Attend Nibley's Class--In Your Home,
2023
Brigham Young University
Attend Nibley's Class--In Your Home
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Join Hugh Nibley in the classroom as he teaches the Pearl of Great Price on video. Watch the story of the Pearl of Great Price unfold; learn about the premortal existence, the council in heaven, the creation, the plurality of worlds, the geological problem, and other topics; discover such personalities as Adam, Eve, Cain, Enoch, and Abraham.
Insights Into Genesis,
2023
Brigham Young University
Insights Into Genesis
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Genesis Made Whole, by Todd Andersen, weaves all the words in the book of Genesis and related scriptural records, particularly the relevant materials in the books of Moses and Abraham and the Joseph Smith Translation, into a single account. It covers premortality, the creation, the Fall, and the lives and teachings of the ancients from Adam to Moses.
Decorative Iron In Early Israel,
2023
Brigham Young University
Decorative Iron In Early Israel
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
At times when iron was scarce, it was used as a precious decorative metal. So concludes a recent article, "King Og's Iron Bed-Fact or Fancy," Bible Review (April 1990): 16-21. Here, Alan R. Millard documents archaeological evidence for the early use of iron to decorate beds (see Deuteronomy 3:11) and thrones, as well as for bracelets and jewelry, weapons and royal swords. Such beds or jeweled boxes were not solid iron, but they were plated, veneered, or studded with the metal.
Literary Aspects Of The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
Literary Aspects Of The Book Of Mormon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In the third annual F.A.R.M.S. Book of Mormon lecture, entitled "The Book of Mormon, Designed for Our Day," Professor Richard D. Rust of the University of North Carolina discussed how the Book of Mormon was shaped artistically to speak to us in this day. He examined literary aspects of the book that develop the primary purposes set out in the title page.
Women And Family In The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
Women And Family In The Book Of Mormon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
F.A.R.M.S. is pleased to feature three recent articles that have dealt with women and the family in the Book of Mormon. Al though only six women are mentioned by name in this volume (Sariah, Isabel, Abish, Eve, Sarah, and Mary the Mother of Jesus-and only the first three were figures in the actual Nephite account), many women are known in the book for their courageous and faithful lives, and the message of the Book of Mormon is addressed to all people, "male and female" (2 Nephi 26:33;Mosiah27:25; Alma 11:44;32:23).
New World Bountiful?,
2023
Brigham Young University
New World Bountiful?
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Recently F.A.R.M.S. and BYU jointly supported a photo reconnaissance expedition in southern Mexico that focused on searching for an archaeological site that could qualify as the city of Bountiful in the Book of Mormon. Based on a research plan initiated by John Sorenson, David A. Palmer and several associates made aerial reconnaissance of the area just east of the Coatzacoalcos River in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and the zone around Cerro El Vigia. Selected areas were then examined on the ground. In separate books by Sorenson and Palmer, the isthmian territory now targeted was considered the likely spot for Bountiful, …
Essays Honor Hugh Nibley,
2023
Brigham Young University
Essays Honor Hugh Nibley
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The first of the two-volume set, By Study and Also by Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh W. Nibley, is now available for sale. This monumental effort, worthy of the man it strives to honor, has been called by Eugene England "a high-water mark in faithful Mormon scholarship" (in This People [Spring 1990], p. 62). This 800-page first volume and the page proofs of the second volume were presented to Professor Nibley on his eightieth birthday on March 27. (Those who wish to contribute to the celebration of Nibley' s birthday and the preparation of the second volume may …
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
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80 X ? = An 80th Birthday Celebration For Hugh Nibley,
2023
Brigham Young University
80 X ? = An 80th Birthday Celebration For Hugh Nibley
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Please help us solve this equation. We invite you to donate $80 to honor Hugh Nibley on his 80th birthday, March 27, 1990. Are there 800 people who would like to do so? That is, you might say, a $64,000 question.
