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Project Updates Aug 2023

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

The uncollected papers of Hugh Nibley, which he has given to FARMS, include a mouthwatering assortment of his work for the past twenty years. No decision has yet been made whether to prepare a comprehensive book or to offer them in a separate series of FARMS reprints. They include his 1968-69 series from The Improvement Era on the Book of Abraham, his 1975-76 series for The Ensign on Enoch, multi-part articles on baptism for the dead, "The Stick of Judah and the Stick of Joseph," a study of Book of Mormon criticism, some of his classical studies on the ancient …


Farms News Aug 2023

Farms News

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

Projects described in the November 1980 newsletter continue, meanwhile here we spotlight another challenging research activity. John Hilton of Walnut Creek, California, has long had an interest in Book of Mormon studies. But his main talent is talking to computers -- and getting answers. He and his (non-Mormon) collaborator, Kenneth D. Jenkins, have access to a large computer complex during many hours per day . It's already ingested the modern and 1830 texts of the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, the Pearl of Great Price, and the King James version of the Bible, thanks to the cooperation of …


Meet Farms Aug 2023

Meet Farms

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

Three men are lounging around a table. All of them are relaxed. All of them smile a lot. The talk is nonstop. And they all fairly bristle with energy.


Full Issue Aug 2023

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Project Updates Aug 2023

Project Updates

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

The Book of Mormon Bibliography, an index of all serious studies about the Book of Mormon, should be ready for distribution this fall . It already contains over 1,850 entries. This monumental bibliography will be the first relatively comprehensive listing of articles, papers, book and theses dealing with the Book of Mormon. It will provide a solid base for the Book of Mormon Encyclopedia and facilitate other organized research on Book of Mormon topics as well as guide development of the FARMS Reprint series. It should also help prevent unnecessary duplication of research. When it is available, we hope many …


Notices And Reviews Aug 2023

Notices And Reviews

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

FARMS will be hosting an exhibit on Book of Mormon research in the Garden Court of the Wilkinson Center during BYU Campus Education Week, August 24-27 . We will be passing out literature, selling reprints, gathering suggestions and answering questions about Book of Mormon studies and current FARMS projects. If you are attending Campus Education Week, come by and introduce yourself. Encourage your friends to visit the display and add their names to our mailing list.


Full Issue Aug 2023

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Subscriptions And Donations Still Essential For Farms Aug 2023

Subscriptions And Donations Still Essential For Farms

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

Since the announcement that FARMS has been invited to become part of BYU, we have received several phone calls asking whether FARMS still needs the financial support of its subscribers and donors. The answer is emphatically yes!


Thirteen Is Lucky For The Farms Review Of Books Aug 2023

Thirteen Is Lucky For The Farms Review Of Books

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

For the thirteenth time, FARMS has invited reviewers to examine books about the Book of Mormon, other scriptures, and related topics. The latest issue of the FARMS Review of Books (volume 9, number 2) covers eight books about the Book of Mormon and eight books on other topics. It also contains an editor's introduction that raises serious and stimulating questions about weaknesses in the methods of contemporary biblical scholarship.


Full Issue Aug 2023

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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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Book Of Mormon Authorship Reverified Aug 2023

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.


Review Looks At Old And New Subjects Aug 2023

Review Looks At Old And New Subjects

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

The most recent issue of the FARMS Review of Books examines books that attempt to promote the faith of Latter-day Saints in the Book of Mormon and presents lively critiques of books that attempt to destroy that faith. It reviews books on several aspects of scripture studies, particularly Book of Mormon geography. This issue reviews Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews and gives more commentary on the B. H. Roberts question. It also reviews a selection of internet pages that discuss Mormonism, a novel based on the Book of Mormon, and reflections on the Book of Mormon by a well …


Scholars To Speak About The Restoration Aug 2023

Scholars To Speak About The Restoration

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

On 7 June FARMS and the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for Church History at BYU will sponsor a conference on" Ancient Scriptures and the Restoration." Participants will take a detailed look at the role that ancient scripture played in the restoration of the gospel and in its subsequent development.


Nine Scrolls From The Dead Sea Come To Byu Aug 2023

Nine Scrolls From The Dead Sea Come To Byu

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

Few people in the United States have had the opportunity to see the Dead Sea Scrolls. But for thousands from Utah and nearby regions, that situation is about to change.


The Doctrine And Covenants Is Reformatted Into A Helpful Reader's Edition Aug 2023

The Doctrine And Covenants Is Reformatted Into A Helpful Reader's Edition

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

The second edition of The Doctrine and Covenants by Themes is an excellent aid to scripture study that may enliven your reading of the Doctrine and Covenants in support of the 1997 Sunday School curriculum. John W. and Jeannie Welch have formatted a reader's edition that is both informative and easy to read-ideal for families and young readers.


