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Full Issue Aug 2023

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Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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Dead Sea Scroll Expert Gives Farms Lecture Aug 2023

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).

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What Does Recent Scholarship Really Say About The Book Of Mormon Aug 2023

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.

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New Farms Book Shows Olive Tree Allegory Merits Honor And Attention Aug 2023

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 …

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Revelation And The Urim And Thummim, Matthew Roper Aug 2023

Revelation And The Urim And Thummim, Matthew Roper

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

In the past most biblical scholars viewed the Urim and Thummim as a rather mechanical device used merely to obtain a yes or no answer, similar to casting lots. This is quite different from the function of the device described in the Book of Mormon as "interpreters" and by the Prophet Joseph Smith as the "Urim and Thummim." In these descriptions of the use of the Urim and Thummim, revelation played a large role. For example, accounts of the translation of the Book of Mormon indicate that Joseph Smith could not translate without the Spirit and that a great deal …

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Full Issue Aug 2023

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Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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Farms Board Expands With Two New Members Aug 2023

Farms Board Expands With Two New Members

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

M. Gerald Bradford, Director of Research for FARMS (who was highlighted in the June issue of Insights), and David Rolph Seely, assistant professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU, have joined the FARMS board of directors.

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Journal Features Sperry's Book Of Mormon Scholarship Aug 2023

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.

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Upon The Tower Of Benjamin, John W. Welch, Terry L. Szink Aug 2023

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 …

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Brown Bags Report Preliminary Research Findings Aug 2023

Brown Bags Report Preliminary Research Findings

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The first three presentations of 1995 at the FARMS brown bag seminar (held every other week at BYU) reported on research in progress on topics as diverse as errors in the transmission of the biblical text of Samuel, the Egyptian roots for Hebrew religious terminology, and a hierarchy of settlements in the Book of Mormon.

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The Allegory Of The Olive Tree, Stephen D. Ricks, John W. Welch Aug 2023

The Allegory Of The Olive Tree, Stephen D. Ricks, John W. Welch

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The allegory of the olive tree in Jacob 5 is one of the most magnificent allegories in all of sacred literature. The essays in The Allegory of the Olive Tree examine this allegory and related topics from many perspectives, and in doing so they not only illuminate the meaning of this portion of the Book of Mormon, they also increase our understanding of much that is contained in the New Testament. The olive is a powerful image in the New Testament, and the efforts of these authors to understand that image and its use in the allegory shed light on …

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Full Issue Aug 2023

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Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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Call For Papers Aug 2023

Call For Papers

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Proposals for papers are being sought for the 1997 Sidney B. Sperry Symposium (Fall Semester), sponsored by BYU Religious Education. This year's theme will be "Voices of the Prophets: The Old Testament."

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Terms For Ancient Places Aug 2023

Terms For Ancient Places

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The terminology that we use to refer to long lost lands and cultures can be confusing. For example, the October FARMS Update (number 108) referred to Mesopotamia in the cultural sense rather than in a geographic sense - ancient Ebla was at various times within the cultural sphere of Mesopotamia but is not part of the geographic area usually referred to as Mesopotamia. Even the geographic sense is ambiguous; some reputable reference works (perhaps the majority) use Mesopotamia to refer to the fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, while others extend the area considered to be part of …

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Nibley Fellowships Awarded Aug 2023

Nibley Fellowships Awarded

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

The Nibley Fellowship awards support graduate students working in accredited programs throughout the world who are studying in areas of particular interest to FARMS. In addition to support for three of last year's recipients, this years' awards will help six new fellows.

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Lectures Highlight Connections Between Scrolls And Mormonism Aug 2023

Lectures Highlight Connections Between Scrolls And Mormonism

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Selections from the March conference entitled "LDS Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls" are now available for purchase on video and audiotape. The presentations teach about the ancient scrolls and how they contribute to LDS understanding of gospel teachings, the Bible, and other aspects of biblical life.

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Full Issue Aug 2023

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Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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Project Updates Aug 2023

Project Updates

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Anton Transcript Studied, Nibleyana on a Grand Scale, Papers Received, and Projects in the Mill. As reported in the last newsletter, a group of scholars was invited to examine an extensive effort made to translate the Anthon Transcript, the recently discovered page of characters which Martin Harris took to New York City for Charles Anthon's examination in 1829. John Sorenson and Jack Welch integrated the individually-made evaluations and provided than to the translator.

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Farms News Aug 2023

Farms News

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

Our Readers Respond and New Members of the Team. FARMS director Jack Welch is jubilant over the enthusiastic response of readers. There is mail in the box every day: requests for information, welcomed contributions, expressions of support and gratitude. Over five hundred copies of different items from the Reprint Series and the Preliminary Reports had already been sent out by mid-October. "I estimate that there was a 20 percent response to the July Newsletter," says Jack, "and Howard Ruff thinks he's successful is he gets between a one and two percent response."

