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Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Upcoming Events,
2023
Brigham Young University
Upcoming Events
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The free exhibit featuring Dead Sea Scroll replicas and artifacts continues to tour the Midwest until 30 August 2000. For the latest information about specific times and locations regarding the following schedule, contact an area stake center or visit the FARMS Web site (from the Free Services or the Member Services page, go to "Dead Sea Scrolls," found under "Links of Interest," and then to "Dead Sea Scrolls Traveling Exhibit").
Iron Ore Occurrences In Oman,
2023
Brigham Young University
Iron Ore Occurrences In Oman
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
On 5 April 2000 three BYU geology professors and a professional geologist reported on their work of evaluating the presence of iron ore in southern Oman. Titled "Nephi's Tools: An Overview of Iron Ore Occurrences in Oman," the session featured reports by Ronald A. Harris, Eugene E. Clark, Jeffrey D. Keith, and W. Revell Phillips. Their recent work in Oman is part of the university's larger effort to learn more about the history and culture of ancient southern Arabia.
Brown Bag Wrap-Up,
2023
Brigham Young University
Brown Bag Wrap-Up
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
On 23 February Terry Szink, an instructor in BYU's Department of Ancient Scripture, analyzed the structure of Enoch's vision recorded in Moses 7-8 and discussed how understanding that structure reveals insights about the meaning of the vision. The vision covers three general time periods (the time of the Flood, the meridian of time, the last days) and uses similar terms to express parallel meanings about all three.
Abraham In Egypt,
2023
Brigham Young University
Abraham In Egypt
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
This revised and polished edition of Abraham in Egypt combines Hugh Nibley' s greatest lectures on Abraham with several new chapters that originally appeared in the Improvement Era from 1968 to 1970 as the series "A Look at the Pearl of Great Price." In this volume Nibley counters the attacks of critics and demonstrates how the Book of Abraham is just what Joseph Smith claimed it to be.
Farms Order Form,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Order Form
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges, eds., The Disciple $28.00 as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard L. Anderson, 2000, 622 pp. , hardbound.
Honorary Volume Focuses On Church History And Doctrine,
2023
Brigham Young University
Honorary Volume Focuses On Church History And Doctrine
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Richard Lloyd Anderson - known as a devoted teacher, careful writer, and perfect gentleman - has had a great impact on the study of LDS Church history. In The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, one of two Festschrift volumes published in recognition of his work, friends and colleagues have written 18 scholarly studies in his honor. Several of these papers were presented on 8 March 1997 at a conference titled "Pioneers of the Restoration."
Travel Across The "Narrow Neck Of Land",
2023
Brigham Young University
Travel Across The "Narrow Neck Of Land", Matthew Roper
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In recent years a number of Book of Mormon scholars have associated the "narrow neck of land" mentioned by Mormon with the Mexican Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Mormon states that it was approximately "a day and a half's journey for a Nephite, on the line Bountiful and the land Desolation, from the east to the west sea" (Alma 22:32). This was the speed "for a Nephite," and presumably a group of people or even a non-Nephite might take longer. Moreover, since Mormon was speaking of a fortified line of defense along which communication would be desirable, the phrase "for a Nephite" …
Cpart Digitizes Archives In Lebanon And Vatican,
2023
Brigham Young University
Cpart Digitizes Archives In Lebanon And Vatican
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In April 1999 INSIGHTS reported on negotiations between representatives of the Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (CPART) at Brigham Young University and officials in Beirut, Lebanon, and at the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome about digitally imaging ancient Syriac manuscripts for inclusion in CD-ROM databases. Since then agreements have been forged and work is under way.
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Journal Devoted To Questions Of Ancient Transoceanic Contacts,
2023
Brigham Young University
Journal Devoted To Questions Of Ancient Transoceanic Contacts
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Academia has often ignored controversial evidence of early cultural contact between the Old and New Worlds. Pre-Columbiana: A Journal of Long-Distance Contacts brings attention to rigorous scholarship supporting diffusionist claims while meeting the demands of scholarly and scientific objectivity. Developed by Stephen C. Jett, a geography professor at the University of California, Davis, the interdisciplinary journal offers studies that have been reviewed by a panel of scholars that includes John L. Sorenson, a BYU emeritus professor of anthropology and FARMS associate who has published widely on the subject.
