Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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Book News,
2023
Brigham Young University
Book News
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Those of you who ordered copies of Temple and Cosmos should have received your orders by now. Manufacturing problems experienced by Deseret Book delayed the release of this new volume in the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, but we think you will agree that the final product was worth the wait. Already we are receiving enthusiastic comments about the quality of the illustrations and the depth of Nibley's analysis. If early trends are any indication, this should be one of the most popular volumes in the series.
Broadcast Of Nibley Book Of Mormon Class Begins In Ca,
2023
Brigham Young University
Broadcast Of Nibley Book Of Mormon Class Begins In Ca
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Hugh Nibley Book of Mormon class that is being broadcast in Utah by KBYU (channel 11 at 5:00 P.M. on Sundays) is now available in Orange County, California, on Dimension Cable (channel 48 at 8:00 P.M. on Mondays). This public service by Dimension Cable makes available to a new audience a weekly broadcast of Nibley's insights into the Book of Mormon.
Electronic Databases Speed And Enrich Your Scripture And Gospel Study,
2023
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Electronic Databases Speed And Enrich Your Scripture And Gospel Study
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
As part of our service to students of the scriptures, we have arranged with Infobases, Inc., to distribute some of their electronic databases of gospel materials to F.A.R.M.S. subscribers at significant savings. These databases help you find verses of scripture and passages of text much faster than by hand, using verse or page number or key words or phrases, and they open up connections between passages in new ways.
New Bibliographies Help Answer Questions About Animals And Metals In The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Bibliographies Help Answer Questions About Animals And Metals In The Book Of Mormon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Book of Mormon mentions animals and metals that do not seem to fit into the conventional scholarly view of animals and metals in the New World. Two new study aids prepared by John L. Sorenson and available through F.A.R.M.S. provide information that will help students of the Book of Mormon examine and perhaps resolve these problems.
The Decline Of The God Quetzalcoatl At Teotihuacan,
2023
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The Decline Of The God Quetzalcoatl At Teotihuacan, John L. Sorenson
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Some Latter-day Saints have long been struck with the similarity between certain characteristics of the god Quetzalcoatl, as known from native traditions in Mexico and Guatemala, and Jesus Christ, whose visit to Lehi's descendants is described in Third Nephi. In the book, An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon (1985), the dramatic decline of the god Quetzalcoatl in the period around A.D. 200 at the giant city of Teotihuacan near Mexico City was discussed in comparison with Fourth Nephi. The book relied on a study by Mexican scholar Enrique Fiorescano ("Quetzalcoatl: espiritualismo del Mexico antiguo," Cuadernos Americanos 105/4 …
Nibley Will Address Annual Farms Banquet On October 17,
2023
Brigham Young University
Nibley Will Address Annual Farms Banquet On October 17
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The annual F.A.R.M.S. banquet, to be held at BYU on Saturday, October 17, will feature an address by Hugh Nibley. Brother Nibley will speak about some of his current research. The program will also include recognition of individuals who have given outstanding service to the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies and to the Book of Mormon research it sponsors. Members of the F.A.R.M.S. board of directors will report on on-going projects and work that has been completed during the last year and will present plans for future projects and activities.
Farms-Sponsored Team Will Examine Arabian Site,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms-Sponsored Team Will Examine Arabian Site
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
A team of researchers, sponsored jointly by BYU and F.A.R.M.S., will examine a likely site for Old World Bountiful, where Nephi's family built the boat that carried them to their promised land. Over the last few years, Warren and Michaela Aston have surveyed the coast of southern Arabia for possible sites for Bountiful. Their research has identified a site at Wadi Sayq as the most likely candidate, matching in great detail the criteria that the Astons have identified from the account in the Book of Mormon.
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Second Semester Tapes And Transcripts Now Ready,
2023
Brigham Young University
Second Semester Tapes And Transcripts Now Ready
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Tapes and transcripts of the second semester of Hugh Nibley' s Honors Book of Mormon class are now available. See the order form.
