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Sorenson And Raish Bibliography Available On Disk Oct 2023

Sorenson And Raish Bibliography Available On Disk

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

In accordance with requests from readers, we are making copies of John Sorenson's and Martin Raish's Pre-Columbian Contacts with the Americas across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography available on computer disk. See the order form for details.

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Brown Bag Seminar Continues To Explore New Research Oct 2023

Brown Bag Seminar Continues To Explore New Research

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

The first presentation of the Fall 1990 semester was an illustrated report on the progress of research by Warren and Michaela Aston on possible sites for the original Bountiful. John Sorenson and Mel Thorne used slides and information provided by the Astons to brief the seminar participants on the state of the Aston's research. (See the article above.)

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Astons Report Latest Findings In Oman Oct 2023

Astons Report Latest Findings In Oman

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

Michaela and Warren Aston of Queensland, Australia, have sent to F.A.R.M.S. a preliminary report on their third trip to the Arabian peninsula to search for Lehi's land Bountiful. Despite political tensions in the area, they accomplished more in the three weeks they spent there than on any previous trip. They completed their survey of the coastline and took numerous photographs.

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Fund-Raising Committee Is Expanded Oct 2023

Fund-Raising Committee Is Expanded

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

Much of the fund raising necessary to carry on the work of F.A.R.M.S. is done by the Foundation Endowment Committee. This committee is directed by Brent Hall as the Foundation Development Director and consists of some great friends of F.A.R.M.S., including David Reeves, Allen Hill, Merrill Bateman, and Ed Pinegar.

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Book Of Mormon Bibliography--Volunteers Needed Oct 2023

Book Of Mormon Bibliography--Volunteers Needed

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

A mammoth task is now underway: with added emphasis on Book of Mormon scholarship the past few years, it has become necessary to improve, update, and annotate the 1986 F.A.R.M.S. Bibliography of the Book of Mormon. Donald W. Parry, who will oversee this project, notes that during the past five years, several hundred students and scholars have realized the usefulness of this bibliography.

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Temples Of The Ancient Near East And Mediterranean World Oct 2023

Temples Of The Ancient Near East And Mediterranean World

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

The F.A.R.M.S. Temples Bibliography, made available in 1989 as a study aid, has been published by the Edwin Mellen Press of New York. Entitled A Bibliography on Temples of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World, the work is arranged by subject and by author.

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Byu Studies And The Book Of Mormon Oct 2023

Byu Studies And The Book Of Mormon

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The Summer 1990 issue of BYU Studies is dedicated solely to Book of Mormon thought and "offers a sample of recent scholarship on the Book of Mormon," says Kent P. Jackson, guest editor of the volume. Jackson adds, "It is intentionally diverse and includes a variety that ranges from doctrine to history and from ocean currents to word prints."

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Figurine Volume Published Oct 2023

Figurine Volume Published

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

We are pleased to announce the publication of volume 1 of the New World Figurine Project by the F.A.R.M.S. Research Press. This first of a projected six volumes contains more than a dozen scholarly essays that illustrate and analyze ancient American human figurines.

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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Sherem's Accusations Against Jacob Oct 2023

Sherem's Accusations Against Jacob

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An interesting encounter is reported in Jacob 7 between Sherem and Jacob. In light of the ancient Israelite criminal law that was in force among the Nephites at this time and at least to the reforms of Mosiah (2 Ne. 5:10; Jarom 1:5; Mosiah 17:7-8; Alma 1:17), it is evident that Sherem's accusations were serious allegations. On three accounts, he accused Jacob of offenses punishable by death.

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Fourth Annual Book Of Mormon Lecture Slated Oct 2023

Fourth Annual Book Of Mormon Lecture Slated

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The fourth annual F.A.R.M.S. Book of Mormon lecture will be presented by Dr. Allen J. Christenson on February 27. The title of his lecture is "The Mayan Festival of Resurrection and the Book of Mormon." This presentation will be based on years of research into contemporary and ancient Highland Mayan religious festivals. Dr. Christenson will trace these festivals through time, examine their symbolic treatments of the tree of life and of the conflict between death and the underworld, and note Book of Mormon parallels. He will illustrate his presentation with numerous slides.

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Sorenson Retires From Farms Board Oct 2023

Sorenson Retires From Farms Board

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

After ten years of leadership and service, John L. Sorenson has retired from the board of directors of F.A.R.M.S. to devote more time to his own research and writing, such as his project on Book of Mormon geography featured in this issue. We thank him for the incalculable help he has given to the Foundation and to the cause of scholarly research on the Book of Mormon.

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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Book Of Mormon Educator Passes Away Oct 2023

Book Of Mormon Educator Passes Away

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

Eldin Ricks, professor emeritus of Ancient Scripture at BYU, who was a friend of F.A.R.M.S. and a tireless advocate of the Book of Mormon, passed away last month. In our last newsletter we reported his generosity in donating copies of his wide-margin edition of the Book of Mormon to F.A.R.M.S. to make it more widely available---a good example of his efforts on behalf of the scriptures (and their Author). We will miss him.

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Nibley Discusses Current Research At Annual Farms Banquet Oct 2023

Nibley Discusses Current Research At Annual Farms Banquet

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

More than 250 people enjoyed the annual F.A.R.M.S. banquet on October 17. Following dinner and reports on the past year's projects and the next year's plans, the highlights of the evening were a beautiful harp solo by Tamara Oswald of the Utah Symphony and remarks by Hugh Nibley.

