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Encyclopedia Selling Briskly Sep 2023

Encyclopedia Selling Briskly

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

The F.A.R.M.S. office has been receiving a steady stream of orders for the Encyclopedia of Mormonism, published by Macmillan. We are pleased that many F.A.R.M.S. readers are taking advantage of the opportunity to obtain this excellent reference source. We believe your family will enjoy and learn from the informative articles and numerous excellent illustrations.


More On Abraham In Egyptian Papyri Sep 2023

More On Abraham In Egyptian Papyri

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

F.A.R.M.S. has been pleased to receive several comments from interested readers about the article that appeared in our September Newsletter exploring the possible significance of the name Abraham in certain late Egyptian magical papyri. As that article indicated, full publication of this ongoing work is yet to come. As work progresses, up-todate reports will be given.


Selected Sperry Symposium Papers Now Available Sep 2023

Selected Sperry Symposium Papers Now Available

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

The annual Sperry Symposium was held at BYU on October 26, 1991. Many of the papers presented will be published next spring. In the meantime, four papers are now available separately on the enclosed order form.


Articles Available Separately Sep 2023

Articles Available Separately

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

The Summer 1990 issue of BYU Studies, a special issue on the Book of Mormon, is now out of print. The new 1992 F.A.R.M.S catalog, however, lists several of its articles individually.


Farms Publishing Plans For 1992 Sep 2023

Farms Publishing Plans For 1992

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

F.A.R.M.S. has a full and varied schedule of publishing in 1992. Temple and Cosmos: Beyond This Ignorant Present, the twelfth volume in the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, will appear in early 1992. This volume contains essays, some not previously published, dealing with the temple and other related topics. In the late summer a revised edition of Abraham in Egypt will appear, which will also contain material published in the Improvement Era in the late 1960s and early 1970s.


Full Issue Sep 2023

Full Issue

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

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Weights And Measures Paper Ready Sep 2023

Weights And Measures Paper Ready

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

We have experienced some delay in getting the Preliminary Report entitled "Weights and Measures in the Time of Mosiah II" completed. Recent publications on ancient Near Eastern measurement systems sent our staff back to do further research to be sure the paper was up to date and comprehensive. The paper is now available. Participants who had previously ordered It will be receiving their copy in the mail soon.


Regional Delegates Respond Sep 2023

Regional Delegates Respond

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

Over 100 people throughout the world have agreed to serve as regional delegates for the Foundation.


Press Releases Spread The Word Sep 2023

Press Releases Spread The Word

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

In an effort to make interesting scriptural research available to a larger audience, the Foundation has issued press releases to LDS periodicals. Jeanette Smith, Michele Steed, John Tanner and Jack Welch prepared short abstracts of several papers that were sent to 25 newspapers in August.


Advisory Board Expanded Sep 2023

Advisory Board Expanded

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

The July 1982 Newsletter announced the creation of an Advisory Board to help F.AR.M.S. achieve Its ambitious goal of publishing a comprehensive Book of Mormon Encyclopedia. Three devoted individuals have recently added their services to that board. Paul R. Cheesman will be the Advisory Coordinator. Truman G. Madsen will be responsible for External Relations, and Noel B. Reynolds will serve as Academic Relations advisor.


Exhibits And Open House Sep 2023

Exhibits And Open House

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

During August, the Foundation again sponsored informational exhibits at the CES Symposium and Education Week on BYU campus. We appreciate Reed Hyde, Shannon Magleby, Garth Norman, Stephen Ricks, Larry Smith and Janet Twigg who donated many hours of their time staffing the displays. Over 250 people added their names to the newsletter mailing list as a result of the exhibits.


Meet Our Director Of Promotion Sep 2023

Meet Our Director Of Promotion

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

Thursday, September 8, 1983 was a red letter day for the Foundation. That was the day Susan Roylance came on board. Things may never be the same again. Mrs. Roylance became acquainted with the Foundation three years ago following a fateful meeting with Kirk Magleby in Guatemala.


