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Journal To Honor Sperry Aug 2023

Journal To Honor Sperry

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

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sidney B. Sperry, one of the foremost LDS scholars of this century. In honor of that occasion, the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies will devote its next issue to Sperry's writings on the Book of Mormon.


Farms Creates New Position: Director Of Research Aug 2023

Farms Creates New Position: Director Of Research

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

FARMS is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. M. Gerald Bradford to the FARMS staff as Director of Research, a new position for FARMS. Brother Bradford will provide supervision and support for all FARMS research and related activities.


Major Endowment Will Support New Farms Projects Aug 2023

Major Endowment Will Support New Farms Projects

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

Karen and Alan Ashton of Orem, Utah, have established a significant FARMS endowment to support the timely implementation of new projects. Their generous gift will ensure that important new research opportunities are not missed while waiting for funding to become available--the endowment will support scholars in pursuing these research opportunities until normal sources of funding are established. This new funding and the increased amount of research it will support both necessitate and make possible the creation of a new position of Director of Research to help in the development of new projects and the supervision of ongoing projects.


Dean Of Engineering Joins Farms Board Aug 2023

Dean Of Engineering Joins Farms Board

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

Douglas M. Chabries, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology at BYU, has accepted an invitation to become a member of the board of directors of FARMS. He brings to the board some new research perspectives and a wealth of university administrative experience.


Preliminary Study Identifies Possible Sources For Nephi's Ore Aug 2023

Preliminary Study Identifies Possible Sources For Nephi's Ore

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

The efforts begun by Warren and Michaela Aston to identify important sites along the Lehi trail eventually evolved into a FARMS project and exploration to Southern Oman's Dhofar region in 1992. The remote area of Wadi Sayq in that region has been identified as a location that appears to meet all of the criteria one can infer from the text of the Book of Mormon for the coastal site named Bountiful by Lehi and his family, where they lived while building a ship for their ocean crossing.


Figure 6 Of Facsimile 2 The Focus Of Lecture By Nibley Aug 2023

Figure 6 Of Facsimile 2 The Focus Of Lecture By Nibley

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

On 15 March, Hugh W. Nibley, professor emeritus of Ancient Scripture at BYU, presented a lecture in the FARMS Brown Bag series entitled "Figure 6 of Facsimile 2." The lecture, held in the Joseph Smith Building's conference room, was well attended--indeed, it was "standing room only." Professors, students, and other friends of FARMS gathered to hear Brother Nibley's insights on the meanings of Egyptian symbols in the facsimiles purchased by Joseph Smith and included in the Pearl of Great Price. Brother Nibley discussed the Lord's comment that explanations of the facsimiles "will be given in the own due time of …


Brown Bags Keep Participants Up To Date On Ongoing Research Aug 2023

Brown Bags Keep Participants Up To Date On Ongoing Research

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

In the FARMS brown bag lecture series during the last two months Hugh Nibley spoke about figure 6 from Facsimile 2 of the book of Abraham (a transcript is available; see the accompanying article on this page), Steve Booras and Don Parry demonstrated the Dead Sea Scroll Electronic Database that we have reported on in previous issues of Insights, Gene Clark reported on his preliminary research on metals near the probable site of Old World Bountiful (see the article on page 5), Noel Reynolds explored the ways that 1 Nephi gives political support to Nephi' s prophetic role, and …


Provo Cable Picks Up Farms Materials Aug 2023

Provo Cable Picks Up Farms Materials

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

FARMS programs are now available to Provo residents on KBYU Community Cable. KBYU operates through TCI cable, and the programs will be shown every Saturday between 9:00 and 10:00 A.M. on channel 40 in Provo and on channel 8 on the BYU campus. Starting in June, KBYU Community Cable will begin broadcasting the Book of Mormon Lecture Series. Videos of these classes, as well as audiotapes and transcripts, are available for purchase through FARMS.


Eldin Ricks's Concordance Aids Scripture Study Aug 2023

Eldin Ricks's Concordance Aids Scripture Study

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

Eldin Ricks devoted his career to a study of the scriptures. In addition to spending thirty-six years teaching and inspiring students at BYU, he wrote many books and articles about the scriptures--especially materials intended to help others study the scriptures, such as his Combination Reference, often known as the "Ricks Ready Reference," and editions of the Book of Mormon intended to make reading and studying the book easier (his Fireside Editions and Wide Margin Edition). But one project that he worked on for much of the last twenty years of his life was uncompleted at his death in …


Old World People In The New? (Part 2), John L. Sorenson Aug 2023

Old World People In The New? (Part 2), John L. Sorenson

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

The Quiche Indian tradition of "Toltec" migrants from the Near East reaching Mesoamerica (see Insights, April 1995) may be of interest in relation to new linguistic research reported by a senior linguist at one of this country's most prestigious universities. Copies of two papers outlining her findings have become available; however she insists that their contents not be attributed to her until they have been formally published.


