The Sobering Lesson Of The Grolier Codex,
2023
Brigham Young University
The Sobering Lesson Of The Grolier Codex, John L. Sorenson, John W. Welch
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
T he story of the authenticating of the Grolier Codex twenty-five years ago still teaches some valuable lessons about the dangers of jumping to conclusions and the problems of name-calling, even though the scholars involved no longer hold to their original positions. As, discussed recently by John L. Sorenson, the discovery of ancient manuscripts is a touchy issue that, for some people, can be unsettling.
New Book And Video Help Make Exhibits "Portable",
2023
Brigham Young University
New Book And Video Help Make Exhibits "Portable"
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
A full-color, heavily illustrated 48-page booklet and an excellent video have just been released by FARMS to let you take the recent Masada and Dead Sea Scrolls exhibits home with you, as it were. If you attended the exhibit and would like some materials to help you remember or better understand what you saw, or if you were unable to attend the exhibits but would like to see and read about what they included, these materials may be just what you are looking for.
Farms Is Honored By Invitation From President Hinckley And Byu Board Of Trustees,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Is Honored By Invitation From President Hinckley And Byu Board Of Trustees
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) has received an invitation from President Gordon B. Hinckley and the BYU Board of Trustees to have FARMS become part of Brigham Young University. In extending the invitation to FARMS, President Hinckley said: "While I have never been intimately involved with FARMS, I have observed it from time to time. It began modestly many years ago and represents the efforts of sincere and dedicated scholars. It has grown to provide strong support and defense of the Church on a professional basis. This has had important salutary effects both in addressing the …
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Farms Sponsors Tours For Campus Visitors During Ces Symposium And Education Week,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Sponsors Tours For Campus Visitors During Ces Symposium And Education Week
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
FARMS is once again offering special tours to the exhibits at the BYU Museum of Art on The Story of Masada: Discoveries from the Excavations and on The Dead Sea Scrolls and Discoveries from Qumran. The tours are timed to make them as convenient as possible for people visiting the BYU campus for the annual CES Symposium (on Wednesday, August 13, at 10:00 A.M.) and the campus Education Week (Thursday, August 21, at 7:00 P.M.). Participants in these tours will receive a discount on tickets and will enjoy special introductory remarks by John W. Welch before the tour and …
Lds Books Donated In Croatia And Slovenia,
2023
Brigham Young University
Lds Books Donated In Croatia And Slovenia
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Earlier this year, Truman and Ann Madsen traveled to the former country of Yugoslavia and placed LDS books (donated by FARMS) in university libraries there. At their first stop, in Zagreb, Croatia, the Madsens were welcomed by Dr. Josip Stipanov, the deputy director of the National Archives. In a brief ceremony attended by local Church members and the branch president, the Madsens presented a four-volume set of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism and English and Croatian copies of the Book of Mormon.
Lds Scholars Discuss The Role Of Ancient Scriptures In The Restoration Of The Gospel,
2023
Brigham Young University
Lds Scholars Discuss The Role Of Ancient Scriptures In The Restoration Of The Gospel
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
More than 350 FARMS supporters gathered on 7 June to learn more about "Ancient Scriptures and the Restoration." The attendees of this conference were enlightened on a variety of topics, from the prophetic language of the Doctrine and Covenants to the history of the Latter-day Saint use of the Book of Mormon in instruction.
Directors Of Masada Exhibit Offer Helpful Pocket Guide,
2023
Brigham Young University
Directors Of Masada Exhibit Offer Helpful Pocket Guide
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Marti Lu Allen, Associate Director of the BYU Museum of Peoples and Cultures and codirector of the exhibit The Story of Masada: Discoveries from the Excavations, currently on display in the BYU Museum of Art, has written a brief guide to the exhibit. Major sections of The Story of Masada: A Pocket Guide to the Exhibition cover "The Historical Backdrop," "Herod the Great," "Jews at Masada," "The Roman Conquest," and "The Moral of the Story."
Journal Offers Artistic, Linguistic, And Statistic Studies,
2023
Brigham Young University
Journal Offers Artistic, Linguistic, And Statistic Studies
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Whether you fancy yourself a Mayanist or an Egyptologist, a linguist or an artist, the latest issue of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies has something for you. It also provides subject and citation indexes for all previous issues of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies.
