationally a program entitled "The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Era Dawns." It consisted of highlights of the conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls that F.A.R.M.S. helped to sponsor and supplemental information about the scrolls. The number of calls received by the F.A.R.M.S. office indicates that the program generated considerable interest.


Second Issue Of Journal Features Sword Of Laban And Near-Death Experiences Aug 2023

Second Issue Of Journal Features Sword Of Laban And Near-Death Experiences

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The 1993 spring issue of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies features more than ten outstanding articles, plus notes and communications. Like the first issue of the Journal (which is available again, now in its third printing), this issue contains some of the most recent research on the Book of Mormon. It also features a classic older paper, now updated, that sheds light on some of the new research.


Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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Nibley Book Of Mormon Broadcasts Extended Aug 2023

Nibley Book Of Mormon Broadcasts Extended

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Because of the very favorable response to their broadcasting the first two semesters of Hugh Nibley's Honors Book of Mormon class, KBYU has decided to continue the series during 1993 with semesters three and four. The editing of those semesters for broadcast has been made possible by a generous grant from Karen and Alan Ashton.


New Light Shed On Book Of Mormon Scholarship Aug 2023

New Light Shed On Book Of Mormon Scholarship

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

William J. Hamblin of the BYU History Department and member of the F.A.R.M.S. board examines some common weaknesses of anti-Mormon comments on the Book of Mormon in a new paper, "Basic Problems with the Anti-Mormon Approach to the Geography and Archaeology of the Book of Mormon." The points he makes are sound and may prompt new lines of research for serious students of these subjects.


Biblical Scholar Compares Moses And Joseph Smith Aug 2023

Biblical Scholar Compares Moses And Joseph Smith

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

In "The Formation of the Canon of the Old Testament," in Religion and Law: Biblical, Judaic, and Islamic Perspectives, (edited by Edwin Firmage, Bernard Weiss, and John Welch and published in 1990 by Eisenbrauns), David Noel Freedman discusses the legacy of Moses and his Torah to the Western world. This legacy, he believes, is "the merger of law and religion, the inseparable joint expression of the divine will, communicated by his prophet. If true religion involves the right relationship between humanity and deity, then the law 1s the way in which that relationship is defined and regulated." Freedman concludes …


Did Book Of Mormon Names Persist In Ancient America? Aug 2023

Did Book Of Mormon Names Persist In Ancient America?

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

T he name Zenock, from the Book of Mormon, and Tenoch, the Nahuatl name of a semi-legendary priest/leader of the Aztecs, may be linguistically related. The Book of Mormon refers five times to the Israelite prophet Zenock, spelled Zenoch in the Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon (1 Nephi 19:10, c. 580 B.C.; Alma 33:15 and 34:7, c. 74 B.C.; Helaman 8:20, c. 23 B.C.; and 3 Nephi 10:16, c. A.D. 34). Those passages remind the Nephites and the future readers of the Book of Mormon about the prophecies of Zenoch concerning Christ, which were contained in …


New Farms Dead Sea Scrolls Video On National Tv Broadcast Aug 2023

New Farms Dead Sea Scrolls Video On National Tv Broadcast

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

A one-hour TV special produced by the LDS Church Public Affairs Department showing highlights of the Dead Sea Scrolls conference, reported in the last two issues of INSIGHTS, will be featured on national TV on the VISN Showcase Saturday, March 13, at 7:00 P.M. MST, on the VISN/ACTS Cable Network. The program will also be broadcast on Monday, March 8, at 7:00 A.M. MST, and on Thursday, March 11, at 10:00 P.M. MST. VISN is an interfaith, national cable TV network that presents programs from a variety of religious perspectives, including weekly programs from the LDS Church.


Nibley Quote Book Revised & Reissued Aug 2023

Nibley Quote Book Revised & Reissued

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Of All Things, a book of quotations from Hugh Nibley compiled and edited by Gary Gillum, will be available again April 1 in a revised and expanded edition. Gillum has selected, from both published and unpublished writings, numerous quotations that illustrate Nibley's considerable wit and wisdom, creating a wonderful introduction to Nibley's life-long effort to make sense of the things of this world and the things of eternity.


Symposium Fosters Lively Discussion Of Ancient Temples Aug 2023

Symposium Fosters Lively Discussion Of Ancient Temples

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The more than 1500 people who attended the sixth annual F.A.R.M.S. Symposium were rewarded with a wealth of information about temples of the ancient world. Elder Marion D. Hanks set the tone for the day in his keynote address. He reflected on quiet, daily miracles that occur in the temple and the desire that David expressed in Psalm 27 to "dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord."


Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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