Review Begins New Features: Picks And Index Aug 2023

Review Begins New Features: Picks And Index

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

In the latest Review of Books on the Book of Mormon, editor Daniel Peterson selects the books he would most recommend to his readers from among those published in 1994. The book by Warren and Michaela Aston is the most highly recommended in this issue: In the Footsteps of Lehi: New Evidence for Lehi's Journey across Arabia to Bountiful (reviewed by Ara Norwood). Peterson recommends the book enthusiastically for its "brief and rather personal summary of the authors' extremely important research into the Arabian geography" that might correspond to 1 Nephi.


Data Base Impresses Scholars At Farms-Sponsored Scroll Conference In Jerusalem Aug 2023

Data Base Impresses Scholars At Farms-Sponsored Scroll Conference In Jerusalem

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

Several BYU professors and FARMS staff and board members recently returned from a successful conference in Jerusalem. On April 30, BYU and FARMS cosponsored the Judaean Desert Scrolls Conference at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. The primary purpose of the conference was to present the first working version of the Dead Sea Scrolls Electronic Database, the latest technology using computer images and text search features to aid research on the Dead Sea Scrolls (described in recent issues of Insights).


Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.


Format Changes Aug 2023

Format Changes

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

We have made some changes that we hope will make Insights even more useful. We have organized the news into departments to make it easier to find. We have restructured the page format somewhat so we could punch the paper to fit in a binder for storage-for those who wish to use a binder with the FARMS name and logo, we are negotiating with manufacturers to obtain nicelooking binders for a reasonable price; we should be able to offer these by the next issue.


Ricks's Thorough Concordance Aug 2023

Ricks's Thorough Concordance

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

In 1971, Eldin Ricks initiated the first project to put the scriptures into computer form. The database that resulted has been used as the basis for the Topical Guide and other scriptural references and was the original database for the Church's distribution of the scriptures in computer form (LDS View) and for most other recent concordances, both computer and printed. But Brother Ricks always had in mind a printed concordance of the LDS scriptures comparable to the James Strong Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, which lists all occurrences of all words in the scripture text, shown with a meaningful …


What Puts A City On The Map? A Book Of Mormon Brain Teaser Aug 2023

What Puts A City On The Map? A Book Of Mormon Brain Teaser

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

Each of the cities on the left was important in Book of Mormon history. Match each one with the correct situation or event on the right. See the answers on page 8--or better yet, open the Book of Mormon and get the full story.


Bibliography Nears Completion Aug 2023

Bibliography Nears Completion

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

Don Parry reports that the Annotated Bibliography of the Book of Mormon that he and others have been working on for many months is in the final stages. When the indexing is completed (in the next two months), it will be ready to be presented to a publisher for consideration. Several publishers are being considered. Watch future issues of Insights for more details.


Nibley Pearl Of Great Price Class To Be Broadcast Aug 2023

Nibley Pearl Of Great Price Class To Be Broadcast

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

Starting the first Sunday in April, KBYU-TV will shift from its broadcast of the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series and begin broadcasting Hugh Nibley's Pearl of Great Price class. This class presents two semesters of Nibley' s extraordinary and insightful line-by-line analysis of the Pearl of Great Price, as taught at BYU in 1989 and recorded by BYU Continuing Education. We hope that our friends in the KBYU broadcast area will enjoy watching this series.


New Video Lectures Aug 2023

New Video Lectures

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

Two new lectures are available in the FARMS Book of Mormon Lecture Series. Dale Le Baron, associate professor of Church History at BYU, discusses how the Book of Mormon presents "A Pattern for Preparing a People to Meet Christ." This pattern includes: know the signs of the second coming; beware of wickedness; know the patterns of destruction; believe that despite persecution, righteousness will prevail; heed the counsel of the prophets; and study the ministry and the return of Christ. The Lord's elect are responsible for preparing his people for the second coming of the Savior. Brother LeBaron counsels us to …


Temple Worship And Symbolism In The New Testament Aug 2023

Temple Worship And Symbolism In The New Testament

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

Imagine yourself as one of Jesus' disciples standing with him at the very moment when he fashions the whip and drives the money changers from the temple. My Father's House begins with this captivating scene, drawing the reader in with fascinating descriptions of not only the temple structure, but also the surrounding lands, buildings, and people. Authors Richard Holzapfel and David Seely entrance the reader with details about ancient temple practices, customs, and symbolism.


