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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.


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 …


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.


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.


Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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).


Byu Today Publishes Article On Critical Text Project Oct 2023

Byu Today Publishes Article On Critical Text Project

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

The May 1992 issue of BYU Today carried a very good summary of the project that Royal Skousen, professor of English at BYU, is conducting to produce a critical text of the Book of Mormon. The main purposes of this project are to establish the original English language text of the Book of Mormon, to the extent that it can be discovered, and to determine the history of the text-in particular, the changes that the text has undergone, both editorial and accidental.


Review Does It Again--Offers Careful Analyses, And Pulls No Punches Oct 2023

Review Does It Again--Offers Careful Analyses, And Pulls No Punches

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

F.A.RMS. has published the fourth volume of its annual Review of Books on the Book of Mormon, edited by Daniel C. Peterson.


Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.


A Reader Notes An Expression That Is Unique To Nephi Oct 2023

A Reader Notes An Expression That Is Unique To Nephi

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

Richard Rust, professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, whose research has been published by F.A.R.M.S. in the past, has noticed phraseology that is unique to individual Book of Mormon prophets. He writes to F.A.R.M.S. that the phrase "my soul delighteth" appears to be unique to Nephi. It is a beautiful expression, which Nephi uses ten times: for example, "my soul delighteth in the scriptures" (2 Nephi 4:15); "my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord" (2 Nephi 4:16); "my soul delighteth in proving unto my people the truth of the coming of Christ" …


Welch Takes Leave Of Absence Oct 2023

Welch Takes Leave Of Absence

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

A leave of absence from the F.A.R.M.S. board of directors for John W. Welch has been approved during the time that he serves as the editor of BYU Studies. Welch was the founding president of F.A.R.M.S. and has served on its board of directors throughout the life of the foundation. His contributions to the success of the foundation's efforts have been considerable and essential.


Books Focus On Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations Oct 2023

Books Focus On Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations

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

New editions of two books, available at a discount from F.A.R.M.S., provide a scholarly yet readable introduction to civilization in the area where most of the events of the Book of Mormon probably took place. Both books were written by Michael D. Coe, Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. Although not written from an LDS perspective, these books provide the serious student of the Book of Mormon some very valuable background information. Both books also contain a large number of excellent photographs, maps, and line drawings, which make them not only informative to read but a pleasure to browse.


Challenging Conventional Views Of Metal Use In Mesoamerica, John L. Sorenson Oct 2023

Challenging Conventional Views Of Metal Use In Mesoamerica, John L. Sorenson

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

Orthodox archaeologists have for many years supposed that metals were not used in Mesoamerica, the probable area where Book of Mormon events took place, until nearly 500 years after the scripture says the Nephites were destroyed. Of course the Book of Mormon briefly mentions the use of metal among the Nephites (although by the time of its last mention, in Mosiah 11:8, it was "precious"). Previous attempts to refute the prevailing view have had little effect. Renewed research by John Sorenson has revealed a substantial body of data on the subject that was previously ignored.


Former Farms Worker Honored Oct 2023

Former Farms Worker Honored

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

On March 7, DeeAnn Hofer was crowned Ms. Wheelchair Utah. Because of her fine contributions to the foundation, F.A.R.M.S. was pleased to be one of her sponsors in this competition.


Chiasmus Study Cited Oct 2023

Chiasmus Study Cited

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

The 1992 reprint of a classic work on chiasmus, Nils W. Lund's Chiasmus in the New Testament, contains a new preface that refers frequently to Chiasmus in Antiquity, a work published in 1981 by John W. Welch.


F.A.R.M.S. Conference On "The Olive And Jacob 5" A Success Oct 2023

F.A.R.M.S. Conference On "The Olive And Jacob 5" A Success

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

More than 300 people attended the F.A.R.M.S. conference on ''The Olive and Jacob 5," held on Saturday, March 21. The nineteen presenters approached Jacob 5 from a variety of perspectives----cultural, economic, literary, historical, and theological. Comments from the audience indicated that they found this fifth annual F.A.R.M.S. Book of Mormon Lecture extremely helpful in understanding the background and meaning of the allegory of the olive tree.


Full Issue Sep 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.


Dead Sea Scrolls Photos Acquired Sep 2023

Dead Sea Scrolls Photos Acquired

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

A significant addition to the F.A.R.M.S. research library is the recently published two-volume set of photographs of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Patient and skillful work will be required before any conclusions can be drawn about their contents.


Book Of Mormon Text Reformatted Sep 2023

Book Of Mormon Text Reformatted

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

Donald W. Parry has reformatted the text of the Book of Mormon so that the reader can easily see the hundreds of examples of parallel and repetitive patterns in the Book of Mormon. For instance, 1 Nephi 22:26 has been formatted with indented lines labeled with English letters, and certain words have been underlined to reveal the passage's chiastic structure.


The Olive Tree And Jacob 5 Sep 2023

The Olive Tree And Jacob 5

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

On Saturday, March 21, F.A.R.M.S. will hold a symposium at which numerous studies will be presented about the masterful allegory of the olive tree in Jacob 5. Over a dozen speakers will report their findings from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. in room 205 JRCB (Law School) at Brigham Young University.


Map Of Book Of Mormon Places Based Wholly On The Text, John L. Sorenson Sep 2023

Map Of Book Of Mormon Places Based Wholly On The Text, John L. Sorenson

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

No abstract provided.


Welch Appointed Editor Of Byu Studies Sep 2023

Welch Appointed Editor Of Byu Studies

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

John W. Welch, founding president and continuing member of the board of directors of F .A.R.M.S., has been appointed editor-in-chief of the 32-year-old BYU Studies.


Working Groups Formed Sep 2023

Working Groups Formed

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

A working group is being formed under the direction of Warren Aston and John Sorenson to study how ships were built in the 6th century B.C., which may help us understand the construction of Nephi' s ship and its voyage to America. Persons with substantial knowledge of the history, design, construction, or sailing of small craft are invited to participate.