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Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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The Debate Over Biblical Archaeology, John Tvedtnes Aug 2023

The Debate Over Biblical Archaeology, John Tvedtnes

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

There are two major camps among archaeologists studying biblical lands. The so-called "minimalists" tend to accept only a bare minimum of information from the Bible as historical fact, while the "maximalists," believe that much of it (although not all) is real history. The latter point to archaeological evidence such as the recently discovered eighth-century B.C. inscription mentioning "the house of David." The minimalists dismiss this and a number of other finds inscribed with biblical names as forgeries planted for archaeologists to discover.

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Farms Dead Sea Scrolls Database Now Available To Farms Subscribers Aug 2023

Farms Dead Sea Scrolls Database Now Available To Farms Subscribers

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

After several years of research, scanning, text marking, and preparation of photographs, FARMS is pleased to announce that The Dead Sea Scrolls on CD: The FARMS Electronic Database is now available for sale to FARMS subscribers for $249. It is intended primarily for scholars with sufficient skills in biblical Hebrew to do research on the scrolls. Windows 3.1 (or higher) or OS2 is required.

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Recent Archaeological Discoveries Support Bible, John A. Tvedtnes Aug 2023

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.

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Full Issue Aug 2023

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Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

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Papers From July Conference Provide Sample Of Current Research On The Dead Sea Scrolls Aug 2023

Papers From July Conference Provide Sample Of Current Research On The Dead Sea Scrolls

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

In July 1996, FARMS and BYU sponsored an International Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls. Members of the international team of scholars working on the scrolls shared their discoveries and insights and discussed new technologies that may assist them in their research. A sample of preliminary papers from that conference (available on the order form) offers fascinating and current insights into the Qumran community and the texts they produced. The full proceedings of the conference will be published later by E. J. Brill (Netherlands).

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President's Message: Board Members Complete Service, Noel B. Reynolds Aug 2023

President's Message: Board Members Complete Service, Noel B. Reynolds

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

With the growth of FARMS over the last two years, it has seemed less appropriate to have FARMS employees serving on the board of trustees. Consequently, the three members of the board who are also full-time employees of FARMS have stepped down from board membership. This action has been discussed by the board and by the staff for the last year, and we finally decided that it would be a wise move to prevent any appearance of a conflict of interest that could stem from having employees serve on the board. Speaking for the board of trustees, I express appreciation …

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That Ye Might Feel And See: Touch In The First Day Of Christ's Ministry, Dan L. Belnap Aug 2023

That Ye Might Feel And See: Touch In The First Day Of Christ's Ministry, Dan L. Belnap

Faculty Publications

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Exploring Fiction Writer’S Approaches To Plot Outlining During The Planning Stage Of The Writing Process, Paul A. Wilson Jr. Jul 2023

Exploring Fiction Writer’S Approaches To Plot Outlining During The Planning Stage Of The Writing Process, Paul A. Wilson Jr.

Masters Theses

This thesis is about one person’s discovery and growth as a writer of creative fiction that spans decades. It specifically explores and analyzes how professional authors approach plot outlining during the planning stages of the writing process. Some professional authors prepare plot outlines prior to writing their first draft, while others do not. Over the course of the author’s writing life, experimenting with both methods has been instructive to the development of a personal approach to plot outlining. The Artist statement provides background on the author. Next, the Critical Paper examines and analyzes plot outlining and plot structure. Plot structure …

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The Decalogue Of Justice: A Covenantal Application Of Biblical Justice, Andrew Mark Adil Jul 2023

The Decalogue Of Justice: A Covenantal Application Of Biblical Justice, Andrew Mark Adil

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This dissertation aims to establish a biblical theology of justice (מִשְׁפָּט), ascertaining the commands and references to justice in Scripture are comprehensively and exclusively rooted in the Moral Law of the Torah, summarized in the Ten Commandments, and embedded in the Covenant of Grace (Old and New), making it binding on New Covenant believers and inextricably attached to the church’s Great Commission mandate. To this end, the study examines the concept of justice in the OT and the Moral Law, contrasting Reformed evangelical hermeneutics with the modern iteration of Liberation Theology in connection with the application of biblical justice. Additionally, …

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Mississippi Libraries 83(4) Winter 2020 (Full Issue) Jul 2023

Mississippi Libraries 83(4) Winter 2020 (Full Issue)

Mississippi Libraries

Complete issue of Mississippi Libraries Volume 83 Number 4 Winter 2020

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