New Festschrift Explores Scripture And Ancient World,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Festschrift Explores Scripture And Ancient World
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
When Richard L. Anderson retired from the Religious Education faculty at Brigham Young · University in 1996, the Department of Religious Education and FARMS agreed to sponsor a Festschrift (a compilation of essays written in honor of an individual) that would commemorate his distinguished academic career. The positive response from Anderson's friends and colleagues who wished to contribute to the publication has resulted in two volumes of scholarly articles.
Dead Sea Scrolls Traveling Exhibit Update,
2023
Brigham Young University
Dead Sea Scrolls Traveling Exhibit Update
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
As reported in last month's issue of INSIGHTS, a free exhibit featuring Dead Sea Scroll replicas and artifacts is touring the Midwest until 15 August 2000. The LDS Church, BYU, and FARMS organized the traveling exhibit, which has drawn large, appreciative crowds at its various stops at LDS stake centers.
Recent Farms Books On The Dead Sea Scrolls,
2023
Brigham Young University
Recent Farms Books On The Dead Sea Scrolls
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Since their initial discovery in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls have stirred public curiosity. For Latter-day Saints, who believe in the coming forth of sacred records in the last days, the scrolls give rise to such questions as Are there references to Christ or Christianity in the scrolls? Is the plan of salvation attested in the scrolls? Do the scrolls refer to Joseph Smith or other latter-day figures? This short book succinctly deals with these and other questions on topics of particular interest to LDS readers.
Farms Order Form,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Order Form
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Donald W. Parry and Dana M. Pike, eds., LOS Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls, 1997, 225 pp., softbound.
Lecture Series Continues To Inform, Advance Research,
2023
Brigham Young University
Lecture Series Continues To Inform, Advance Research
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The noontime lecture series sponsored by FARMS continues to keep the BYU campus community and other interested persons abreast of current research on scripture-related topics. Since the beginning of the year, several researchers have reported on their work in order to share their findings, answer questions and receive constructive comment, and stimulate further research. Three lectures are reported below (next month's newsletter will continue the report).
New Edition Of Abraham In Egypt Released,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Edition Of Abraham In Egypt Released
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Eminent LDS scholar Hugh W. Nibley has long been a student and defender of the Book of Abraham. Now released in an enlarged and expanded second edition, Nibley's Abraham in Egypt (originally published by Deseret Book in 1981) focuses on the authenticity of the Book of Abraham. The edition includes four new chapters and several new sections within existing chapters. Additionally, more than 100 helpful illustrations enhance the text, and meticulous source checking and a new documentation format make the references easier for the reader to navigate.
Farms Web Site Features Insightful Papers,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Web Site Features Insightful Papers
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Under both the Free Services and Member/services sections of the FARMS Web site is a link called Featured Papers, where each month (and sometimes more often) a different FARMS paper is featured . Visitors to the site can read the paper online or print it out. To print the paper in a reader-friendly format, choose the print icon at the top of the displayed paper rather than the print command from your operating system. The regular print command will print the paper but not preserve the formatting.
Divine Speech Texts In The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
Divine Speech Texts In The Book Of Mormon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Readers of the Book of Mormon may be surprised to learn just how much of the text contains words attributed to deity.
In many cases the Book of Mormon writers took special care to state when they were quoting the Lord's words. For example, in Jacob 2 the prophet Jacob introduces the Lord's words by saying, "Hearken to · the word of the Lord." Then, in the lengthy quotation that follows, he is careful to insert several attribution markers, such as "thus saith the Lord of Hosts," before closing the direct quotation with the phrase "saith the Lord of Hosts" …
Evidence Surveyed For Book Of Mormon Authenticity, Old World-New World Contacts,
2023
Brigham Young University
Evidence Surveyed For Book Of Mormon Authenticity, Old World-New World Contacts
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Two recent magazine articles on topics of interest in Book of Mormon studies are available from FARMS as reprints (see the order form).
The first article, "Mounting Evidence for the Book of Mormon," by Daniel C. Peterson, appeared in the January 2000 issue of the Ensign magazine. The article explains the role of Book of Mormon scholarship, notes the tremendous surge in publications of that kind in recent years, and highlights secondary evidence that supports the book's claim to ancient origins and inspired translation.
