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President's Message Nov 2023

President's Message

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

1985 has been an eventful and successful year for the work of the Foundation. Your support and interest has made most of it possible. In addition to completing several books and papers in 1985, we have greatly enhanced our office staff and equipment; our 1985 Catalog has proved very valuable; funding has been generous, and major news coverage has accelerated. For 1986 we look forward to projects now underway with the Nibley Collected Works, warfare, temples, legal texts, King Benjamin's Speech, and many others.


Nibley Works Volume 1 Published Nov 2023

Nibley Works Volume 1 Published

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

The first volume of the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley is now available. Old Testament and Related Studies gathers together eleven Nibley articles and talks, several of which are published here for the first time. The first four address problems raised by opponents of the Bible-claims against the historicity of the creation account and early narratives in Genesis, and the skeptical views of existentialist theologians, textual critics, and evolutionists. Three other papers deal with the creation itself, with innuendos regarding rituals based on creation account narratives. Other essays are about Isaiah and the Dead Sea Scrolls.


Full Issue Nov 2023

Full Issue

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

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The Use Of Chiasmus By The Ancient Quiche-Maya Nov 2023

The Use Of Chiasmus By The Ancient Quiche-Maya

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

Allen J. Christenson shows for the first time in professional literature that chiasmus was known in pre-Columbian America. His article, which includes part of the material in CHR-88, appeared in Latin American Indian Literatures Journal 4/2 (1988): 125-50.


Fortifications In The Book Of Mormon And In Mesoamerica Nov 2023

Fortifications In The Book Of Mormon And In Mesoamerica

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Archaeologists have consistently denied that ancient Mesoamerican peoples systematically practiced warfare. The Book of Mormon, however, reports a great deal of warfare and fortifications. Only in the last 15 years has a small set of experts begun to see warfare playing an important role in this area, although of course it has been common everywhere else in the world.


The Atonement And The Book Of Mormon Nov 2023

The Atonement And The Book Of Mormon

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

In a faculty lecture recently presented to the BYU Religion Department, Dean Robert J. Matthews discussed the Atonement. He articulated several "points of doctrine" taught in the Book of Mormon on the Atonement and carefully focused on the teachings of individual Book of Mormon prophets.


One Eternal Round Nov 2023

One Eternal Round

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

In the third and final lecture in his series on ''The Terrible Questions," Dr. Hugh Nibley spoke on "One Eternal Round (Hermetic Version) ." A transcript of this talk can now be ordered. According to Dr. Nibley, the central ritual of all ancient religion was concerned with achieving "a one-ness with the divine existence," in gaining "a return to celestial company . . . a yearning for the restoration of a firmly held common existence of man and of the Godhead."


Wednesday Book Of Mormon Seminars Nov 2023

Wednesday Book Of Mormon Seminars

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

The Wednesday Seminar is a faculty research seminar organized by Noel Reynolds (Political Science, BYU). It has met bi-weekly this year to hear discussions on current research related to the Book of Mormon.


Review Of Books On The Book Of Mormon Nov 2023

Review Of Books On The Book Of Mormon

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

Since publication of the last Newsletter, the first issue of the F.A.R.M.S. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon has been printed. It contains seventeen reviews of fourteen different books, most of which appeared during the years 1987-88. Some of the reviews are actually "review essays," since they represent important contributions to Book of Mormon studies in their own right.


Johannessen Visit Nov 2023

Johannessen Visit

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Professor Carl Johannessen, professor of geography at the University of Oregon, lectured in March at BYU on his research on evidence for pre-Columbian maize in India and nearby areas. F.A.R.M.S. has provided support for his work. He presented BYU botanists and others with an impressive array of actual specimens, pictures of sculptured representations of cobs of corn on Indian temples, and linguistic and historical data.


Article Expanded Nov 2023

Article Expanded

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

Warren and Michaela Aston's paper (AST-88) reporting their second expedition to Yemen and Oman has now been enlarged.


What Was A "Mosia"? Nov 2023

What Was A "Mosia"?

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

In 1965, John Sawyer published an article entitled ''What Was a Mosia?" in Vetus Testamentum 15 (1965):475-86, available on the attached order form. He argues that the term mosia was an ancient Hebrew term that originally had meaning in Hebrew culture but came to be used among their titles for God. Sawyer's analysis may shed light on the name Mosiah in the Book of Mormon.


Book Of Mormon Tribal Affiliation And Military Castes Nov 2023

Book Of Mormon Tribal Affiliation And Military Castes

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This intriguing article, presented by John A. Tvedtnes at the F.A.R.M.S. Symposium on Warfare in the Book of Mormon, treats both the social structure and hereditary military leadership of Nephite and Lamanite society.


