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."
Full Issue,
2023
Brigham Young University
Full Issue
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Book Of Mormon Authorship Reverified,
2023
Brigham Young University
Book Of Mormon Authorship Reverified
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Roger R. Keller, of the Department of Church History and Doctrine at BYU, has conducted extensive research on word use by Book of Mormon writers. In Book of Mormon Authors: Their Words and Messages, Keller shows how certain terms were used differently by different Book of Mormon authors and discusses how the authors' views of particular concepts relate to differences in the authors' background, interests, and mission.
Lds Church Website,
2023
Brigham Young University
Lds Church Website
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
The internet is fast becoming a common means of communication on the information superhighway. Accordingly, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched its first official website in early December 1996.
Correction,
2023
Brigham Young University
Correction
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
In the February issue of Insights we made an error in describing President Merrill J. Bateman's address at the FARMS banquet, for which we apologize. President Bateman spoke about the pattern of revelatory procedures required when a new dispensation must be established; as part of this pattern, "angels, often from earlier dispensations, transmit priesthood keys to move the Lord's work forward .... The Book of Mormon also has much to say about the role of the Holy Ghost in enabling this pattern to unfold" (p. 1). In the paragraphs that follow President Bateman discusses how the Holy Ghost affects these …
Scholars To Discuss Civilizations,
2023
Brigham Young University
Scholars To Discuss Civilizations
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
From 7 to 11 May 1997 the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations will hold their twenty-sixth annual meeting at Brigham Young University. The conference includes forty-nine sessions and will feature presenters from colleges and universities throughout the world.
Application Deadline Announced,
2023
Brigham Young University
Application Deadline Announced
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Each year FARMS grants fellowships to promising graduate students who are working in fields of interest to FARMS, in the name of Hugh Nibley. Interested students should submit transcripts, curriculum vitae, and letters of recommendation to M. Gerald Bradford at the FARMS office. The deadline for applying for awards for the 1997-98 academic year is 1 June 1997.
Farms Brown Bag Lectures Continue To Enlighten,
2023
Brigham Young University
Farms Brown Bag Lectures Continue To Enlighten
Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
Joseph Smith challenged the Saints to find connections between our world and the world of the Egyptians. In a FARMS Brown Bag lecture on 6 November 1996, Michael D. Rhodes and Michael P. Lyon reported on their attempts to aid us in achieving that goal by gathering and cataloging copies of as many of the world's existing hypocephali as possible into a reference work that will assist both LDS and non-LDS scholars in their research of ancient Egyptian studies. A hypocephalus is a circular Egyptian document placed under the head of a deceased person at burial to guide the person's …
