Journal Features Sperry's Book Of Mormon Scholarship,
2023
Brigham Young University
Journal Features Sperry's Book Of Mormon Scholarship
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
This year marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Sidney B. Sperry, an individual who did much ground-breaking work in the study of the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon. In honor of that occasion, and to make Sperry's writing more available to a new generation of Book of Mormon students, the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies has devoted its Spring issue to printing some of his essays that are out of print, hard to find, or never before published.
Upon The Tower Of Benjamin,
2023
Brigham Young University
Upon The Tower Of Benjamin, John W. Welch, Terry L. Szink
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
When King Benjamin crowned his son Mosiah, all the people in Zarahemla sat in tents around the temple while Benjamin addressed them. Because he "could not teach them all within the walls of the temple, therefore he caused a tower to be erected, that thereby his people might hear the words which he should speak unto them" (Mosiah 2:7). Was the need to improve the acoustics the only reason for the construction of this tower? Recent research has discovered ancient precedents for the use of such "towers" in royal convocations and coronation ceremonies. These biblical and Jewish precedents are not …
Annual Symposium Examines The Role And Influence Of The Writings Of Isaiah In The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
Annual Symposium Examines The Role And Influence Of The Writings Of Isaiah In The Book Of Mormon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Approximately 600 students of the scriptures from throughout Utah and from other parts of the United States gathered in Provo on May 20 for the Eighth Annual FARMS Symposium. This year's theme, "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon," inspired presentations in areas as diverse as textual analysis, doctrinal exposition, manuscript transmission, imagery and poetics, word print studies, and intellectual history.
Elder L. Tom Perry To Address Annual Farms Banquet,
2023
Brigham Young University
Elder L. Tom Perry To Address Annual Farms Banquet
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The 1995 FARMS banquet, scheduled for the evening of Thursday, September 14, will feature remarks by Elder L. Tom Perry, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The banquet will start at 7:00 P.M. in room 375 of the Wilkinson Center on the campus of Brigham Young University.
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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Insights Binder Keeps Back Issues Safe,
2023
Brigham Young University
Insights Binder Keeps Back Issues Safe
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The new format of Insights that we introduced in the April 1995 issue allows us to punch the paper so that you may put the newsletter into a binder for storage if you wish. While any binder will do, some readers have requested a binder with the FARMS name and logo. After obtaining a supply of nice binders at a reasonable price, we are happy to make them available to you on this order form for an introductory price of only $2.50. They will sell for the regular price of $4.50 in the future.
Byu Religion Prof Traces History Of Book Of Abraham,
2023
Brigham Young University
Byu Religion Prof Traces History Of Book Of Abraham
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
For nearly thirty years, H. Donl Peterson, a member of the Religious Education faculty at BYU, pursued solutions to the puzzles surrounding the papyri from which the book of Abraham was translated. His final book, The Story of the Book of Abraham: Mummies, Manuscripts, and Mormonism, completed just before his death in March 1994, aims to answer some of the questions surrounding the second and perhaps most controversial book of the Pearl of Great Price.
Critical Text Project Reported In California,
2023
Brigham Young University
Critical Text Project Reported In California
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The American Biblical Manuscript Center in Claremont, California, and the University of Judaism in West Los Angeles invited Royal Skousen, professor of English at BYU, to present a lecture in March on the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project. Skousen's lecture, entitled "Fragments from the American Dead Sea: Reconstructing the Original Text of the Book of Mormon," addressed recent findings from the Wilford Wood fragments of the original Book of Mormon manuscript, non-English Hebraisms in the English language Book of Mormon text, and implications for New Testament textual criticism based on these and other recent findings. Skousen's lecture was one …
Journal To Honor Sperry,
2023
Brigham Young University
Journal To Honor Sperry
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sidney B. Sperry, one of the foremost LDS scholars of this century. In honor of that occasion, the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies will devote its next issue to Sperry's writings on the Book of Mormon.
Farms Creates New Position: Director Of Research,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Creates New Position: Director Of Research
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
FARMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. M. Gerald Bradford to the FARMS staff as Director of Research, a new position for FARMS. Brother Bradford will provide supervision and support for all FARMS research and related activities.
Major Endowment Will Support New Farms Projects,
2023
Brigham Young University
Major Endowment Will Support New Farms Projects
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Karen and Alan Ashton of Orem, Utah, have established a significant FARMS endowment to support the timely implementation of new projects. Their generous gift will ensure that important new research opportunities are not missed while waiting for funding to become available--the endowment will support scholars in pursuing these research opportunities until normal sources of funding are established. This new funding and the increased amount of research it will support both necessitate and make possible the creation of a new position of Director of Research to help in the development of new projects and the supervision of ongoing projects.
Dean Of Engineering Joins Farms Board,
2023
Brigham Young University
Dean Of Engineering Joins Farms Board
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Douglas M. Chabries, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology at BYU, has accepted an invitation to become a member of the board of directors of FARMS. He brings to the board some new research perspectives and a wealth of university administrative experience.
