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Book Of Mormon Seminar Continues Nov 2023

Book Of Mormon Seminar Continues

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

An informal seminar continues to meet twice a month during regular BYU semesters and has held six sessions since the last Newsletter report. Persons interested in attending or making presentations should contact Noel B. Reynolds (801-378-2391).

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Nibley On "Criticizing The Authorities" Nov 2023

Nibley On "Criticizing The Authorities"

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

At the Church Educational System Symposium at BYU and the Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City in August, Hugh Nibley presented a paper on "Criticizing the Authorities." His paper draws heavily on the writings of Joseph Smith since, according to Brother Nibley, "criticism of the Church and its leaders has always centered around him."

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American Corn Depicted In Ancient India Nov 2023

American Corn Depicted In Ancient India

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

A recent article in Economic Botany contains abundant data showing the presence of American maize on the sculptured fronts of temples in southern India several centuries before the time of Columbus. Numerous accurate representations of corn ears on three temples near Mysore are pictured and analyzed by Carl L. Johannessen and Anne Z. Parker, geographers at the University of Oregon.

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Fifty Scholars To Honor Nibley Nov 2023

Fifty Scholars To Honor Nibley

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

In honor of the eightieth birthday of Dr. Hugh W. Nibley, F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book will publish two volumes of essays, entitled By Study and Also By Faith. These essays include contributions from some 50 LDS and non-LDS scholars.

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Annual Book Of Mormon Lecture Announced Nov 2023

Annual Book Of Mormon Lecture Announced

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

Professor Richard D. Rust, Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, will deliver the Foundation's annual Book of Mormon lecture at 7:30 P.M., February 27, 1990, in 2084 JKHB on the BYU campus. His lecture is titled "The Book of Mormon, Designed for Our Day."

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New Nibley Volume Published Nov 2023

New Nibley Volume Published

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

Approaching Zion, volume 9 in the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, has been published by F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book Company. It contains Nibley's essays on the uses of wealth, consecration, the Zion society, spiritual gifts, and the atonement.

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Full Issue Nov 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.

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Pseudepigrapha Nov 2023

Pseudepigrapha

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

The second and concluding volume of Charlesworth's monumental collection entitled The Old Testament Pseudepigrapha (pronounced "soo-da-PIG-rapha") has just been released by Doubleday. One of the services offered to you by F.A.R.M.S. is making good scholarly works like this one available to you at the lowest price around.

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Ces Research Grants Nov 2023

Ces Research Grants

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

Summer research grants are available to CES instructors through the Church Education System. Applications to CES are due soon for the summer of 1985. F.A.R.M.S. invites people looking for research topics about the Book of Mormon to check with John Sorenson or Jack Welch for a list of suggestions. Also, F.A.R.M.S. will be happy to share its library and archives with summer researchers working on Book of Mormon projects.

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Reprints And Preliminary Reports Nov 2023

Reprints And Preliminary Reports

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

Does the Book of Mormon stand alone when it says that Jesus taught important gospel messages after his resurrection? "No," answers Hugh Nibley, as he surveys the "40 day literature" in his 1966 article entitled Evangelium Quadraginta Dierum. Although modern biblical scholars tend to discount the early Christian accounts of the post-resurrection ministry of the Savior, Nibley argues for a literal, historical interpretation. From this, an interesting perspective on 3 Nephi can emerge.

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Farms Tours: Here We Go Again! Nov 2023

Farms Tours: Here We Go Again!

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

Our premier tour this summer was such a rewarding experience, we have decided to conduct two more in 1985!

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Professional Fund-Raiser Joins Farms Nov 2023

Professional Fund-Raiser Joins Farms

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

F.A.R.M.S. is pleased to welcome aboard Ken Porter. With over sixteen years of fund-raising experience, including head of Church Educational Development, Porter is well qualified to assist in the building of F.A.R.M.S.

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Nephi's Arrows Create Solid Bulls-Eye, Joseph Fielding Smith Nov 2023

Nephi's Arrows Create Solid Bulls-Eye, Joseph Fielding Smith

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

Three times in 1 Nephi 16 we are told that Nephi broke his steel bow. Never does it say that he broke any arrows. Yet when Nephi makes a new wooden bow, the text also says that he made "out of a straight stick, an arrow." (1 Ne. 16:23). Why would he need to make new arrows when he apparently still had a quiver full of old ones?

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President's Message, John W. Welch Nov 2023

President's Message, John W. Welch

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

We have been thrilled to hear from so many of you recently. Please feel free to drop us a note. If anything is unclear or unsatisfactory, be sure to let us know. Your ideas on how we can be of better service to you are very important to us! Keep them coming!

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Jewish Festivals In Zarahemla Nov 2023

Jewish Festivals In Zarahemla

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

The recent discovery of evidence in the Book of Alma of an observance of a Feast of Passover is likely to be remembered as one of the most significant finds of the year. On August 15, a good sized group met at a special F.A.R.M.S. research meeting. The discussion was led by Gordon Thomasson. The purpose was to rethink many Book of Mormon passages in light of ancient Israelite festivals, and some very striking results emerged.

