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Maya Harvest Festivals And The Book Of Mormon: Annual Farms Lecture, Allen J. Christenson

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Christenson, in the annual FARMS lecture deliverd on 27 February 1991, examined the Maya New Year's harvest festival, perhaps the most important public festival of the year. The festival coincided with the main corn harvest in mid-November and served as the New Year's Day of the solar calendar, when kingship was renewed. Christenson gave particular attention to the symbolic treatments of the evil god Mam; the ritual descent of the king, as representative of the god of life and resurrection, into the underworld; the king's ritual conflict with and defeat of the lords of the underworld (and of death); and …

Monte S. Nyman And Charles D. Tate, Jr., Eds., The Book Of Mormon: Jacob Through Words Of Mormon, To Learn With Joy, Scott Woolley

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of The Book of Mormon: Jacob through Words of Mormon, To Learn with Joy (1990), edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr.

John L. Sorenson And Martin H. Raish, Pre-Columbian Contact With The Americas Across The Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography, William Hamblin

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Pre-Columbian Contat with the Americas across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography (1990), by John L. Sorenson and Martin H. Raish.

Jerald And Sandra Tanner, Covering Up The Black Hole In The Book Of Mormon, L. Ara Norwood

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon (1990), by Jerald and Sandra Tanner.

Babyloo Across My Twinkling Floor, Stephenie Swindle Clark

Inscape

No abstract provided.

Cemetery Day, Paul Rawlins

Inscape

No abstract provided.

In-Migration And Settlement Of Danes In Howard County, Nebraska, Rasmus B. Nielsen

The Bridge

What I write here is not historical but is simply experiences and memories after having lived in Howard County some 48 years. Last summer in Dannebrog we had an Old Settlers' Picnic, but there were not many of the old settlers left from 1871 and 1872 when the first Danes began to settle in this county. Mrs. Lerke Sorensen and Mrs. Lars Hannibal were the first white women to settle in Howard County, along with their husbands. Lars Hannibal and Lerke Sorenson were actually the founders of the colony which was organized in Wisconsin with the objective of going to …

Vol. 3 Farms Review Of Books On The Book Of Mormon, Farms Review

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

No abstract provided.

George A. Horton, Jr., Keys To Successful Scripture Study, Patricia Gunter Karamesines

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Keys to Successful Scripture Study (1989), by George A. Horton, Jr.

Rediscovering The Book Of Mormon: Insights That You May Have Missed Before, John L. Sorenson, Melvin J. Thorne

Maxwell Institute Publications

This book shares the exciting results of scholarly research on the Book of Mormon undertaken during the 1980s. As an ancient religious text and cultural artifact, the Book of Mormon rewards close analysis along many lines of inquiry. Twenty-three essays by prominent LDS scholars cover such topics as warfare, repentance, Exodus motifs, Hebraisms, kingship, politics, Isaiah, Mormon as editor, chiasmus, covenant renewal, and poetry.

These studies aim to demonstrate that the Book of Mormon contains complex patterns not previously recognized—that is, subtle patterns of style, ideas, history, and actions that, once made visible, shed much light on the power and …

From Campus To Campus: English University Life And The Renaissance Pastoral, Gary M. Bouchard

Quidditas

Literary critics have relied increasingly upon what we know of the particular goings-on at the court of Queen Elizabeth to explain all things we call Elizabethan, including a vast corpus of poetry. Pastoral poetry in particular, long regarded as an allegorical embodiment of court politics, is seen now more than ever as a product of social and political power struggles. I argue instead that the pastoral poetry of Renaissance England has to do with the academic world as much as, if not more than, with the ancillary world of the court, it was born of the academy, where Edmund Spenser …

Review Essay: Michael Aston, David Austin, And Christopher Dyer, Eds., The Rural Settlements Of Medieval England: Studies Dedicated To Maurice Beresford And John Hurst, Raymond S. Wright Iii

Quidditas

Michael Aston, David Austin, and Christopher Dyer, eds., The Rural Settlements of Medieval England: Studies Dedicated to Maurice Beresford and John Hurst, Basil Blackwell, 1989, x, 318 pp., ill., maps, index, $65.00.