Preliminary Study Identifies Possible Sources For Nephi's Ore,
2023
Brigham Young University
Preliminary Study Identifies Possible Sources For Nephi's Ore
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The efforts begun by Warren and Michaela Aston to identify important sites along the Lehi trail eventually evolved into a FARMS project and exploration to Southern Oman's Dhofar region in 1992. The remote area of Wadi Sayq in that region has been identified as a location that appears to meet all of the criteria one can infer from the text of the Book of Mormon for the coastal site named Bountiful by Lehi and his family, where they lived while building a ship for their ocean crossing.
Figure 6 Of Facsimile 2 The Focus Of Lecture By Nibley,
2023
Brigham Young University
Figure 6 Of Facsimile 2 The Focus Of Lecture By Nibley
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
On 15 March, Hugh W. Nibley, professor emeritus of Ancient Scripture at BYU, presented a lecture in the FARMS Brown Bag series entitled "Figure 6 of Facsimile 2." The lecture, held in the Joseph Smith Building's conference room, was well attended--indeed, it was "standing room only." Professors, students, and other friends of FARMS gathered to hear Brother Nibley's insights on the meanings of Egyptian symbols in the facsimiles purchased by Joseph Smith and included in the Pearl of Great Price. Brother Nibley discussed the Lord's comment that explanations of the facsimiles "will be given in the own due time of …
Brown Bags Keep Participants Up To Date On Ongoing Research,
2023
Brigham Young University
Brown Bags Keep Participants Up To Date On Ongoing Research
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In the FARMS brown bag lecture series during the last two months Hugh Nibley spoke about figure 6 from Facsimile 2 of the book of Abraham (a transcript is available; see the accompanying article on this page), Steve Booras and Don Parry demonstrated the Dead Sea Scroll Electronic Database that we have reported on in previous issues of Insights, Gene Clark reported on his preliminary research on metals near the probable site of Old World Bountiful (see the article on page 5), Noel Reynolds explored the ways that 1 Nephi gives political support to Nephi' s prophetic role, and …
Provo Cable Picks Up Farms Materials,
2023
Brigham Young University
Provo Cable Picks Up Farms Materials
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
FARMS programs are now available to Provo residents on KBYU Community Cable. KBYU operates through TCI cable, and the programs will be shown every Saturday between 9:00 and 10:00 A.M. on channel 40 in Provo and on channel 8 on the BYU campus. Starting in June, KBYU Community Cable will begin broadcasting the Book of Mormon Lecture Series. Videos of these classes, as well as audiotapes and transcripts, are available for purchase through FARMS.
Eldin Ricks's Concordance Aids Scripture Study,
2023
Brigham Young University
Eldin Ricks's Concordance Aids Scripture Study
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Eldin Ricks devoted his career to a study of the scriptures. In addition to spending thirty-six years teaching and inspiring students at BYU, he wrote many books and articles about the scriptures--especially materials intended to help others study the scriptures, such as his Combination Reference, often known as the "Ricks Ready Reference," and editions of the Book of Mormon intended to make reading and studying the book easier (his Fireside Editions and Wide Margin Edition). But one project that he worked on for much of the last twenty years of his life was uncompleted at his death in …
Old World People In The New? (Part 2),
2023
Brigham Young University
Old World People In The New? (Part 2), John L. Sorenson
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Quiche Indian tradition of "Toltec" migrants from the Near East reaching Mesoamerica (see Insights, April 1995) may be of interest in relation to new linguistic research reported by a senior linguist at one of this country's most prestigious universities. Copies of two papers outlining her findings have become available; however she insists that their contents not be attributed to her until they have been formally published.
Review Begins New Features: Picks And Index,
2023
Brigham Young University
Review Begins New Features: Picks And Index
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In the latest Review of Books on the Book of Mormon, editor Daniel Peterson selects the books he would most recommend to his readers from among those published in 1994. The book by Warren and Michaela Aston is the most highly recommended in this issue: In the Footsteps of Lehi: New Evidence for Lehi's Journey across Arabia to Bountiful (reviewed by Ara Norwood). Peterson recommends the book enthusiastically for its "brief and rather personal summary of the authors' extremely important research into the Arabian geography" that might correspond to 1 Nephi.
Data Base Impresses Scholars At Farms-Sponsored Scroll Conference In Jerusalem,
2023
Brigham Young University
Data Base Impresses Scholars At Farms-Sponsored Scroll Conference In Jerusalem
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Several BYU professors and FARMS staff and board members recently returned from a successful conference in Jerusalem. On April 30, BYU and FARMS cosponsored the Judaean Desert Scrolls Conference at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. The primary purpose of the conference was to present the first working version of the Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Database, the latest technology using computer images and text search features to aid research on the Dead Sea Scrolls (described in recent issues of Insights).
