Was There Leprosy Among The Nephites?,
2023
Brigham Young University
Was There Leprosy Among The Nephites?, John L. Sorenson
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Speaking to the Nephites assembled at the temple in Bountiful, the risen Jesus Christ said, "Have ye any that are lame, or blind, or halt, or maimed, or leprous ... ? Bring them hither and I will heal them " (3 Nephi 17:7). Yet medical researchers do not believe that "leprosy" existed in ancient America. How can we resolve this apparent conflict between what the Book of Mormon describes and what modern researchers have concluded?
New Book Describes Efforts To Trace Lehi's Trail,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Book Describes Efforts To Trace Lehi's Trail
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
No one has done as much to advance our understanding of Lehi's journey as have F.A.R.M.S. workers Warren and Michaela Aston. For more than a decade they have expended time, money, and great effort in searching the remote valleys and deserts of the Arabian peninsula for candidates for locations mentioned and described in the Book of Mormon. Now a very personal and moving account of their efforts has been published by Deseret Book, In the Footsteps of Lehi: New Evidence for Lehi's Journey across Arabia to Bountiful.
Elder Eyring Will Address Annual Farms Banquet,
2023
Brigham Young University
Elder Eyring Will Address Annual Farms Banquet
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Elder Henry B. Eyring, a member of the First Quorum of Seventy and Commissioner of Church Education for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be the featured speaker at the 1994 F.A.R.M.S. banquet, to be held the evening of Thursday, October 13. His topic has not yet been announced. This annual event gives the many people associated with the Foundation (subscribers, volunteers, researchers, members of the board of directors, and many other friends of F.A.R.M.S.) a chance to renew old friendships and make new ones with others who support the mission of the Foundation.
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2023
Brigham Young University
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Board Notes,
2023
Brigham Young University
Board Notes
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Donald W. Parry has returned from six months in Jerusalem. In addition to teaching an intensive Hebrew class at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, he provided volunteer help at the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation, resulting in his being invited to assist Frank M. Cross in the preparation of one of the scroll volumes in the official publication series, Discoveries in the Judean Deseret.
Participants At Byu Summer Programs Are Invited To Visit Farms,
2023
Brigham Young University
Participants At Byu Summer Programs Are Invited To Visit Farms
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
INSIGHT'S subscribers who attend programs at BYU this summer, such as Education Week or the CES Symposium, as well as any other friends of F.A.R.M.S. who find themselves in Provo, are invited to stop by the F.A.R.M.S. office. You'll find us on the third floor of Amanda Knight Hall, which is on the southwest edge of the BYU campus, on the comer of University Avenue and 800 North.
On Your Honor,
2023
Brigham Young University
On Your Honor, Jeanine Tew
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
What is an oath worth? It depends on who makes it. Each person (or group of people) from the Book of Mormon listed below on the left is associated in some way with oaths or promises. Match the person or group with the correct situation on the right. [This quiz was submitted by Jeanine Tew. We welcome similar educational contributions from other readers.]
Metal Plates And The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
Metal Plates And The Book Of Mormon, William J. Hamblin
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In the past, critics of the Book of Mormon have attacked the alleged absurdity of the Book of Mormon having been written on golden plates and its claim of the existence of an early sixth century B.C. version of the Hebrew Bible written on brass plates. Today, however, critics almost universally admit that there are numerous examples of ancient writing on metal plates. Ironically, some critics now claim instead that knowledge of such plates was readily available in Joseph Smith's day. Hugh Nibley's 1952 observation seems quite prescient: "it will not be long before men forget that in Joseph Smith's …
Spring 1994 Issue Of The Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Released,
2023
Brigham Young University
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.
New Book: Lds Scholars Explore The Nature And Significance Of Temples In Ancient And Modern Times,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Book: Lds Scholars Explore The Nature And Significance Of Temples In Ancient And Modern Times
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Three essays by Hugh Nibley, all the papers presented at the 1993 F.A.R.M.S. annual symposium, other important temple papers, a keynote address by Elder Marion D. Hanks (former president of the Salt Lake Temple), striking illustrations by Michael Lyon (who illustrated Nibley's Temple and Cosmos)-these features and more make Temples of the Ancient World: Ritual and Symbolism one of the most significant volumes ever published on the temple. Never has one book contained so many original contributions by LDS scholars to our understanding of ancient temples and their modem counterparts.