Review Essay: Roland Bechmann, Trees And Man: The Forest In The Middle Ages, Kelly Devries

Quidditas

Roland Bechmann, Trees and Man: The Forest in the Middle Ages, trans. Katharyn Dunham, rev. ed., Paragon House, 1990, 319 pp., biblio., index, $24.95.

Tinkling Cymbals And Sounding Brass: The Art Of Telling Tales About Joseph Smith And Brigham Young, Hugh Nibley

Maxwell Institute Publications

The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians, “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal” (1 Corinthians 13:1). Since then, the terms “tinkling cymbals” and “sounding brass” have often been used to signify words of emptiness and confusion – describing perfectly most writings critical of the Latter-day Saints. Trained in history and interested in classical rhetoric, Hugh Nibley brings a broad perspective to his study of anti-Mormon writings.

Hagiographical Parody In The Ysengrimus, Dennis J. Billy

Quidditas

Considered the first great expression of medieval Latin beast epic, the Ysengrimus, a mid-twelfth-century poem of 6,574 verses, has been hailed as a masterpiece of lampooning monastic parody and wit. Composed by an anonymous author (probably a monk of St. Peter's, Blandigny) in the environs of the then burgeoning Flemish city of Ghent, the poem follows the exploits of Ysengrimus, a ravenous wolf-monk of dubious intelligence whose unruly gastric and sexual appetites make him more often the prey than predator in his sundry endeavors. Until now, one area that has successfully eluded the attention of most Ysengrimus scholars is …

Full Issue

Quidditas

No abstract provided.

Danish Artists Of The American West: Olaf Seltzer And Olaf Wieghorst, Cecilia Ibsen Larsen

The Bridge

If you mix cowboys, Indians, Danes and paint, you come up with two remarkable artists, Olaf Seltzer and Olaf Wieghorst. These two men came to America from Denmark and, after living and working here for numbers of years, produced art that is as American as American art can get. Their subject was the Old West. Although their trips were 27 years apart, both Seltzer and Wieghorst came to America in their teens. Both worked at other occupations until they had developed the skills necessary to survive as artists. Both chose the West as their subject matter; both were named Olaf; …

An Examination Of Mt. Pleasant, Utah, 1859-1939, Joseph G. Richardson

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the first eighty years of Mt. Pleasant's history. Religion permeated the community affecting all areas of life, from education to the economy. This analysis will demonstrate how the characteristics described by May influenced the development of this community.

Introduction To The 1845-1846 Journal Of Thomas Bullock, Gregory R. Knight

BYU Studies

No abstract provided.

Wild Horses, Paul Rawlins

Inscape

No abstract provided.

Eimeria Sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) From Wyoming Ground Squirrels Spermophilus Elegans, And White-Tailed Prairie Dogs, Cynomys Leucurus, In Wyoming, Larry M. Shults, Robert S. Seville, Nancy L. Stanton, George E. Menkens Jr.

Great Basin Naturalist

Six species of the coccidian genus Eimeria (E. larimerensis [prevalence = 17%], E. bilamellata [12%] E. beecheyi [34%], E. morainensis [43%], E. callospermophili [21%], and E. spermophili [5%]) were recovered from Wyoming ground squirrels (Spermophilus elegans elegans) collected during 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986. Infected ground squirrels were found to harbor from one to five species simultaneously. The 1007 hosts examined were collected from two different habitats: (1) a xeric desert shrub-steppe and (2) an irrigated alfalfa-brome field. All species of Eimeria occurred at each study site during all years, although the prevalence of each species varied …

Effects Of Prairie Dog Rodenticides On Deer Mice In Western South Dakota, Michele S. Deisch, Daniel W. Uresk, Raymond L. Linder

