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Spring 1994 Issue Of The Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Released
Spring 1994 Issue Of The Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Released
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The latest issue of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies features studies of the language, literary style, theology, and history of the Book of Mormon. The following essays are included.
Treatise On Ethics Launches Eastern Christian Texts Series
Treatise On Ethics Launches Eastern Christian Texts Series
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Institute is pleased to announce the publication of the first volume in the Eastern Christian Texts series, part of the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. The Reformation of Morals was written by Yahyå ibn ‘Ad• (893–974 C.E.), one of the most important Christian authors to have written in Arabic. Although devoutly Syrian Orthodox, Yahyå ibn ‘Ad• studied in Baghdad under the Muslim philosopher al-Fåråb• and counted Muslims and Christians of all sects among his own disciples. He was a leading figure in the 10th-century translation movement in Baghdad and the author of numerous works of philosophy and theology.
New Review A Double Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The latest FARMS Review of Books is actually two issues in one. It reviews 15 books in the usual categories of Book of Mormon, Mormon studies, and biblical studies but also devotes more than 100 pages to a multipronged response to an evangelical book titled The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement.
Early Christianity And The Question Of Evil, Carl W. Griffin
Early Christianity And The Question Of Evil, Carl W. Griffin
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
If God is good, why does he permit evil to exist? People through the ages have wrestled with this philosophical question, often called simply "the problem of evil." The Bible contains one of the earliest works to address it-the book of Job.
Researchers Share, Test Ideas With Peers
Researchers Share, Test Ideas With Peers
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Each semester the Institute sponsors an average of six brown bag presentations (so named because they are informal lectures delivered during the noon hour). Held on the BYU campus, these events are conducted largely for the benefit of scholars and other specialists who are invited to report on research projects they are pursuing and papers they are writing. At the conclusion of their presentations, the speakers respond to questions and constructive comments from the audience. These events enable researchers to test and explore the ideas and insights they are developing on a host of topics related to the work of …
Farms Scholars At Sperry Symposium
Farms Scholars At Sperry Symposium
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
2004In any given year, FARMS-affiliated scholars present their research at a number of scholarly conferences at home and abroad. Brigham Young University’s Sidney B. Sperry Symposium in Octo-ber 2004, entitled “Prelude to the Restoration: From Apostasy to the Restored Church,” was one such venue on the home front. Selected highlights follow.
New Farms Review Considers Status Of Lds Scholarship
New Farms Review Considers Status Of Lds Scholarship
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The latest issue of the FARMS Review (vol. 19, no. 1) is now available, and within its pages readers will discover a plethora of subjects addressed, including external views of Latter-day Saint scholarship, the historical validity of central LDS truth claims, and much more.
Moving Syriac Literature Into The Digital Age, Carl Griffin
Moving Syriac Literature Into The Digital Age, Carl Griffin
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The mother tongue of Jesus and his disciples was not Greek or Latin or even Hebrew, but Aramaic, the language of Israel’s Babylonian captors. Aramaic, and in particular the dialect of Syriac, has continued to be spoken by many Christians in the Middle East and elsewhere down to the present time. This Semitic language became the vehicle for a vast body of early Christian literature that expressed Christian theology in singularly Semitic forms. For example, just as the Hebrew prophets expressed themselves primarily in poetry or rhythmic prose, rich with symbolism and analogy, so also early Syriac teachers composed didactic …
New Book Explores Faith And Philosophy
New Book Explores Faith And Philosophy
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Maxwell Institute and Brigham Young University are pleased to announce the publication of a new volume by BYU philosophy professor James E. Faulconer.