Tv Stations In California And Oregon Broadcast Hugh Nibley's Book Of Mormon Class,
2023
Brigham Young University
Tv Stations In California And Oregon Broadcast Hugh Nibley's Book Of Mormon Class
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Last year, with a generous grant from Geneva Steel Corporation, F.A.R.MS. was able to prepare for broadcast on TV Dr. Hugh Nibley' s Honors Book of Mormon class, filmed by BYU Continuing Education under the inspiration and monitoring of F.A.RM.S. 1989 director Russell Peek.
Scholar Watch,
2023
Brigham Young University
Scholar Watch
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Stephen E. Robinson, chair of the Department of Ancient Scripture at BYU, has been named an Assistant Editor of a monograph series published by the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. He also delivered a paper in June at an international symposium in Jerusalem on ''Jewish Leaders in the Land before 1970." The symposium was chaired by Mayor Teddy Kollek. Others who made presentations at the symposium included James Charlesworth, W. D. Davies, and David Flusser.
Reynolds Leaves For Israel,
2023
Brigham Young University
Reynolds Leaves For Israel
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Noel Reynolds, president of F.A.RMS., will spend the next year at the BYU Jerusalem Center. Stephen Ricks, immediate past president and current chairman of the board of directors, will serve as acting president to assist Reynolds.
Was Samuel The Lamanite A Poet?,
2023
Brigham Young University
Was Samuel The Lamanite A Poet?
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
S. Kent Brown, professor of ancient scripture at BYU, has recently completed a study of "The Prophetic Laments of Samuel the Lamanite," available as a F.A.R.M.S. paper. His comparison of Helaman 13 with the poetic form of biblical laments offers a number of intriguing insights into both the form and meaning of Samuel's message for the Nephites and for us.
Farms-Sponsored "Chicken Project" Will Be Published Soon,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms-Sponsored "Chicken Project" Will Be Published Soon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
A 1989 F.A.R.M.S. research grant to Dr. George F. Carter of Texas A&M University has yielded a book manuscript entitled Sacrificial Birds of the American Southwest: Chicken, Eagle, Turkey, Macaw, which is being considered for publication by a university press. Some of the ideas discussed by the eight (non-LDS) contributors are significant in relation to the Book of Mormon's report of voyages across the oceans from the Old to the New World.
Farms Brown Bag Seminar Presents On-Going Research,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Brown Bag Seminar Presents On-Going Research
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Approximately twice each month during the Fall and Winter Semesters at BYU, the Foundation sponsors informal brown bag lectures in which BYU faculty and others discuss their research on topics related to the Book of Mormon. All members of the BYU community and other interested persons are invited to attend, free of charge.
New Light On The Shining Stones Of The Jaredites,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Light On The Shining Stones Of The Jaredites, Nicholas Read, Jae R. Ballif, John W. Welch, Bill Evenson, Kathleen Reynolds, Matt Roper
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The preparation of light sources for the Jaredite barges has long been an enigma to Book of Mormon readers. The Lord indicated the impracticality of using normal sources of light, saying, "Ye cannot have windows, for they will be dashed in pieces; neither shall ye take fire with you, for ye shall not go by the light of fire. . . . Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light?" (Ether 2:23, 25).
Byu Today Publishes Article On Critical Text Project,
2023
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Byu Today Publishes Article On Critical Text Project
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The May 1992 issue of BYU Today carried a very good summary of the project that Royal Skousen, professor of English at BYU, is conducting to produce a critical text of the Book of Mormon. The main purposes of this project are to establish the original English language text of the Book of Mormon, to the extent that it can be discovered, and to determine the history of the text-in particular, the changes that the text has undergone, both editorial and accidental.
Review Does It Again--Offers Careful Analyses, And Pulls No Punches,
2023
Brigham Young University
Review Does It Again--Offers Careful Analyses, And Pulls No Punches
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
F.A.RMS. has published the fourth volume of its annual Review of Books on the Book of Mormon, edited by Daniel C. Peterson.
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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