To Serve You Better,
2023
Brigham Young University
To Serve You Better
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
We are working to fill your orders more quickly. The overwhelming response to Approaching Zion made it difficult to keep up with orders. However, innovative changes at the F.A.R.M.S. office, made by our new Office Coordinator, Lois Richardson, are helping us fill your orders faster.
Hugh Nibley Tapes,
2023
Brigham Young University
Hugh Nibley Tapes
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In 1954, Hugh Nibley gave a series of KSL radio lectures titled "Time Vindicates the Prophets." Nibley shows consistencies between the LDS Church and the early Christian Church and documents the process whereby early Christianity changed into an institution teaching the learning of men. This set of sixteen hours of taped lectures, which retail at $49.95, is available for a limited time for $29.95.
Friends Of Farms,
2023
Brigham Young University
Friends Of Farms
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
F.A.R.M.S. is currently organizing the Friends of F.A.R.M.S., a group of serious fund-raisers who will help us increase an endowment for the Foundation. The participants will make a commitment of what they will do each year to help the Foundation, such as raising a specific dollar amount or contacting a certain number of potential donors. F.A.R.M.S. will supply selected materials published each year to the participants to promote the Foundation and to keep for their own use.
Aids To Your Old Testament Study,
2023
Brigham Young University
Aids To Your Old Testament Study
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
To help both the student and instructor of the Old Testament, F.A.R.M.S. will make available for a limited time the following works that contain information on biblical history, symbols, narrative, religious festivals and holy days, social institutions, and other related biblical themes.
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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Ogham Article Published,
2023
Brigham Young University
Ogham Article Published
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In the Fall 1989 Insights we mentioned that a review of claims of the finding of early inscriptions in the New World written in Ogham, a language from medieval Ireland, would be published soon in the Review of Archaeology by David Kelley. That article has now been published (Spring 1990, pp. 1-10), and even though it is a rather technical discussion, you may want to examine it.
Rare Books Are Donated To Farms,
2023
Brigham Young University
Rare Books Are Donated To Farms
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Our appreciation is extended to an individual (who prefers anonymity) for the donation of scores of rare LOS books. The books, which have been catalogued and placed in the F.A.R.M.S. library, will be used by researchers and visiting scholars. Many more books, including LOS books and scholarly books pertaining to the ancient Near East and Mesoamerican studies, could be used in the F.A.R.M.S. library. If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation of books on these subjects, please contact Brent Hall at the F.A.R.M.S. office.
Nibley Broadcasts Begin In January,
2023
Brigham Young University
Nibley Broadcasts Begin In January
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The weekly broadcast of Hugh Nibley's Book of Mormon class on KBYU-TV begins Sunday, January 5, at 5:00 P.M. with the showing of The Faith of an Observer. Each week thereafter, KBYU will show one session of the class, which was filmed in the KBYU studio during the 1988-89 and 1989-90 school years.
New Information On Facsimiles,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Information On Facsimiles
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Sons of Horus, who appear in figures 5-8 of Facsimile 1 and figure 6 of Facsimile 2 in the Book of Abraham, are the subject of a new study by John Gee: ''Notes on the Sons of Horus." This illustrated study focuses on the history of these gods in Egypt, their role in Egyptian religion and burial practices, their connection with sacrifice, and their exportation from Egypt.
Ancient Texts And Mormon Studies: A New Monograph Series,
2023
Brigham Young University
Ancient Texts And Mormon Studies: A New Monograph Series
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In addition to the new Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, announced in our last Newsletter, F.A.R.M.S. now announces a second new series of scholarly studies entitled Ancient Texts and Mormon Studies. Its long-term purpose will be to publish texts, translations, introductions, and new analyses of all main religious documents from antiquity that are of theological or textual interest to Latterday Saints.
Scholar Watch,
2023
Brigham Young University
Scholar Watch
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
S. Kent Brown, Professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU, is currently preparing a major study on the Exodus pattern in the Book of Mormon, following up on an initial brief essay on this theme recently published in BYU Studies.