Full Issue Aug 2023

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Progress On The Maya Murals Of Bonampak Aug 2023

Progress On The Maya Murals Of Bonampak

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

The February 1996 issue of INSIGHTS reported that FARMS was assisting Yale University and the National Geographic Society in photographing the deteriorating Maya murals at the Bonampak site in Chiapas, Mexico. Using a multispectral filter provided by FARMS, the Bonampak team captured on film vivid details of the mural scenes otherwise obscured by centuries of decay and incrustation.


New Booklet Explains Basic Lds Beliefs Aug 2023

New Booklet Explains Basic Lds Beliefs

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

FARMS and the BYU Religious Studies Center have jointly published a booklet that discusses some of the beliefs of members of the LDS Church. The contributors to Latter-day Christianity: Ten Basic Issues hope these discussions will, first, help Latter-day Saints who want to explain their beliefs to their friends of other faiths and, second, be useful to people outside the LDS Church who want a simple and clear statement of those beliefs from informed insiders.


Books On Cd And Web Aug 2023

Books On Cd And Web

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

Two new FARMS books, Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited and LDS Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls, plus other FARMS volumes and more than two thousand other works, are included on a new CD, "Infobases Collectors Library."


Imaging The Fire-Damaged Petra Scrolls Aug 2023

Imaging The Fire-Damaged Petra Scrolls

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

A FARMS-sponsored team specializing in state-of-the-art imaging technology is producing remarkable images of the Petra scrolls. These ancient papyrus documents were found in a charred heap during the 1993 excavation of a sixth-century Byzantine church in Petra, in southwestern Jordan.


Farms Website Expands To Serve You Better Aug 2023

Farms Website Expands To Serve You Better

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

For the past two years, volunteers and FARMS staff have been establishing a strong presence for the Foundation on the World Wide Web. With over 350 pages (and growing), the FARMS website (www.farmsresearch.com) features some of the best FARMS publications. It keeps current with the latest catalog and Insights, and it includes excerpts from the latest FARMS Review of Books and Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. Visitors to the site can take advantage of special discounts on popular FARMS products. There is even an online order form that you can print out and mail or fax, plus …


Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

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Farms Through The Years, Part 2: A Conversation With Stephen D. Ricks And Noel B. Reynolds Aug 2023

Farms Through The Years, Part 2: A Conversation With Stephen D. Ricks And Noel B. Reynolds

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

The following article continues a three-part series on the history of FARMS, each installment featuring comments from two people who figure prominently in the history and ongoing work of FARMS. This segment presents comments from separate interviews conducted by Don Brugger, managing editor of INSIGHTS, with Stephen D. Ricks and Noel B. Reynolds, who were administrative officers during the organization's middle years. Ricks, currently a professor of Hebrew and Semitic languages at BYU and a member of the FARMS Board of Trustees, succeeded John W. Welch to serve as the second president of FARMS,from 1988 through 1991. He then …


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

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Full Issue Jul 2023

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Nibley Fellowships Assist Rising Scholars Jul 2023

Nibley Fellowships Assist Rising Scholars

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

For a number of years FARMS has sponsored a graduate fellowship program that gives financial aid to students pursuing advanced degrees in fields of special interest to FARMS. Named in honor of eminent Latter-day Saint scholar Hugh Nibley, the Nibley Fellowship is made possible by generous donations from individuals committed to helping further the mission of the Foundation.


Cpart Assesses Manuscript Archives In Be_I_Rut, Vc;1,~L~~N Jul 2023

Cpart Assesses Manuscript Archives In Be_I_Rut, Vc;1,~L~~N

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

In February, Daniel C. Peterson and E. Jan Wilson of the FARMS Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (CPART) visited with officials in Beirut, Lebanon, and at the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome to determine the feasibility of digitally imaging ancient religious manuscripts for inclusion in a CD-ROM database. If undertaken, the project stands to benefit not only the many communities whose religious heritages will be preserved, but also Westerners who know very little about Syriac, Christian Arabic, and Armenian theology, liturgy, philosophy, and history-much of it relevant to the study of early Christianity.


Farms Lecture Series Focuses On Book Of Abraham Jul 2023

Farms Lecture Series Focuses On Book Of Abraham

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

During a March lecture series at Brigham Young University, three Latter-day Saint scholars shared recent research on the Book of Abraham. This research supports the ancient origin and character of the Book of Abraham. Sponsored by FARMS, the free public lectures drew large crowds, filling an auditorium to capacity and necessitating overflow accommodations. (The final lecture, "Abraham's Creation Drama," given by Hugh Nibley on 6 April, will be covered in next month's newsletter.)


Full Issue Jul 2023

Full Issue

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

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