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General Authorities Talk About The Book Of Mormon Nov 2023

General Authorities Talk About The Book Of Mormon

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

A new collection of talks and articles about the Book of Mormon by General Authorities has been added to the F.A.R.M.S. materials this month. In this issue we offer talks by Mark E. Petersen, and several articles by B. H. Roberts written between 1900 and 1911. They may be ordered on the attached Order Form.


Visit Ramses With Hugh Nibley Nov 2023

Visit Ramses With Hugh Nibley

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

Thursday, April 3, 1986, will be a F.A.R.M.S. Night at the Ramses II exhibit on the BYU campus through April 5. We have 200 tickets at $4.00 each, and they will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis (see attached order form).


"And It Came To Pass" In Mayan Nov 2023

"And It Came To Pass" In Mayan

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

Martin Raish reports a passing curiosity. Last spring at the Maya Hieroglyphic Workshop at the University of Texas, the translation of a common glyph was proposed by Linda Schele. The glyph, in the Palace Tablet at Palenque, translates "And it came to pass."


Updates For 1985 Now Available Nov 2023

Updates For 1985 Now Available

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

Every month, the most exciting discoveries and developments in Book of Mormon research are reported in the F.A.R.M.S. Updates. These are scholarly, documented, quickly readable executive-type reports, mailed to researchers and substantial contributors. At the end of each year these Updates are collected and made available as a F.A.R.M.S. Preliminary Report. For anyone who likes to keep up on Book of Mormon developments, these Updates are a gold mine


How Long Did It Take Joseph Smith To Translate The Book Of Mormon? Nov 2023

How Long Did It Take Joseph Smith To Translate The Book Of Mormon?

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

Among the amazing facts about the Book of Mormon is the astonishingly short time Joseph took to translate it. Recent research into the historical record shows it unlikely that any more than 65 to 75 days were involved in the actual translation.


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

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

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."


Rules For Submitting Manuscripts Nov 2023

Rules For Submitting Manuscripts

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

Any researcher is welcome to submit a paper for possible publication by F.A.R.M.S. Submissions need to follow certain rules: (1) The subject must seriously involve the Book of Mormon, although it need not deal exclusively with that scripture ( exceptions will be considered); (2) it must follow basic conventions of scholarly research, including paying serious attention to previous work on this topic; (3) a particular objective or thesis must be evident; and, (4) clear logic and language is essential. One typed/printed copy (double-spaced and proofread) should be sent; it will not necessarily be returned.


Visit Of Jacob Neusner To Byu Nov 2023

Visit Of Jacob Neusner To Byu

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

Jacob Neusner, Ungerleider Distinguished Scholar of Judaic Studies and University Professor at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, an outstanding scholar in Judaic Studies and author of the book The Glory of God Is Intelligence, published by the Religious Studies Center at Brigham Young University, spoke on February 22 at a lecture sponsored in part by F.A.R.M.S.


Zelph Nov 2023

Zelph

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

In recent years, discussions of Book of Mormon geography have concentrated on limited areas in Mesoamerica. The story of "Zelph, the white Lamanite," is frequently cited as evidence that the Nephites occupied the entire North American continent and fought some of their final battles near the Illinois River. Who was Zelph, and are his bones relevant to the Book of Mormon? Researcher Kenneth Godfrey shows why one should be cautious in drawing specific geographical conclusions from this incident.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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.


Recommendations For The Mental Health Treatment Of Human Trafficking Survivors, Christina M. Tsoi Nov 2023

Recommendations For The Mental Health Treatment Of Human Trafficking Survivors, Christina M. Tsoi

Theses and Dissertations

Human trafficking is a worldwide problem that places those trafficked at very high risk for multiple adverse outcomes, including mental illness. Although research on human trafficking has become abundant in other academic disciplines (e.g., sociology, public health, criminology, social work), psychology research specific to the mental health treatment of survivors remains limited. Objective: The purpose of this study was to gather recommendations from mental health professionals for the mental health treatment of trafficking survivors. Method: This paper reviewed extant literature regarding human trafficking and current mental health treatment provided to survivors. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 21 mental health professionals …


An Analysis Of Float Serves In Women's Collegiate Volleyball, Emily Logan Nov 2023