New Faces At Farms Sep 2023

New Faces At Farms

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

In a non-profit research organization, people make the difference, and F.A.R.M.S. has some tremendous new people to Introduce:


Cooperative Navigation Of Autonomous Vehicles In Challenging Environments, Brendon Peter Forsgren Sep 2023

Cooperative Navigation Of Autonomous Vehicles In Challenging Environments, Brendon Peter Forsgren

Theses and Dissertations

As the capabilities of autonomous systems have increased so has interest in utilizing teams of autonomous systems to accomplish tasks more efficiently. This dissertation takes steps toward enabling the cooperation of unmanned systems in scenarios that are challenging, such as GPS-denied or perceptually aliased environments. This work begins by developing a cooperative navigation framework that is scalable in the number of agents, robust against communication latency or dropout, and requires little a priori information. Additionally, this framework is designed to be easily adopted by existing single-agent systems with minimal changes to existing software and software architectures. All systems in the …


Trumpet Directivity From A Rotating Semicircular Array, Samuel D. Bellows, Joseph E. Avila, Timothy W. Leishman Sep 2023

Trumpet Directivity From A Rotating Semicircular Array, Samuel D. Bellows, Joseph E. Avila, Timothy W. Leishman

Directivity

The directivity function of a played musical instrument describes the angular dependence of its acoustic radiation and diffraction about the instrument, musician, and musician’s chair. Directivity influences sound in rehearsal, performance, and recording environments and signals in audio systems. Because high-resolution, spherically comprehensive measurements of played musical instruments have been unavailable in the past, the authors have undertaken research to produce and share such data for studies of musical instruments, simulations of acoustical environments, optimizations of microphone placements, and other applications. The authors acquired the data from repeated chromatic scales produced by a trumpet played at mezzo-forte in an anechoic …


Combining Expert Opinions To Assess Risk Of Change In Earth Systems: Permafrost Collapse, Global Wildfire, And Water Security, Sayedeh Sara Sayedi Sep 2023

Combining Expert Opinions To Assess Risk Of Change In Earth Systems: Permafrost Collapse, Global Wildfire, And Water Security, Sayedeh Sara Sayedi

Theses and Dissertations

In a world of uncertainty and change, leaders should base their decisions on best available scientific evidence. However, history has shown that science is often inadequately incorporated into the decision-making process. This dissertation investigates three environmental issues to identify the challenges of considering Earth system dynamics in policymaking and management. I also propose solutions for improving the two-way exchange of knowledge and values between researchers and policymakers. In chapter one, I investigate subsea permafrost carbon sensitivity to climate change using an expert assessment. The analysis revealed that subsea permafrost contains significant carbon stocks and is already contributing to climate change …


The Interactive Role Of Shared Reading And Child Participation In Cognitive Development, Joanne Anderson Sep 2023

The Interactive Role Of Shared Reading And Child Participation In Cognitive Development, Joanne Anderson

Family Perspectives

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What We Say Matters! How Parents Affect Their Child's Emotional Knowledge, Savanna Nielson Sep 2023

What We Say Matters! How Parents Affect Their Child's Emotional Knowledge, Savanna Nielson

Family Perspectives

No abstract provided.


Starved For Conversation: The Lost Art Of Human Connection, Emily Scott Sep 2023

Starved For Conversation: The Lost Art Of Human Connection, Emily Scott

Family Perspectives

No abstract provided.


How To Better Support Your Loved Ones With Ocd, Sarah Jacobs Sep 2023

How To Better Support Your Loved Ones With Ocd, Sarah Jacobs

Family Perspectives

No abstract provided.


Marital Satisfaction Among Interracial And Intercultural Couples, Brynly Rich Sep 2023

Marital Satisfaction Among Interracial And Intercultural Couples, Brynly Rich

Family Perspectives

No abstract provided.