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Electronic Discussion Group Formed To Consider Mormonism And Antiquity Oct 2023

Electronic Discussion Group Formed To Consider Mormonism And Antiquity

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

F.A.R.M.S. would like to announce the creation of an electronic discussion group for ancient studies and Mormon scripture called MORM-ANT (Mormonism and Antiquity). This is a listserv mailing list rather than an electronic bulletin board; submissions will be forwarded as electronic mail to all participants in the group. The topics for discussion in this group will be as wide-ranging as the interests of its participants, but generally reflecting the research goals and interests of F.A.R.M.S.

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Expedition To Arabia Postponed Oct 2023

Expedition To Arabia Postponed

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

The F.A.R.M.S. expedition to the Wadi Sayq has been postponed by the Omani government because of sensitive negotiations between Oman and Yemen that concern territory near Wadi Sayq. However, the Omanis seem interested in a scholarly study of the wadi, so we are optimistic that the expedition will be rescheduled for the first part of January.

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More Nibley Transcripts Ready Oct 2023

More Nibley Transcripts Ready

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

Transcripts for Semester 3 of "Teachings of the Book of Mormon," Hugh Nibley' s class now being broadcast on a number of cable and public TV stations, can now be obtained from F.A.R.M.S.

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Uc-Davis Scholar Discusses Transoceanic Influences Oct 2023

Uc-Davis Scholar Discusses Transoceanic Influences

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The question as to whether the civilizations of the American Indians evolved essentially independently or were importantly influenced by sea-borne visitors from the Old World long before Columbus has been called the most significant issue facing culture historians of the ancient Americas.

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Nationally-Televised Dead Sea Scrolls Conference Features Farms Oct 2023

Nationally-Televised Dead Sea Scrolls Conference Features Farms

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

On November 20, 1992, at Stanford University's Kresge Auditorium in Palo Alto, California, Latter-day Saints will be represented at an Interfaith Conference entitled, "Unraveling the Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls." This 3-hour conference starting at 7 p.m. will be filmed by the Vision Interfaith Satellite Network (VISN). An edited version of the conference will be presented as a one-hour special nationwide to a potential viewing audience of over 20 million.

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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Book News Oct 2023

Book News

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

Those of you who ordered copies of Temple and Cosmos should have received your orders by now. Manufacturing problems experienced by Deseret Book delayed the release of this new volume in the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, but we think you will agree that the final product was worth the wait. Already we are receiving enthusiastic comments about the quality of the illustrations and the depth of Nibley's analysis. If early trends are any indication, this should be one of the most popular volumes in the series.

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Broadcast Of Nibley Book Of Mormon Class Begins In Ca Oct 2023

Broadcast Of Nibley Book Of Mormon Class Begins In Ca

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

The Hugh Nibley Book of Mormon class that is being broadcast in Utah by KBYU (channel 11 at 5:00 P.M. on Sundays) is now available in Orange County, California, on Dimension Cable (channel 48 at 8:00 P.M. on Mondays). This public service by Dimension Cable makes available to a new audience a weekly broadcast of Nibley's insights into the Book of Mormon.

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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Second Semester Tapes And Transcripts Now Ready Oct 2023

Second Semester Tapes And Transcripts Now Ready

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

Tapes and transcripts of the second semester of Hugh Nibley' s Honors Book of Mormon class are now available. See the order form.

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Tv Stations In California And Oregon Broadcast Hugh Nibley's Book Of Mormon Class Oct 2023

Tv Stations In California And Oregon Broadcast Hugh Nibley's Book Of Mormon Class

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

Last year, with a generous grant from Geneva Steel Corporation, F.A.R.MS. was able to prepare for broadcast on TV Dr. Hugh Nibley' s Honors Book of Mormon class, filmed by BYU Continuing Education under the inspiration and monitoring of F.A.RM.S. 1989 director Russell Peek.

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Scholar Watch Oct 2023

Scholar Watch

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

Stephen E. Robinson, chair of the Department of Ancient Scripture at BYU, has been named an Assistant Editor of a monograph series published by the Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha. He also delivered a paper in June at an international symposium in Jerusalem on ''Jewish Leaders in the Land before 1970." The symposium was chaired by Mayor Teddy Kollek. Others who made presentations at the symposium included James Charlesworth, W. D. Davies, and David Flusser.

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Reynolds Leaves For Israel Oct 2023

Reynolds Leaves For Israel

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

Noel Reynolds, president of F.A.RMS., will spend the next year at the BYU Jerusalem Center. Stephen Ricks, immediate past president and current chairman of the board of directors, will serve as acting president to assist Reynolds.

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Was Samuel The Lamanite A Poet? Oct 2023

Was Samuel The Lamanite A Poet?

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

S. Kent Brown, professor of ancient scripture at BYU, has recently completed a study of "The Prophetic Laments of Samuel the Lamanite," available as a F.A.R.M.S. paper. His comparison of Helaman 13 with the poetic form of biblical laments offers a number of intriguing insights into both the form and meaning of Samuel's message for the Nephites and for us.

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Farms-Sponsored "Chicken Project" Will Be Published Soon Oct 2023

Farms-Sponsored "Chicken Project" Will Be Published Soon

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

A 1989 F.A.R.M.S. research grant to Dr. George F. Carter of Texas A&M University has yielded a book manuscript entitled Sacrificial Birds of the American Southwest: Chicken, Eagle, Turkey, Macaw, which is being considered for publication by a university press. Some of the ideas discussed by the eight (non-LDS) contributors are significant in relation to the Book of Mormon's report of voyages across the oceans from the Old to the New World.

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