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New Farms Catalog Now Available Dec 2023

New Farms Catalog Now Available

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

One of the main functions of F.A.R.M.S. is to make information about Book of Mormon research available to the public as economically as possible. Providing a complimentary catalog to interested individuals is the first step toward achieving this goal.

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Farms Names President Dec 2023

Farms Names President

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

The Foundation has named Stephen D. Ricks as its new president. Ricks, a professor of Asian and Near Eastern Languages at BYU, received a doctorate in Near Eastern Religions from the University of California at Berkeley. He recently came from Jerusalem, where he spent a year teaching and researching at BYU's Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies.

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Progress Report On Membership Drive Dec 2023

Progress Report On Membership Drive

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

At the beginning of 1988 we set a goal to raise the F.A.R.M.S. membership list to 20,000 this year. At that time our list stood at 9,500. We are pleased to announce that currently we are at 16,100.

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Since Cumorah Dec 2023

Since Cumorah

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

"Since its first printing in 1967, Since Cumorah has been a classic in Book of Mormon scholarship, and its significance has not decreased with the years," says John W. Welch. "We are pleased to offer this expanded volume to a new generation of Book of Mormon students. This long popular book examines the Book of Mormon in light of the discoveries at Qumran, Nag-Hammadi, and throughout the ancient world. It's Nibley at his best, challenging many traditional scholarly assumptions and opening avenues of inquiry regarding the Book of Mormon and its present-day implications."

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Full Issue Dec 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.

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Project News Dec 2023

Project News

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

Over the past months, F.A.R.M.S. has made good progress on a number of projects. Here is an interim report.

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Farms In The News Dec 2023

Farms In The News

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

F.A.R.M.S. has two orientations: One is to do the academic scriptural research; another is to distribute those results as widely and inexpensively as possible. The recent addition of Sue Bergin to the F.A.R.M.S. staff as Coordinator of Public Relations has enhanced that second effort immensely. Like most people working with the Foundation, Sue puts in long hours as a volunteer because of her love for the scriptures.

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Tell Your Story Dec 2023

Tell Your Story

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

It is apparent that the Book of Mormon means more to us that just paper and ink. This sacred volume has figured remarkably, and miraculously, in the profound spiritual experiences of thousands of people. "This aspect of the Book of Mormons' presence needs to be recorded," says Don Norton, Professor of English at BYU, who specializes in helping people write their personal histories.

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Farms Tours Dec 2023

Farms Tours

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

The F.A.R.M.S. June 1984 Tour to Guatemala and Southern Mexico was the finest Book of Mormon travel experience offered that year. The 1985 tour, departing June 17, for 16 days, will be even better. This unique tour focuses on those sites most likely occupied by Book of Mormon people. The itinerary is spectacular.

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New Reprints And Preliminary Reports Dec 2023

New Reprints And Preliminary Reports

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

With each Newsletter, several new papers become available to you. We think you will find several of these very interesting. Each can be ordered on the attached order form.

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A Day And A Half's Journey For A Nephite Dec 2023

A Day And A Half's Journey For A Nephite

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

The narrow neck of land is an important geographical feature in the Book of Mormon. For many years people have debated whether the narrow neck was the Isthmus of Panama, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Southern Mexico, or somewhere else. Some have argued that the neck must have been very narrow, because Alma 22:32 says that the distance across the "narrow neck" of the promised land from the east to the west sea was "a day and a half's journey for a Nephite." But how wide could this distance have been? Recently analyzed information suggests that it could have been …

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Notice Dec 2023

Notice

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

Our new 1985 catalogue of F.A.R.M.S. materials should be ready in a few weeks.

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Doubleday Dec 2023

Doubleday

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

F.A.R.M.S. makes many fine Doubleday books available to you at discount prices. The last Newsletter announced that Charlesworth's second volume of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha was available. Unfortunately, final publication has been delayed until later this year. Watch for another notice when it comes off the press.

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President's Message, John W. Welch Dec 2023

President's Message, John W. Welch

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

A "classic," by one definition, is a book that will wear you out long before you wear it out. By this standard, the Book of Mormon is one of the classics of all times.

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For The Record Dec 2023

For The Record

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

"For me it became a stimulating task, not only an opportunity to read the Book of Mormon and other Mormon writings," has written Krister Stendahl, Harvard Divinity School, in his Meanings: The Bible as Document and as Guide (Fortress Press, 1984), commenting on his participation in the BYU Reflections on Mormonism symposium.

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What Does The Farms Logo Stand For? Dec 2023

What Does The Farms Logo Stand For?

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

Many people have asked what the F.A.R.M.S. logo means. Here is a brief explanation. The logo is composed of characters from Hebrew, Greek, Mayan and Egyptian, which are four of the main ancient languages and cultures relevant to Book of Mormon research. The characters are set in four stone blocks, symbolizing archaeology and ancient research.

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Announcing The Complete Collected Works Of Hugh Nibley Dec 2023

Announcing The Complete Collected Works Of Hugh Nibley

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

On March 31, 1985, Hugh Nibley will celebrate his 75th birthday. "The time has come," says Gary Gillum, "to compile and publish the Complete Collected Works of Hugh Nibley." F.A.R.M.S. is pleased to announce that arrangements for this significant publication have now been made. This monumental series will be jointly published by Dr. Nibley, F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book Company, with the cooperation of Bookcraft and others. This series culminates six F.A.R.M.S. projects involving the Nibley collection, including the Nibley bibliography, archive, reprint service, topical index, source index, and scriptural index.