More On Recent Archaeological Discoveries,
2023
Brigham Young University
More On Recent Archaeological Discoveries, John A. Tvedtnes
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
As we reported in the June 1997 issue of INSIGHTS, recent archaeological excavations in Israel and elsewhere have uncovered more evidence for the historical authenticity of the scriptures. Here are some of the finds.
Scrolls Examined From An Lds Perspective In A Long-Awaited Book,
2023
Brigham Young University
Scrolls Examined From An Lds Perspective In A Long-Awaited Book
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Latter-day Saints love ancient religious records. In addition to the scriptures we now have, we look forward with anticipation to receiving the "words of the lost tribes of Israel" (2 Nephi 29:13), to the unsealing of a large portion of the golden plates, and to the restoration of other ancient texts authored by Adam, Enoch, Joseph, and others.
New Book Of Authorship Studies Published,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Book Of Authorship Studies Published
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
FARMS's latest release, the long-awaited Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins, edited by FARMS president Noel B. Reynolds, is now available. This book builds on a 1982 publication, Book of Mormon Authorship: New Light on Ancient Origins, also edited by Reynolds and recently reprinted by FARMS, and it introduces new scholarly evidences and analyses.
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Masterful Scholarly Tool Is Updated And Improved,
2023
Brigham Young University
Masterful Scholarly Tool Is Updated And Improved
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The definitive bibliography in the field of transoceanic crossings, John L. Sorenson's and Martin H. Raish' s Pre-Columbian Contact with the Americas across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography, has been revised, expanded, and made more useful for researchers. More than 40% of the 5000 entries are new in this second edition. A new detailed index of 1400 terms makes the bibliography even easier to use.
Welch Introduces Farms Visitors To Masada And Scrolls Exhibits,
2023
Brigham Young University
Welch Introduces Farms Visitors To Masada And Scrolls Exhibits
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
On Friday, 6 June, the night before the FARMS-sponsored conference on" Ancient Scriptures and the Restoration," John W. Welch will offer an introductory lecture for the Masada and Dead Sea Scrolls exhibits at BYU and then will be available after your tour to answer questions and discuss the exhibits. Welch is the codirector of the exhibits and has been involved for the last three years in the process of bringing these artifacts to BYU.
Volunteers Make A Difference,
2023
Brigham Young University
Volunteers Make A Difference
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
We wish to express sincere thanks to the many FARMS volunteers, some who travel considerable distances each week, who are donating their time to make the Masada and Dead Sea Scroll exhibits a success at BYU.
Volunteer Public Communications Director Joins Farms Board Of Trustees,
2023
Brigham Young University
Volunteer Public Communications Director Joins Farms Board Of Trustees
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Daniel Oswald has been elected a member of the Foundation's Board of Trustees. Since 1989, he has served FARMS as a volunteer, as a member of the development committee and more recently as Director of Public Communications.
Recent Archaeological Discoveries Support Bible,
2023
Brigham Young University
Recent Archaeological Discoveries Support Bible, John A. Tvedtnes
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The number of archaeological excavations in Israel has increased dramatically over the last two decades. The January/February 1997 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) lists 20 sites currently being excavated. As more sites are studied, more evidence for the historical authenticity of the Bible is uncovered.
Apostle Reflects On Christ In The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
Apostle Reflects On Christ In The Book Of Mormon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Anyone who loves the Book of Mormon will find great pleasure and insight in reading Elder Jeffrey R. Holland's new book, Christ and the New Covenant: The Messianic Message of the Book of Mormon. Elder Holland documents why the Book of Mormon is truly another testament of Jesus Christ, since He is the principal and commanding figure throughout the book, from first chapter to last.
New Book Explores The Connections Between Beauty And Truth In The Book Of Mormon,
2023
Brigham Young University
New Book Explores The Connections Between Beauty And Truth In The Book Of Mormon
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
"My love of great literature and my testimony of the saving principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ converge in seeing the Book of Mormon as sacred literature. To take a literary approach enhanced by spiritual sensitivity is to engage our full capacities in understanding and feeling. It is to delight in how something is said in a way that reveals its essence. This approach is appropriate and helpful in respect to the Book of Mormon. In this work of literature, God-directed prophets speak to us in the most powerful and effective ways possible by interconnecting truth, goodness, and beauty."
