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Book Reviews, Edward Martinique, Yuan Zhou, Wen-Kai Kung

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

The University Of Virginia/University Of Pittsburgh Japanese Text Initiative, Sachie Noguchi

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

The Miraculous Island Of Switzerland In The Midst Of The Third Reich, H. Dwight Page

Swiss American Historical Society Review

In the film version of Hermann Wouk's War and Remembrance, the Polish Jewish professor Aaron Jastrow and his American Jewish niece Nathalie fall into the trap of the monstrous Nazi genocidal machine and are interned at Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia. Upon their arrival there, they are initially treated with brutality until Professor Jastrow reminds their Nazi captors, "We are under Swiss protection." Thereafter, they receive noticeably better treatment. Although Aaron Jastrow later perishes in a gas chamber at Auschwitz, Nathalie owes her own escape from the same camp and her eventual rescue by the Americans at Weimar, Germany in April, …

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Swiss American Historical Society Review

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A New Artistic Rendering Of Izapa Stela 5: A Step Toward Improved Interpretation, John E. Clark

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Aided by creative techniques, Ajáx Moreno carefully prepared more accurate, detailed renderings of the Izapa monuments, including Stela 5, with its complex scenes of gods and other supernatural creatures, royalty, animals invested with mythic and value symbolism, and mortals. The author raises relevant questions about reconciling Jakeman’s view with the new drawing: Are there Old World connections? Can Izapa be viewed as a Book of Mormon city? Did the Nephites know of Lehi’s dream? Are there name glyphs on the stela? The scene, if it does not depict Lehi’s dream, fits clearly in Mesoamerican art in theme, style, technical execution, …

A Māori View Of The Book Of Mormon, Louis Midgley

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The M?ori people read and understood the Book of Mormon from their own cultural perspective. Rather than examining particular verses for doctrinal content, the M?ori viewed the Book of Mormon as a moral story of a people with failings and strengths. They likened the stories to themselves, feeling they lacked the spiritual strength to stay on a righteous path for long. They saw a tragic story of families in conflict and subtribes and tribes quarreling with each other and bent on revenge for personal insults and factional quarrels. The kinship ties seemed particularly relevant to them. The Book of Mormon …

Ammon And The Mesoamerican Custom Of Smiting Off Arms, Bruce E. Yerman

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Ammon, a Nephite missionary who chose to serve a Lamanite king as his servant, gained fame by cutting off the arms of the king’s enemies. The practice of smiting off arms of enemies as trophies fits a cultural pattern known among the later Aztecs and Maya in pre-Spanish Mesoamerica.

Unlocking The Sacred Text, Marilyn Arnold

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Literary analysis provides useful tools in the study of sacred texts, including the Book of Mormon. For the author, three transforming events that enhanced her study of the Book of Mormon included reading the book in earnest as a complex and masterful literary text, the entrance of the Spirit into her study of the book, and a prayerful desire to experience the great change of heart described by King Benjamin and Alma. Nephi begins his record with sincerity and honesty and serves notice that he intends to prepare a true record. The opposition between Nephi and his brothers Laman and …

Journal Of Book Of Mormon Studies Volume 8 Issue 1, Neal A. Maxwell Institute For Religious Scholarship

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

The Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to promoting understanding of the history, meaning, and significance of the scriptures and other sacred texts revealed through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Riparian Vegetation Along The Middle Snake River, Idaho: Zonation, Geographical Trends, And Historical Changes, Mark D. Dixon, W. Carter Johnson

Great Basin Naturalist

A baseline study was conducted on an 83-km free-flowing reach of the Snake River between Swan Falls Dam and the Idaho-Oregon border. The research had 2 components: (1) field characterization and inventory of existing riparian flora, vegetation, and environment (soils, topography, streamflow), and (2) determination and mapping, using a geographic information system, of historic changes in riparian vegetation based on a time series (1938–39, 1957, 1969, 1987) of aerial photographs.

The flora was diverse, with 185 species of vascular plants identified, 63 of which were exotics. Vegetation was structured vertically along the riverbank gradient into lifeform-defined habitat types: emergent, riparian …

Classification And Ordination Of The Alpine Plant Communities Of Railroad Ridge, White Cloud Peaks, Idaho, Carla A. Richardson, Douglass M. Henderson

Great Basin Naturalist

Alpine vegetation of Railroad Ridge in the White Cloud Peaks, Custer County, Idaho, was investigated to ascertain native communities and describe their distribution with respect to important environmental factors. Percent cover of all species and environmental information were recorded for 69 plots. Data were analyzed by TWINSPAN and CANOCO, which provided a classification and an ordination, respectively. Predominant communities are dominated by (1) Phlox pulvinata, (2) Carex elynoides, and (3) Geum rossii, and other communities of lesser importance are dominated by (4) Artemisia campestris, (5) Eriogonum ovalifolium and Silene acaulis, and (6) Ivesia gordonii. …

Butterflies Of The Toquima Range, Nevada: Distribution, Natural History, And Comparison To The Toiyabe Range, Erica Fleishman, Dennis D. Murphy, George T. Austin