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Full Issue Dec 2023

Full Issue

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

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Volunteer Network Dec 2023

Volunteer Network

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

The strength of F.A.R.M.S. has always been its volunteer base. Many volunteers find their service very satisfying. During the past twelve months, under the vigorous direction of Les Campbell, the F.A.R.M.S. volunteer network has expanded and solidified. Volunteers all over the world, as well as in Provo, regularly continue to help with distribution, translation, firesides, introducing people to F.A.R.M.S., checking address lists, conducting local fund-raising activities, purchasing and placing Book of Mormon-related materials in local libraries, holding open houses, organizing reading groups or student clubs, conducting research, working with local book stores, and many other activities.

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Ramses Ii Video Dec 2023

Ramses Ii Video

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

A 15-minute video produced by Brigham Young University to introduce visitors to the Ramses II exhibit was narrated by director Wilfred Griggs. F.A.R.M.S. has a limited number of these videos, which are available for $18.00 (VHS only). If you missed the Ramses 11 exhibit, or if you are interested in having this excellent production in your library, this video offers a great opportunity to view selected artifacts from this acclaimed exhibit. The few videos remaining will be sold on a first-come, first served basis. Please use the enclosed order form.

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Photographic Essay Of Ancient America Dec 2023

Photographic Essay Of Ancient America

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

Copies of Paul Cheesman's 1978 Book of Mormon Lands: A Photographic Essay may now be ordered through F.A.R.M.S. This beautiful but hard-to-find 158-page book of color plates was published in collaboration with Blaine T. Hudson and won awards for its high-quality graphics.

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Metal Plates Video Now Available Dec 2023

Metal Plates Video Now Available

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

With the recent discovery of a large treasure trove of burial objects in Jerusalem (described in a preceding article), attention has been drawn again to the ancient practice of writing on metal. While we await further information about these artifacts, we draw renewed attention to Paul Cheesman's recent production, " So Let It Be Written" (see F.A.R.M.S. Newsletter, June 1984).

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Historical Report On April-June 1829 Completed Dec 2023

Historical Report On April-June 1829 Completed

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

The February 1976 issue of Insights gave a short report on the question of how long it took Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon as we have it today. That work began in earnest on April 7, 1829, and was completed by the end of June. A lengthy report may now be ordered chronicling, day by day, a documented history of this intense period of activity. "It is quite staggering," remarks Jack Welch, " when you realize all that was going on in those few days.

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1947 Sperry Reprint Offered Dec 2023

1947 Sperry Reprint Offered

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

Early in his career, Dr. Sidney B. Sperry published a book which offers many fine insights into certain literary aspects of the Book of Mormon, but which has been out of print for several decades. Selected chapters from this book, now available as a reprint (SP-OUR), give "considerable attention to the analysis of the Book of Mormon as a whole and to its constituent records," and makes pioneering efforts to study " the literary forms in this scripture."

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The Sacrament Prayers Studies Dec 2023

The Sacrament Prayers Studies

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

Latter-day Saints most commonly turn to D&C 20: 76-79 to find the texts of the sacrament prayers they regularly use on Sundays. In fact, however, the words for these prayers came from the Nephites. In a new report listed on the attached order form, the textual history of the sacrament prayers is studied, from Benjamin 's words in Mosiah 5, to Jesus' words in 3 Nephi 18, to the final texts in Moroni 4-5. " I find it impressive," comments John Sorenson.

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Special Byu Studies Issue On Mormon Beginnings Dec 2023

Special Byu Studies Issue On Mormon Beginnings

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

The recent issue of BYU Studies contains five significant articles about Joseph Smith's early years. Subjects such as treasure seeking and seership are analyzed particularly in light of newly discovered documents. The contributors are Dean Jessee, Ron Walker, Marvin Hill, and Richard Anderson. Copies of this issue (volume 24, number 4) may be ordered for $4.00 from 1102 JKHB, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602.

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Annual Report Dec 2023

Annual Report

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

We are pleased to report how the Foundation's money has been spent this 1985-86 fiscal year. This year has seen significant growth in many areas. The number of research grants has grown to 14 this year. The number of reports and articles now available is over 300 and still growing. Over 26,250 reprints and preliminary reports, and more than 2,000 books, videos, and critical texts were distributed this year, worldwide.

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Epanalepsis In The Book Of Mormon Dec 2023

Epanalepsis In The Book Of Mormon

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

Larry Childs (Provo, Utah) has recently completed a valuable study of "epanalepsis" in the Book of Mormon. Epanalepsis is the name of a significant literary device known in antiquity. It occurs where an author repeats certain words in the course of a lengthy sentence, to pick up a previous train of thought after a parenthetical aside or other type of diversion, repeating certain words to remind the reader of the original idea of the sentence. The repeated words in the previous sentence illustrate the point. This technique was noted in antiquity by Demetrius, and it is sometimes called "resumptive repetition."

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Iron Sword, Small Silver Scroll From Lehi's Day Discovered Dec 2023

Iron Sword, Small Silver Scroll From Lehi's Day Discovered

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

A meter-long iron sword has been discovered recently by archaeologists digging at Vered Jericho, three miles south of modern Jericho. The sword dates to the seventh century B.C., during the lifetime of Lehi. "It was in quite bad shape," reports excavator Avraham Eitan in the July/August issue of the Biblical Archaeology Review, p. 33. "I believe that we have the haft and even the tip. The haft is of bronze with some wood remains." This is the first complete sword of this period and of this size ever to be found. "We do know of swords this size from …

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Full Issue Dec 2023

Full Issue

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

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