Griggs To Translate Egyptian Papyri Aug 2023

Griggs To Translate Egyptian Papyri

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

Wilfred Griggs of the Department of Ancient Scripture at BYU has been given authorization to examine a set of over 150 papyri found years ago layered underground in some stone enclosures near an ancient temple in western Fayum, Egypt. The discoverers, unable to read the ancient language(s) of the writer(s), simply put the treasure in storage. The papyri are believed to be from the first through the fourth centuries and written in Greek, with possibly some Coptic.


Early Lds Views Of Millennium Aug 2023

Early Lds Views Of Millennium

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

What did early Church members think about the end of the world and the ushering in of the Millennium? In The Millenarian World of Early Mormonism (University of Illinois Press), Grant Underwood examines how profoundly influenced the Church was by the view of an imminent second coming of Christ and millennial transformation of the earth. What makes this book of interest to FARMS readers is its detailed exploration of early Latter-day Saint understandings of the Bible and the Book of Mormon.


Madsen Inspires Fireside Attendees On Temple Worship Aug 2023

Madsen Inspires Fireside Attendees On Temple Worship

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

Some 800 members of the Arcadia and Pasadena (California) stakes sat engrossed at a FARMS-sponsored fireside on 20 January 1995 as speaker Truman Madsen presented three questions about temple worship and the Atonement. First, if you knew that Christ himself was to minister unto you in the nearby temple, would you be there? Second, if you knew you could receive at the hands of the Savior a kind of patriarchal blessing for the rightful use of your human talents, would you be there? Third, how much will you give to receive God's all?


Brown Bags Report Preliminary Research Findings Aug 2023

Brown Bags Report Preliminary Research Findings

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

The first three presentations of 1995 at the FARMS brown bag seminar (held every other week at BYU) reported on research in progress on topics as diverse as errors in the transmission of the biblical text of Samuel, the Egyptian roots for Hebrew religious terminology, and a hierarchy of settlements in the Book of Mormon.


Old World People In The New? (Part 1), John L. Sorenson Aug 2023

Old World People In The New? (Part 1), John L. Sorenson

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

Joseph Smith is said, in 1842, to have "quoted with approval from the pulpit reports of certain Toltec legends which would make it appear that those people had come originally from the Near East in the time of Moses"; he did not connect the purported migration at all to the Book of Mormon.


Bibliography Enriches New Testament Curriculum Aug 2023

Bibliography Enriches New Testament Curriculum

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

BYU Studies has just published a 128-page bibliography on the New Testament. It will help students of the scriptures study the New Testament more thoroughly and will help teachers of the New Testament se!ect materials to support their teaching and find answers to their students' questions. "We Rejoice in Christ": A Bibliography of LOS Writings on Jesus Christ and the New Testament offers a comprehensive annotated list of all publications by Latter-day Saints on the New Testament.


Hugh Nibley Fellowship Is Announced And Awarded Aug 2023

Hugh Nibley Fellowship Is Announced And Awarded

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

The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies is pleased to announce the creation of the Hugh W. Nibley Fellowship and to make awards to the first recipients of the fellowship, John Gee and Gaye Strathearn. The fellowship has been made possible by generous donations from FARMS supporters who share our desire to honor Brother Nibley for his enormous contributions to ancient research. Additional donations are welcome.


“Já Muito Estropeadas”: Bodies And Landscapes Of Oppression In Rodolfo Teófilo’S A Fome, Mikaela Wood Aug 2023

“Já Muito Estropeadas”: Bodies And Landscapes Of Oppression In Rodolfo Teófilo’S A Fome, Mikaela Wood

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis article analyzes Rodolfo Teófilo's novel "A fome" through the lens of ecofeminism, exploring the representations of gender and nature in Brazilian literature. The novel, set during a devastating drought in the Northeast, follows Manuel de Freitas and his family as they seek relief in Ceará. While existing criticism has focused on the novel's use of nature and masculinity, the portrayal of female characters and the connection between gender and nature representations have been overlooked. Ecofeminist theory offers a critical perspective to understand these dynamics, revealing the devaluation of women and nature in favor of men and human beings …


Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.


1994 Updates Available Aug 2023

1994 Updates Available

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

What the Dead Sea Scrolls reveal about the "land of Jerusalem"; the use of metal plates for writing in the ancient world; evidence for tents in ancient Mesoamerica; the lack of a library in Harmony, New York; and evidence that helps to make sense of the "decapitation" of Shiz - these are the topics illuminated in the 6 F.A.R.M.S. Updates published during 1994 in Insights, the F.A.R.M.S. newsletter. The collection is a handy compilation for regular readers and a great way to introduce your friends to F.A.R.M.S. and to the latest in Book of Mormon research. See the reverse of …