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
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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.
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
No abstract provided.
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 …
Dead Sea Scroll Expert Gives Farms Lecture,
2023
Brigham Young University
Dead Sea Scroll Expert Gives Farms Lecture
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Emanual Tov, an eminent Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, delivered the seventh annual F.A.R.M.S. lecture on February 22 in the BYU Varsity Theater on "The Hebrew Bible in the Dead Sea Scrolls." Tov is Editor- in-Chief of the Dead Sea Scrolls Publication Project and a world-renowned expert on the Bible and the Dead Sea Scrolls. A transcript and video of his presentation are available on the order form. Tov gave a similar lecture in Salt Lake City (both lectures were presented to overflow crowds).
What Does Recent Scholarship Really Say About The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
What Does Recent Scholarship Really Say About The Book Of Mormon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
A recently published collection of essays purports to examine the Book of Mormon using the latest scholarly tools and information. The authors of New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology assert that such scholarship shows the Book of Mormon is not of ancient origin, that it was written, not translated, by Joseph Smith in the nineteenth century and reflects that time and that time alone.
New Farms Book Shows Olive Tree Allegory Merits Honor And Attention,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Farms Book Shows Olive Tree Allegory Merits Honor And Attention
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
One of the most magnificent allegories in all of sacred literature, Zenos's allegory of the olive tree in Jacob 5, is the focus of a new collection of essays by LDS scholars: The Allegory of the Olive Tree: The Olive, the Bible, and Jacob 5. The result of more than ten years of research, culminating in the 1992 annual F.A.R.M.S. symposium, these twenty-one essays by twenty LDS scholars examine the allegory of the olive tree and related topics from many perspectives, including historical, botanical, symbolic, religious, linguistic, and theological. Stephen D. Ricks and John W. Welch, both professors at …
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
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No abstract provided.
1993 Updates Present Latest Research,
2023
Brigham Young University
1993 Updates Present Latest Research
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
What does the influence of Viking metal working on the inhabitants of the New World tell us about the Book of Mormon? Were any Book of Mormon names still used by peoples in ancient America after Book of Mormon times? What significance did the sword of Laban have to the Nephites and to Joseph Smith? What can we learn from the differences between the visions of Lehi and Nephi? Can the 1834 affidavits attacking the Joseph Smith family be trusted? What did B. H. Roberts say about the Book of Mormon in The Truth, the Way, the Life?
Book Of Mormon Class Taught In, And About, The Land Of Jerusalem,
2023
Brigham Young University
Book Of Mormon Class Taught In, And About, The Land Of Jerusalem
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
"The Book of Mormon in the Land of Jerusalem" is the title of a new course in Book of Mormon studies offered at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies in Israel. The course was developed and is taught by Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Near Eastern specialist at the Jerusalem Center. Dr. Chadwick is also preparing a book manuscript with the same title.
Was These A Library In Harmony, Pennsylvania?,
2023
Brigham Young University
Was These A Library In Harmony, Pennsylvania?, John W. Welch
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In 1982, Erich Robert Paul published an article in BYU Studies entitled "Joseph Smith and the Manchester (New York) Library." Essentially Paul shows that, while Joseph had potential access to a wide range of books there, "it is likely that during the 1820s he simply was not a part of the literary culture." This article has long been available as a F.A.R.M.S. Reprint.
Nibley Broadcast Resumes,
2023
Brigham Young University
Nibley Broadcast Resumes
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Semester 4 of Hugh Nibley's Honors Book of Mormon class will be broadcast on Sundays at 5:00 P.M. by KBYU-TV (channel 11) beginning January 2. At the completion of semester 4, KBYU plans to start over with semester 1, probably at a different time--watch future issues of Insights for details.
Byu Library Consolidates Egyptian Collection With The Help Of Farms,
2023
Brigham Young University
Byu Library Consolidates Egyptian Collection With The Help Of Farms
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Thanks to a donation from F.A.R.M.S, the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University has moved more than half of the Samuel A. B. Mercer Egyptology collection from various locations in the open stacks in the library to the Ancient Studies Library. According to Gary Gillum, the BYU Ancient Studies librarian, the collection will be more secure and protected in that location and will receive better use as a collection.
Farms Lectures Draw Crowds; Other Lectures Are Scheduled,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Lectures Draw Crowds; Other Lectures Are Scheduled
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Lectures, firesides, and other presentations sponsored by the Foundation have drawn considerable interest recently, and new ones are planned.
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Farms Assists In Publication Of Scroll Volume,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Assists In Publication Of Scroll Volume
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Volume 13 of the series publishing the Dead Sea Scrolls, Discoveries in the Judaean Desert, published by Oxford University Press, is the first to contain full concordances of all the words in the nonbiblical texts in context. The Foreword to this volume credits FARMS with assisting in the preparation of this concordance.
Professors Millet And Reeve Add To The Farms Book Of Mormon Lecture Series,
2023
Brigham Young University
Professors Millet And Reeve Add To The Farms Book Of Mormon Lecture Series
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Robert L. Millet, professor of ancient scripture and Dean of Religious Education at Brigham Young University, has given another lecture in the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series. "Fools before God: The Evils of Pride and the Power of Humility" echoes President Ezra Taft Benson's warning that "pride is the universal sin ... the great stumbling block of Zion." Millet examines patterns of pride in the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon, showing how pride can follow prosperity, how it manifests itself in beliefs and practices, and how it caused the downfall of many Book of Mormon peoples.