Great Basin Naturalist

Studies of Great Basin faunas can provide information for landscape-level adaptive management by federal agencies and shed light on potential effects of climate change in continental interior landscapes. To provide such information, we characterized the butterfly fauna of the Toquima Range, a mountain range in the heart of the Great Basin with topography typical of the region. We also compared the butterfly fauna of the Toquima Range to that of the adjacent Toiyabe Range, which is more topographically complex and species rich but less representative of the Great Basin on the whole. We explicitly addressed the effects of area and …

A Layman's Comparison, William Raventos

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of GospeLink (1998), by Deseret Book; and Collector's Library '98 (1998), by Infobases

Bridging The Gulf, Blake T. Ostler

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of How Wide the Divide: A mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation (1997), by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson

Congratulations On Mandela, Patrick Madden

Inscape

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Tireless In His Service: Rasmus Andersen, Pastor And Author 1878-1924, Thorvald Hansen

The Bridge

Of the four founders of the Danish Lutheran Church in America in 1872, the one concerning whom the most information exists is Rasmus Andersen. Yet it has been my observation that comparatively little is known about him. A reason for this is that, to my knowledge, no comprehensive biography exists, and there is almost nothing available in the English language. Most of the material that does exist is to be found in the Danes World Wide Archives ("Udvandrerarkivet") in Aalborg, Denmark. According to Birgit Flemming Larsen, who oversees that archive, the Andersen collection is the largest at the Aalborg archive. …

John L. Sorenson. Images Of Ancient America: Visualizing Book Of Mormon Life, Diane E. Wirth

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life (1998), by John L. Sorenson

The Evangelical Is Our Brother, William J. Hamblin, Daniel C. Peterson

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of How Wide the Divide: A mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation (1997), by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson

Philosophy And Early Christianity, Daniel W. Graham, James L. Siebach

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

The early church was unable to continue once the apostles had departed. Bishops were only local officials and could not speak for the entire church. Beginning with the later second century, philosophy plays an increasingly important role in the church—this appears to be an effect rather than a cause of the apostasy.

How Deep The Chasm? A Reply To Owen And Mosser's Review, David L. Paulsen, R. Dennis Potter

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

In exploring the divide between Latter-day Saints and Evangelicals, Paulsen and Potter reply to Owen and Mosser on issues of open canon, continuing revelation, biblical enerrancy, divine finitude, divine embodiment, deification, the Trinity or Godhead, soteriology and anthropology, and postmortem salvation.

Hugh W. Nibley. The Ancient State: The Rulers And The Ruled, Louis Midgley

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of The Ancient State: The Rulers and the Ruled (1991), by Hugh W. Nibley

Letters To An Anti-Mormon, Russell C. Mcgregor, Kerry A. Shirts

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of Letters to a Mormon Elder: Eye-Opening Information for Mormons and the Christians Who Talke with Them (1993), by James R. White

Afterword, Daniel C. Peterson

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

In response to the articles in this issue, Peterson notes that Latter-day Saints do not extend themselves to expose and attack other faiths. He further discusses, among other things, an open canon and continuing revelation, salvation as outlined in the scriptures, the ordinances of the gospel, revelation following the incarnation and resurrection of Christ, the biblical canon, inerrancy, biblical texts, the Book of Abraham, and the nature of God.

Charting The Book Of Mormon: Visual Aids For Personal Study And Teaching, John W. Welch, J. Gregory Welch

Maxwell Institute Publications

This book is a collection of more than 175 visual aids that promote deeper understanding and appreciation of the Book of Mormon. Designed for multiple use as study guides, handouts, and masters for creating projectable images, the charts convey a wealth of information that will enrich personal study and teaching.

Arranged in 15 sections, these charts consist of tables, diagrams, chronologies, flowcharts, bar graphs, pie charts, maps, and other effective schematics that represent Book of Mormon data in new and thought-provoking ways. General topics range from the history, doctrine, structure, and chronology of the Book of Mormon to its literary, …

Allen D. Breck Award Winner: “Ples Acsep Thes My Skrybled Lynes”: The Construction And Conventions Of Women’S Letters In England, 1540–1603, James Daybell

Quidditas

The central themes of this essay are delineated by the contrasting examples of two female correspondents. Both women are from similar gentry backgrounds and wrote in the late 1570s to early 1590s. The first is Mary Harding, the court maid of Lady Bridget Manners, herself the daughter of Elizabeth, countess of Rutland, famed for her marriage to Robert Tyrwhit in 1594, which so greatly incurred the wrath of Elizabeth I. Only four of Mary Harding’s letters have survived, all of which were sent to her mistress’s mother in order to keep her abreast of court news, her daughter’s progress, and …

Craig L. Blomberg And Stephen E. Robinson, How Wide The Divide? A Mormon And An Evangelical In Conversation, Paul L. Owen, Carl A. Mosser

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Review of How Wide the Divide: A mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation (1997), by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson

Vol. 11 Num. 1 Farms Review Of Books, Farms Review

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

No abstract provided.

Review Essay: Anna Battigelli. Margaret Cavendish And The Exiles Of The Mind, Sylvia Bowerbank

Quidditas

Anna Battigelli. Margaret Cavendish and the Exiles of the Mind. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1998.

Editor's Introduction: The Review Crosses A Divide Of Its Own, Daniel C. Peterson

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

Introduction to the current issue. For the first time, the Review features an article critical of the truth-claims of the restored gospel and of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Ten-Year Index To Farms Review Of Books 1989-98, Farms Review

Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011

No abstract provided.