Great Basin Naturalist

Mortality of nontarget small mammals was determined after application of three black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) rodenticide treatments (prebaited zinc phosphide, prebaited strychnine, and strychnine alone) in western South Dakota. Immediate (September 1983) and long-term (September 1983 through August 1984) impacts on deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) relative densities were evaluated and the three rodenticide treatments were compared for efficacy. The three treatments had no significant (α < .10) immediate impacts on deer mouse relative densities, although zinc phosphide did lower them; that impact was not, however, long term. Long-term impacts of the two strychnine treatments were variable, with an increase in deer mouse densities with the strychnine only treatment. Overall, comparisons among the three treatments indicated that zinc phosphide was more effective than either strychnine treatment in reducing deer mouse densities.

Reproduction Of Three Species Of Pocket Mice (Perognathus) In The Bonneville Basin, Utah, Kenneth L. Cramer, Joseph A. Chapman

Great Basin Naturalist

Data on reproduction of three species of pocket mice (Perognathus) occurring in northern Utah are summarized. Perognathus parvus and P. formosus bred in spring but not the remainder of the year. This occurred despite mild fall and winter temperatures and shallow snowcover. Litter sizes for P. parvus and P. formosus were similar to those reported by previous investigators. A small sample of P. longimembris indicated they may have much larger litters (averaging 5.78 young) than previously reported for laboratory populations. Adult body mass was positively correlated with testis mass in all species, and with litter size in P. …

Ecological Review Of Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs And Associated Species In Western South Dakota, Jon C. Sharps, Daniel W. Uresk

Great Basin Naturalist

Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) once occupied extensive areas throughout the Great Plains. In recent years massive control programs have been initiated to reduce prairie dog populations, primarily to benefit the livestock grazing industry. Currently in western South Dakota most prairie dogs are found on public lands. Control programs using toxicants for prairie dogs have been found to be economically unfeasible when not combined with reductions in livestock grazing. Control programs also have negatively impacted some nontarget species of birds and small mammals. Livestock grazing is directly related to prairie dog densities. Prairie dog and livestock grazing activities …

Longitudinal Development Of Macroinvertebrate Communities Below Oligotrophic Lake Outlets, Christopher T. Robinson, G. Wayne Minshall

Great Basin Naturalist

Benthic macroinvertebrates were collected at several sites downstream of three oligotrophic lake outfalls in July 1986. Total numbers, biomass, and species richness increased rapidly immediately downstream from the outlets and then either stabilized or continued to increase downstream in parallel with benthic organic matter standing crops. Filter feeder densities showed an initial buildup and then decline downstream from the outlets. Variability in longitudinal patterns of other functional feeding groups among lake outlets was related to differences in food quantity and quality, and microhabitat.

An additional set of samples was collected at Pettit Lake outlet in August 1986. Species richness and …

Food Caching And Handling By Marten, Stephen E. Henry, Martin G. Raphael, Leonard R. Ruggiero

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Holocene Predation Of The Uinta Ground Squirrel By A Badger, Michael E. Nelson

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Vol. 50 No. 4

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Dam-Site Selection By Beavers In An Eastern Oregon Basin, William C. Mccomb, James R. Sedell, Todd D. Buchholz

Great Basin Naturalist

We compared physical and vegetative habitat characteristics at 14 dam sites occupied by beaver (Castor Canadensis) with those at 41 random unoccupied reaches to identify features important to dam-site selection in the Long Creek basin, Grant County, Oregon. Stream reaches with dams were shallower and had a lower gradient than unoccupied reaches. Beaver did not build dams at sites with a rock substrate. Bank slopes at occupied reaches were not as steep as those at unoccupied reaches; and occupied stream reaches had greater tree canopy cover, especially of thinleaf alder (Alnus tenuifolia), than did unused reaches. …

Two Pronghorn Antelope Found Locked Together During The Rut In West Central Utah, David R. Smith

Great Basin Naturalist

No abstract provided.