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An Ancient American Setting For The Book Of Mormon Nov 2023

An Ancient American Setting For The Book Of Mormon

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

As this newsletter goes to press, John Sorenson 's book, An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon is in publication at Deseret Book Company. This landmark volume should be out the beginning of next year. This book has been long-awaited; it sets a new benchmark for Book of Mormon studies. Dr. Sorenson, Chairman of the Anthropology Department at Brigham Young University, has been working on these materials for thirty-five years. He has developed much of this research in connection with several innovative classes he has been teaching at BYU.

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Full Issue Nov 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.

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Additional Study Aids Nov 2023

Additional Study Aids

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

F.A.R.M.S. has frequently been asked to recommend books that people might read to learn more about the world of Lehi, the ancient source of much of the Book of Mormon. Beside the classic works by Hugh Nibley, Lehi in the Desert, An Approach to the Book of Mormon, and Since Cumorah, a very valuable book is by Father Roland de Vaux, Ancient Israel, in two volumes (McGraw Hill). Although slightly dated, the book remains extremely insightful, generally readable and reliable, and conveniently available in paperback.

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Farms Monthly Updates Nov 2023

Farms Monthly Updates

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

Some Newsletter readers may be unaware that since December, 1983, monthly one-page information memos have been produced by the Foundation and distributed to Cornerstone Club contributors. These releases are short, specific reports on late-breaking news about pertinent discoveries or research findings. Some of this information later appears in abbreviated form in the Newsletter or other public sources, but those contributors who read the Monthly Update receive the news first from this unique information service.

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Reprints And Preliminary Reports Nov 2023

Reprints And Preliminary Reports

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

Certain well known patterns of human behavior are accurately depicted in the Book of Mormon. For example, Hugh Nibley has explored the pattern of the flight of the righteous into the wilderness. A striking new study now describes another pattern for our consideration.

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Book Of Mormon Critical Text Nov 2023

Book Of Mormon Critical Text

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

Critical texts of the Bible have been available for many years, showing variant readings from early Greek or Hebrew manuscripts accompanying the familiar phrasing of the standard Bible. Heavily footnoted, these volumes show how words and structures of the text have appeared in different editions over time and in different languages. They have become an essential tool for scholarly research on the scripture. They also aid serious readers by clarifying how the text may be interpreted.

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Farms News Nov 2023

Farms News

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

FARMS moved this spring up from our basement quarters into three rooms on the third floor of Amanda Knight Hall, at the corner of 800 North and University Avenue in Provo, Room 315 serves as the main office; another room is a distribution center and the third houses our archive and research library. The gable-roofed architecture of the building preserves a distinctive atmosphere of quiet age.

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President's Message, John W. Welch Nov 2023

President's Message, John W. Welch

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

In 1832, Section 84 of the Doctrine and Covenants was revealed to the Prophet Joseph Smith. In this great section, the Lord explained one of the reasons why the people of the Church languished in spiritual darkness: "And your minds in times past have been darkened because of unbelief, and because you have treated lightly the things you have received..." Members of the Church were told that they would remain under condemnation until "they repent and remember the new covenant, even the Book of Mormon and the former commandments" which had been given to them (D&C 84:53, 57).

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Metonymy In The Book Of Mormon Nov 2023

Metonymy In The Book Of Mormon

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

A suggestion by Gordon Thomasson led to a May 3 seminar where 11 F.A.R.M.S. collaborators examined another subtle stylistic feature in the Book of Mormon. Metonymy is the practice of giving a person or place a name whose meaning reflects an event or trait associated with that person or place. A closely related practice sees a person's name become symbolic of some phenomenon. An example of metonymy is in I Sam. 25 where a man is said to have been named Nabal, "fool," because he refused to aid David and his supporters. The second pattern is shown in the statement …

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Is Mulek Mentioned In The Bible? Nov 2023

Is Mulek Mentioned In The Bible?

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

Helaman 6:10 records that Zedekiah, King of Judah in Lehi's day, had a son named Mulek who escaped execution by the Babylonians, despite the statement in 2 Kings 25:4-7 that the king's sons were slain. While the name Mulek is not mentioned directly in the Bible, scholars have recently drawn some interesting conclusions about a person named Malchiah, mentioned in Jer. 38:6. Could he have been Mulek?

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Full Issue Nov 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.

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Videos Become Available Nov 2023

Videos Become Available

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

The transfer of our slide presentation, "Lands of the Book of Mormon," to video is now completed. In addition, the video features an introductory panel discussion by John Sorenson, Truman Madsen, and Stephen Ricks. Videos are available in either VHS or Beta format. Please specify which format and speed you want when ordering.

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Meet Our Executive Secretary Nov 2023

Meet Our Executive Secretary

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

Every dynamic organization needs a top-notch secretary to keep the people and the projects all pulling together in the same direction. FARMS is fortunate to have Darlene Clarke on board to manage the minutes and agendas of our monthly research and business meetings.

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Announcing The Cornerstone Club Nov 2023

Announcing The Cornerstone Club

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

The Cornerstone Club is our way of saying "Thank you" to those who are providing generous financial support to FARMS. Many of the exciting new projects you are reading about would never happen without people who care enough about scriptural studies to provide the necessary funds.

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Sunday School Sets Moving Fast Nov 2023

Sunday School Sets Moving Fast

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

The Book of Mormon Study Catalog of articles complementing the 1984 Gospel Doctrine lessons has been a stunning success. The catalog was announced in the January 1 issue of the Church News and response has been overwhelming. The catalog is available from the Foundation free of charge if you send a self-addressed, stamped envelope.

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