An Oath Of Allegiance In The Book Of Mormon Nov 2023

An Oath Of Allegiance In The Book Of Mormon

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According to Terrence L. Szink, "an important element in any military endeavor is the loyalty of the soldiers. Obviously, even the most brilliant military tactics will fail if the troops are unfaithful in fulfilling their duty." As a result, loyalty oaths were often administered among soldiers in the ancient Near East. These oaths often included "simile oaths," where some object is likened to the persons making the oath. Thus, in the Hittite loyalty oath, the person administering the oath said, after placing wax and mutton fat in the hands of each of those taking the oath, "just as th is …


Symposium On Warfare In The Book Of Mormon Held Nov 2023

Symposium On Warfare In The Book Of Mormon Held

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

The F.A.R.M.S. Symposium on War1are in the Book of Mormon was held on March 24 and 25 at Brigham Young University. The conference was convened by William J. Hamblin and Stephen D. Ricks, and included among its participants and speakers Matthew Hilton, Hugh W. Nibley, Daniel C. Peterson, John L. Sorenson, Terrence L. Szink, John A. Tvedtnes, Bruce A. Warren, John W. Welch. The topics ranged from 'Why is there so much warfare in the Book of Mormon?" to a detailed discussion of the armor used by the Book of Mormon peoples. For example, no armor is mentioned to protect …


The Prophetic Book Of Mormon, Volume 8 In The Nibley Collected Works, Is Now Available Nov 2023

The Prophetic Book Of Mormon, Volume 8 In The Nibley Collected Works, Is Now Available

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

For Hugh Nibley, the Book of Mormon is prophetic in every sense of the word. It was written by prophets and about prophets. It was foreseen by prophets and foresees our day. It is a book brought forth by prophetic gifts for prophetic purposes. It speaks in a clarion voice with words of counsel to those who would survive the last days.


Full Issue Nov 2023

Full Issue

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

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New Office Coordinator Nov 2023

New Office Coordinator

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

Lois Richardson has begun part-time work as our office coordinator. She is finishing a degree at BYU in Near Eastern Studies. She brings a great deal of enthusiasm and secretarial and office experience to F.A.R.M.S.


Executive Editor Joins Farms Staff Nov 2023

Executive Editor Joins Farms Staff

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

Melvin J. Thorne joins F.A.R.M.S. as Executive Editor and a member of the board of directors. He will coordinate all of the Foundation's many publishing projects.


Study Of Figurines Sheds Light On Ancient Americas Nov 2023

Study Of Figurines Sheds Light On Ancient Americas

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Archaeologist Terry Stocker (Ph.D., Illinois, 1983) is working under a F.A.R.M.S. research grant compiling articles that discuss and illustrate ceramic human figurines from throughout the Americas. Figurines can provide some of our most valuable information about ancient peoples arid their customs and relationships.


The Updates Of 1989 Nov 2023

The Updates Of 1989

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

Now available for a nominal charge are the valuable Updates for 1989. These interesting and easily readable monthly reports track the steady flow of new research generated by the Foundation this year.


Ten-Year Milestone Celebrated Nov 2023

Ten-Year Milestone Celebrated

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

On November 8, 1989, the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies marked the 10th anniversary of its incorporation. We are pleased to report some of the major accomplishments of your Foundation in its first decade.


The Complete Updates Of The 80s Nov 2023

The Complete Updates Of The 80s

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

Since 1984, F.A.R.M.S. has announced many of its most exciting discoveries in its monthly Updates. Sixty-four Updates appeared in the 1980s. As this decade closes, these concise, informative summaries are now all conveniently available as a sing le set (includes 1989; see the attached order form).


Explore Complexities Nov 2023

Explore Complexities

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

With in the next six months, the Foundation will complete a volume of essays that discuss complexities, subtleties, and intricate consistencies in the Book of Mormon. These essays, by more than 25 scholars, have been popularized to make them accessible to the general reader.


Inscriptions Support Transoceanic Contact Nov 2023

Inscriptions Support Transoceanic Contact

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

John Sorenson recently joined other scholars in examining ancient inscriptions in southeastern Colorado that appear to be written in Ogam, a language known chiefly from Ireland in medieval times. While claims for the authenticity of ancient inscriptions in west European or North African writing systems allegedly found in many parts of North America have been rejected by most archaeologists because of the flawed evidence put forward to support the claims, these particular inscriptions are unusually impressive and cannot be dismissed as modern fakes.


Warfare Volume At The Publisher Nov 2023

Warfare Volume At The Publisher

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

The F.A.R.M.S. Symposium on Warfare in the Book of Mormon held in March of this year produced some excellent contributions. Editors William J. Hamblin and Stephen D. Ricks have prepared these essays for publication as Warfare in the Book of Mormon, to be published by F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book Company in the latter part of 1990. The following are samples of the contributions in this book.


Full Issue Nov 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.


Archaeological Findings Discussed Nov 2023

Archaeological Findings Discussed

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

In a January presentation cosponsored by F.A.R.M.S., explorer Gene Savoy reported some of his latest archaeological findings to a large audience at BYU. Hehasdiscovered43 "lost cities" in the jungle and mountains of South America. His latest discovery, the Gran Vilaya, is said to cover approximately 100 square miles and is found some 400 miles north of Lima, Peru, in virtually unexplored tropical mountains that scholars had thought supported only small villages of agriculturalists.


1989 Yields A Healthy Crop Of Books On The Book Of Mormon Nov 2023

1989 Yields A Healthy Crop Of Books On The Book Of Mormon

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

The 1989 Review of Books on the Book of Mormon has just been published. It is much more than a review. It contains several hundred pages of analysis and reflection on many Book of Mormon topics of most recent interest. It also contains a complete bibliography of everything published in 1989 on the Book of Mormon.


An Lds Interpretation Of Jesus' Most Masterful Sermon Nov 2023

An Lds Interpretation Of Jesus' Most Masterful Sermon

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

The heart of the Book of Mormon is the Sermon of the resurrected Christ to the Nephites who had assembled at their temple in Bountiful (3Nephi 11- 18). The heart of that Sermon is Jesus' Sermon on the Mount from Palestine (Matthew 5-7), adapted to the Nephite setting.