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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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

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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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Little-Known Magazine Defended The Mormon Point Of View Oct 2023

Little-Known Magazine Defended The Mormon Point Of View

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

In 1904 an English professor at BYU, Nels Lars Nelson, began publishing a little-known magazine entitled The Mormon Point of View. Although his valiant effort was sustained only for four issues, Nelson was able to write and publish several eloquent and insightful articles.

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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

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

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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A Note On The Name Nephi, John Gee Oct 2023

A Note On The Name Nephi, John Gee

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

The opening words of the Book of Mormon, "I, Nephi" (1 Nephi 1:10), raise an interesting issue: Are the "personal names contained in the story ... satisfactory for that period and region"? While an answer to that issue for all the names in the Book of Mormon still awaits investigation, we seem to be in a position to comment on the authenticity of the name Nephi.

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Temple Studies Conference Planned Oct 2023

Temple Studies Conference Planned

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

The 1993 F.A.R.M.S. Annual Lecture will consist of a day-long series of presentations on ''Temples in the Ancient World." It will be held on a Saturday late in February at Brigham Young University. Admission is free.

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New Video Describes Farms Oct 2023

New Video Describes Farms

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

Volunteer efforts by Joel Clark and a donation by his employer, NuSkin International, have produced a video introduction to the Foundation. Under the Foundation's direction, Clark spent many hours interviewing and filming people involved in the work of F.A.R.M.S. They talk about their experiences and about what the Foundation stands for and attempts to accomplish.

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New Journal Publishes First Issue Oct 2023

New Journal Publishes First Issue

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

The inaugural issue of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies is now available. The Journal is dedicated to the study of the text and the historical, cultural, and theological context of the Book of Mormon.

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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

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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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Electronic Databases Speed And Enrich Your Scripture And Gospel Study Oct 2023

Electronic Databases Speed And Enrich Your Scripture And Gospel Study

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

As part of our service to students of the scriptures, we have arranged with Infobases, Inc., to distribute some of their electronic databases of gospel materials to F.A.R.M.S. subscribers at significant savings. These databases help you find verses of scripture and passages of text much faster than by hand, using verse or page number or key words or phrases, and they open up connections between passages in new ways.

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New Bibliographies Help Answer Questions About Animals And Metals In The Book Of Mormon Oct 2023

New Bibliographies Help Answer Questions About Animals And Metals In The Book Of Mormon

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

The Book of Mormon mentions animals and metals that do not seem to fit into the conventional scholarly view of animals and metals in the New World. Two new study aids prepared by John L. Sorenson and available through F.A.R.M.S. provide information that will help students of the Book of Mormon examine and perhaps resolve these problems.

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The Decline Of The God Quetzalcoatl At Teotihuacan, John L. Sorenson Oct 2023

The Decline Of The God Quetzalcoatl At Teotihuacan, John L. Sorenson

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

Some Latter-day Saints have long been struck with the similarity between certain characteristics of the god Quetzalcoatl, as known from native traditions in Mexico and Guatemala, and Jesus Christ, whose visit to Lehi's descendants is described in Third Nephi. In the book, An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon (1985), the dramatic decline of the god Quetzalcoatl in the period around A.D. 200 at the giant city of Teotihuacan near Mexico City was discussed in comparison with Fourth Nephi. The book relied on a study by Mexican scholar Enrique Fiorescano ("Quetzalcoatl: espiritualismo del Mexico antiguo," Cuadernos Americanos 105/4 …

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Nibley Will Address Annual Farms Banquet On October 17 Oct 2023

Nibley Will Address Annual Farms Banquet On October 17

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

The annual F.A.R.M.S. banquet, to be held at BYU on Saturday, October 17, will feature an address by Hugh Nibley. Brother Nibley will speak about some of his current research. The program will also include recognition of individuals who have given outstanding service to the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies and to the Book of Mormon research it sponsors. Members of the F.A.R.M.S. board of directors will report on on-going projects and work that has been completed during the last year and will present plans for future projects and activities.

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Farms-Sponsored Team Will Examine Arabian Site Oct 2023

Farms-Sponsored Team Will Examine Arabian Site

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

A team of researchers, sponsored jointly by BYU and F.A.R.M.S., will examine a likely site for Old World Bountiful, where Nephi's family built the boat that carried them to their promised land. Over the last few years, Warren and Michaela Aston have surveyed the coast of southern Arabia for possible sites for Bountiful. Their research has identified a site at Wadi Sayq as the most likely candidate, matching in great detail the criteria that the Astons have identified from the account in the Book of Mormon.

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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

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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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Farms Brown Bag Seminar Presents On-Going Research Oct 2023

Farms Brown Bag Seminar Presents On-Going Research

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

Approximately twice each month during the Fall and Winter Semesters at BYU, the Foundation sponsors informal brown bag lectures in which BYU faculty and others discuss their research on topics related to the Book of Mormon. All members of the BYU community and other interested persons are invited to attend, free of charge.

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New Light On The Shining Stones Of The Jaredites, Nicholas Read, Jae R. Ballif, John W. Welch, Bill Evenson, Kathleen Reynolds, Matt Roper Oct 2023

New Light On The Shining Stones Of The Jaredites, Nicholas Read, Jae R. Ballif, John W. Welch, Bill Evenson, Kathleen Reynolds, Matt Roper

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

The preparation of light sources for the Jaredite barges has long been an enigma to Book of Mormon readers. The Lord indicated the impracticality of using normal sources of light, saying, "Ye cannot have windows, for they will be dashed in pieces; neither shall ye take fire with you, for ye shall not go by the light of fire. . . . Therefore what will ye that I should prepare for you that ye may have light?" (Ether 2:23, 25).

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