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2023
Brigham Young University
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Featured In This Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Featured In This Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies has captured on film some of the best lectures on the Book of Mormon by some of BYU' s finest faculty members and other respected teachers. Ten lectures were offered previously, and now ten more are ready.
New Paper Examines Facsimile 2,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Paper Examines Facsimile 2
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Facsimile 2 of the Pearl of Great Price is perhaps the most enigmatic aspect of the revelations and translations of Joseph Smith. In a paper recently delivered at the F.A.R.M.S. brown bag seminar (available on the order form), Michael D. Rhodes discussed numerous advances over the last two decades in our understanding of Egyptian materials that shed light on Facsimile 2, the Joseph Smith Hypocephalus. The paper contains a transcription, a transliteration, and a translation of the text, plus background on the nature and significance of hypocephali in ancient Egypt and a commentary on specific details of the Joseph Smith …
Evidence For Tents In The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
Evidence For Tents In The Book Of Mormon, John L. Sorenson
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
One of the minor points made in recent criticisms of the Book of Mormon is the claim that there is no evidence of a tent-making or tent-using tradition in Mesoamerica and no available material for making the tents that the Book of Mormon mentions. Actually, Mesoamericanist literature makes it clear that tents were in regular use by Aztec armies at the time of the Spanish conquest, and there is good reason to suppose that they were used by other peoples and in earlier times (including Nephite times) in Mesoamerica.
Sperry Symposium Papers On Old Testament Published,
2023
Brigham Young University
Sperry Symposium Papers On Old Testament Published
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Papers from the 22nd annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium at BYU have been published by Deseret Book. A baker's dozen of articles explore the richness of the Old Testament and its history, prophecies, doctrine, and the beauty and symbolism of its language. This collection should prove a useful supplement to your study of the Old Testament this year.
Nibley Teams Up With Brigham Young To Look At Politics, Education, Leadership, And The Environment,
2023
Brigham Young University
Nibley Teams Up With Brigham Young To Look At Politics, Education, Leadership, And The Environment
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
As those who have read much Brigham Young know, the combination of this pioneer prophet's insight, articulateness, and candor is little short of stunning. Nibley calls him a "monumental figure," perhaps (after Joseph Smith), the most prominent mind of his century.
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2023
Brigham Young University
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Former Byu Dean Offers Insights Into The Old Testament,
2023
Brigham Young University
Former Byu Dean Offers Insights Into The Old Testament
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Since we published in last November's Insights a list of recommended books to supplement your reading of the Old Testament, an excellent resource has been published by Deseret Book. A Latterday Saint Commentary on the Old Testament, by Ellis Rasmussen, is written from an orthodox LDS perspective to nonscholars, but it incorporates the insights of a scholar who knows the scholarly literature and the Hebrew language.
Farms-Sponsored Researcher Searches For More Plant Evidence Of Voyages From India To America,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms-Sponsored Researcher Searches For More Plant Evidence Of Voyages From India To America
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Assisted by a grant from the Foundation, Carl L. Johannessen, Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Oregon, is now in India with an assistant searching for sculptured images of sunflowers and other American crop plants. Their earlier studies documented that images of maize from the New World had been carved on temple sculptures in India dating to medieval times, centuries before the Spaniards and Portuguese could have carried the plant to Asia after A.O. 1500, as scholars commonly suppose (Johannessen and Parker, "Maize Ears Sculpted in 12th and 13th Century A.O. India as Indicators of Pre-Columbian Diffusion," Economic …
Revisiting The Land Of Jerusalem Via The Dead Sea Scrolls,
2023
Brigham Young University
Revisiting The Land Of Jerusalem Via The Dead Sea Scrolls, Gordon C. Thomasson
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
For over 160 years, beginning at least with the 1833 publication of Alexander Campbell's Delusions, countless critics have claimed that the Book of Mormon's use of the phrase "land of Jerusalem" was a major error and proof that the book was false. They especially criticized the use of this phrase in reference to the place where Christ would be born. That phrase was not used in the Bible nor in the Apocrypha. Therefore, the critics concluded, it was an example of Joseph Smith's ignorance and evidence that he had tried to perpetrate a fraud. (For a thorough overview of …