El Español En La Repúblida Dominicana, Orlando Alba Sep 2023

El Español En La Repúblida Dominicana, Orlando Alba

Faculty Publications

Este capítulo presenta un panorama general del español en la República Dominicana desde dos perspectivas: la percepción y la actuación de los hablantes. Desde la perspectiva subjetiva, se examina la inseguridad lingüística que exhibe gran parte de la población, que piensa que su español es inferior al de otros lugares. Por otra parte, se analizan los rasgos objetivos que caracterizan el dialecto. Se describen los procesos fonéticos de la variación consonántica, subrayando el avanzado estado del proceso de reducción de la /s/, la variación de las líquidas /r, l/ y de la /d/ intervocálica. En el terreno sintáctico, se discuten …


Lack Of Women In Federal Level Politics In The United States, Ellie Romans Draper Sep 2023

Lack Of Women In Federal Level Politics In The United States, Ellie Romans Draper

Ballard Brief

Women comprise 50.5% of the United States population, but only 28% of all officeholders in the 2023 US Congress. The scarcity of female role models in politics—caused by societal expectations, inadequate candidate recruitment, and a lack of interest in political leadership —contributes to a shortage of women in politics. Further, the double bind imposes contradictory expectations upon women, affecting their political ambition and others’ perceptions of their competence. As a result, there are policy gaps, especially in areas that affect women and their communities. Women’s underrepresentation also undermines democracy because the government is unable to reflect the interests of the …


Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.


Video Recordings Begins On A New Book Of Mormon Lecture Series Aug 2023

Video Recordings Begins On A New Book Of Mormon Lecture Series

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

Filming has begun for a new video series that will present fifty or more lectures on the Book of Mormon. F.A.R.M.S. has invited BYU faculty and others to deliver one-hour lectures on favorite Book of Mormon topics, to be videotaped for broadcast on public and community-access cable television stations and for release in 1994 on videocassette.


Second Issue Of Journal Features Sword Of Laban And Near-Death Experiences Aug 2023

Second Issue Of Journal Features Sword Of Laban And Near-Death Experiences

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

The 1993 spring issue of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies features more than ten outstanding articles, plus notes and communications. Like the first issue of the Journal (which is available again, now in its third printing), this issue contains some of the most recent research on the Book of Mormon. It also features a classic older paper, now updated, that sheds light on some of the new research.


Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.


New Light Shed On Book Of Mormon Scholarship Aug 2023

New Light Shed On Book Of Mormon Scholarship

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

William J. Hamblin of the BYU History Department and member of the F.A.R.M.S. board examines some common weaknesses of anti-Mormon comments on the Book of Mormon in a new paper, "Basic Problems with the Anti-Mormon Approach to the Geography and Archaeology of the Book of Mormon." The points he makes are sound and may prompt new lines of research for serious students of these subjects.


Biblical Scholar Compares Moses And Joseph Smith Aug 2023

Biblical Scholar Compares Moses And Joseph Smith

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

In "The Formation of the Canon of the Old Testament," in Religion and Law: Biblical, Judaic, and Islamic Perspectives, (edited by Edwin Firmage, Bernard Weiss, and John Welch and published in 1990 by Eisenbrauns), David Noel Freedman discusses the legacy of Moses and his Torah to the Western world. This legacy, he believes, is "the merger of law and religion, the inseparable joint expression of the divine will, communicated by his prophet. If true religion involves the right relationship between humanity and deity, then the law 1s the way in which that relationship is defined and regulated." Freedman concludes …


Nibley Quote Book Revised & Reissued Aug 2023

Nibley Quote Book Revised & Reissued

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

Of All Things, a book of quotations from Hugh Nibley compiled and edited by Gary Gillum, will be available again April 1 in a revised and expanded edition. Gillum has selected, from both published and unpublished writings, numerous quotations that illustrate Nibley's considerable wit and wisdom, creating a wonderful introduction to Nibley's life-long effort to make sense of the things of this world and the things of eternity.