An Analysis Of Float Serves In Women's Collegiate Volleyball, Emily Logan

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Volleyball coaches generally have the belief that getting a serve to float, i.e. hitting the ball in such a way that spin is minimized causing unpredictability in the ball’s movement in the air, is the aspect that makes the ball most difficult to pass. This analysis explores whether or not a serve floats, the serve’s direction, location, and speed to determine what creates the most effective serve in regards to pass rating. The findings show that successfully getting the ball to float on a serve is indeed important. Also, serving the person immediately across from the server, and serving to …


Video Games For The Win: Examining The Net Positive Impact On Emotional, Cognitive, And Social Aspects Of Mental Health In Today’S Youth, James Sanford Nov 2023

Video Games For The Win: Examining The Net Positive Impact On Emotional, Cognitive, And Social Aspects Of Mental Health In Today’S Youth, James Sanford

Student Works

Video games are becoming an integral part of society, as more than 90% of adolescents play them often, and the industry is growing in revenue every year (Granic et al., 2014). However, many mainstream media outlets portray video games as detrimental to mental health and damaging to cognitive abilities, with initial research into video games initially corroborating such claims and finding correlations to violent behavior (Ferguson, 2020). These early research methods could have been more robust; moreover, focusing on only the negative aspects of gaming research significantly reduced their ability to properly understand gaming’s full impact. Video games typically encourage …


Rage In Chronic Pulmonary Inflammation And Obstetric Complications, Katrina Lynn Curtis Nov 2023

Rage In Chronic Pulmonary Inflammation And Obstetric Complications, Katrina Lynn Curtis

Theses and Dissertations

The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) is a transmembrane cell surface protein of the immunoglobulin superfamily that acts as part of both the innate and adaptive immune system. RAGE is highly expressed in lung tissue and is therefore of interest in the pulmonary immune response. Specifically, RAGE mediates several cell-signaling responses such as inflammation and apoptosis. This work sought to elucidate the role of RAGE in the setting of chronic pulmonary irritation such as that found in long-term exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS). This irritation has several shared characteristics with lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …


Prosodic Pitch And Intensity In Autistic Individuals, Cassidy Gooch Nov 2023

Prosodic Pitch And Intensity In Autistic Individuals, Cassidy Gooch

Theses and Dissertations

This study is an examination of how prosodic pitch and intensity compare in autistic individuals and neurotypical individuals. Ten-minute recordings of casual conversation were taken and analyzed. Participants included 11 autistic individuals and 11 neurotypical individuals with six males and five females in each group. The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, 2nd Edition (ADOS-2; Lord et al., 2012) prosody rating scale was used to collect a perceptual evaluation of each participan's prosody, and Praat acoustic analysis software was used to collect measures of pitch and intensity over the 10-minute period to investigate how speech characteristics change with conversation partner familiarity. Results …


Stability, Longevity, And Regulatory Bionetworks, Christian N. K. Anderson Nov 2023

Stability, Longevity, And Regulatory Bionetworks, Christian N. K. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

Genome-wide studies of diseases and chronic conditions frequently fail to uncover marked or consistent differences in RNA or protein concentrations. However, the developing field of kinetic proteomics has made promising discoveries in differences in the turnover rate of these same proteins, even when concentrations were not necessarily different. The situation can theoretically be modeled mathematically using bifurcation equations, but uncovering the proper form of these is difficult. To this end, we developed TWIG, a method for characterizing bifurcations that leverages information geometry to identify drivers of complex systems. Using this, we characterized the bifurcation and stability properties of all 132 …


Advancements In Molten Salt Physical Property Measurement: Archimedean Density, Couette Viscometer, And Flibe-Te Solution Penetration Analysis, Kent Powell Detrick Nov 2023

Advancements In Molten Salt Physical Property Measurement: Archimedean Density, Couette Viscometer, And Flibe-Te Solution Penetration Analysis, Kent Powell Detrick

Theses and Dissertations

This work primarily centers on measuring the physical properties of molten salts. It's dedicated to outlining the methodology, enhancing measurement methods, and scrutinizing data to uncover insights regarding the interaction between molten salt and solid structures in the context of designing and generating electrical energy in molten salt reactors. The initial phase of this research involved collaborating with Brigham Young University's molecular dynamics simulation group to create an Archimedean density measurement device. This endeavor was primarily geared towards generating empirical data for the purpose of enhancing molecular dynamics simulation data. The tasks encompassed designing and validating the experimental setup, with …


Full Issue Nov 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.