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Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

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

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Elder Holland's Published Address On Isaiah Is Also Available On Tape Aug 2023

Elder Holland's Published Address On Isaiah Is Also Available On Tape

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

In the wake of the recent FARMS release of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon (1998), we have received a number of requests for the audiotape of the first chapter by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, which was the keynote address at the FARMS symposium that resulted in the book. We are pleased to make that tape available again at a discount through the order form included with this issue of INSIGHTS.

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"Weasel Words"- A Feature Of Careful Scholarship Aug 2023

"Weasel Words"- A Feature Of Careful Scholarship

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

Sometimes readers misunderstand the careful, deliberate phrasing that scholars commonly employ to ensure accuracy in their assertions. So-called weasel words like possibly and likely do not simply reflect timidity on the author's part; rather, they are often necessary to avoid overstatement and other misrepresentations of the facts.

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Books On Cd And Web Aug 2023

Books On Cd And Web

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

Two new FARMS books, Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited and LDS Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls, plus other FARMS volumes and more than two thousand other works, are included on a new CD, "Infobases Collectors Library."

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Imaging The Fire-Damaged Petra Scrolls Aug 2023

Imaging The Fire-Damaged Petra Scrolls

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

A FARMS-sponsored team specializing in state-of-the-art imaging technology is producing remarkable images of the Petra scrolls. These ancient papyrus documents were found in a charred heap during the 1993 excavation of a sixth-century Byzantine church in Petra, in southwestern Jordan.

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Byu Symposium Honors Renowned Lds Scholar Aug 2023

Byu Symposium Honors Renowned Lds Scholar

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

Scholars who contributed to the newly released FARMS book Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World: Studies in Honor of John L. Sorenson presented their papers at a symposium held at Brigham Young University on 21 March 1998. Sponsored by the BYU Department of Anthropology and FARMS, the half-day event featured seven LDS scholars who summarized their recent research and then responded to questions from the audience.

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New Volume Of Research Honors John L. Sorenson Aug 2023

New Volume Of Research Honors John L. Sorenson

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

To many, John L. Sorenson is best known for his research on the lands and cultures of Book of Mormon peoples, the topic of his 1985 book, An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon, and the focus of his most recent book, Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life (see article on page 1). A highly trained anthropologist, Sorenson has often broken new ground in other areas of his discipline as well, such as his penetrating empirical studies of Mormon culture. Aside from teaching courses in anthropology and archaeology at BYU for many years, Sorenson …

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Deadline For Nibley Fellowships Aug 2023

Deadline For Nibley Fellowships

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

Each year FARMS grants fellowships in the name of Hugh Nibley to promising graduate students pursuing degrees in fields of interest to FARMS. The fellowships honor Nibley's contributions to LDS scholarship. They are intended to help young scholars make contributions to research in fields related to ancient scripture.

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Farms Board Elects Oswald As Next President Aug 2023

Farms Board Elects Oswald As Next President

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

The FARMS board of trustees has elected Daniel Oswald to serve as the next president of the Foundation. His title will change, becoming executive director of FARMS as the affiliation with Brigham Young University is completed. He replaces Noel B. Reynolds, who has served marvelously as president since November 1991.

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Drought In The Time Of Abraham, John A. Tvedtnes Aug 2023

Drought In The Time Of Abraham, John A. Tvedtnes

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

Recent evidence of a three-hundred-year drought in ancient Mesopotamia is consistent with references in the Bible and in the book of Abraham to famine during Abraham's time (see Genesis 12:10; Abraham 1:29-30; 2:1, 4-5, 15-17).

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New Volume Explores King Benjamin's Speech Aug 2023

New Volume Explores King Benjamin's Speech

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

A long-awaited, 679-page volume on King Benjamin's speech has just come off the press-one of four books that FARMS is pleased to have published independently in 1998 (see the articles above and on page 4). Edited by John, W. Welch and Stephen D. Ricks, King Benjamin's Speech: "That Ye May Learn Wisdom" is the culmination of many years' research on numerous aspects of this profound address.

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Images Of Ancient America Connects Mesoamerican Peoples And Lands To The Book Of Mormon Aug 2023

Images Of Ancient America Connects Mesoamerican Peoples And Lands To The Book Of Mormon

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

Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life, by John L. Sorenson, richly portrays the daily lives of the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica and their likely connections to the record known as the Book of Mormon. This fullcolor, large-format volume, the newest release from FARMS, contains careful research and over five hundred high-quality illustrations and photographs that shape vague ghosts from the past into fleshand- blood people.

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Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

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

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Lds Scholarship At Sbl Aug 2023

Lds Scholarship At Sbl

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

At the recent annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), held 22-25 November 1997 in San Francisco, there were some interesting developments in the area of LDS scripture studies. In addition to a number of attendees from BYU and FARMS, at least three LDS scholars-Donald W. Parry, Eric G. Hansen, and John A. Tvedtnes-were speakers on the program. Hansen's paper, entitled "Parallels between the Egyptian 'Opening of the Mouth' Ritual and the Book of Mormon (Mosiah 25 through Alma 29)," may have been the first to use the Book of Mormon …

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Book Donations Enhance Farms Research Library Aug 2023

Book Donations Enhance Farms Research Library

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

The LDS Church Translation Department has donated a collection of books and journals to FARMS. Tod Harris, manager of the department, delivered the 163 books and periodicals, including such works as Vetus Testamentum, Novum Testamentum, Novum Testamentum Supplements, Studies in the History of Religions, Studies in Judaism in Late Antiquity, and The Chicago Assyrian Dictionary. Several of these items will be of immediate value in FARMS research projects currently under way.

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Acrostics And Dating The Bible, John A. Tvedtnes Aug 2023

Acrostics And Dating The Bible, John A. Tvedtnes

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

Some biblical poetry is written using acrostics, meaning that each stanza or verse (or sometimes each half verse) begins with a different letter of the alphabet in a specific sequence, usually alphabetic. Acrostics are found in the books of Psalms, Proverbs, and Lamentations. Biblical scholars, believing that the order of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet was established sometime after the sixth century B.C., have used such acrostics to assert that these books of the Bible were composed after 600 B.C. They have suggested that these books are from postexilic times, that is, after the Jews returned from the Babylonian …

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Sperry Symposium Papers On Old Testament Prophets Published Aug 2023

Sperry Symposium Papers On Old Testament Prophets Published

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

The twenty-sixth annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium, sponsored by BYU and the Church Educational System, focused on the writings of Old Testament prophets. The publication of papers from that symposium by Deseret Book under the title Voices of Old Testament Prophets provides a significant opportunity to reflect on prophetic voices of the past and their value for Latter-day Saints. See the order form accompanying this issue of Insights to order your own copy.

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Reflections On The Psalms By C. S. Lewis Aug 2023

Reflections On The Psalms By C. S. Lewis

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

FARMS is pleased to make available a short commentary by C. S. Lewis, noted Christian scholar and author, entitled Reflections on the Psalms, at a discount (see the order form). In the introduction Lewis explains that he writes "as one amateur to another" about what he has learned from the Psalms; his purpose is to compare notes rather than to teach.

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Did Joseph Smith Know Egyptian? Aug 2023

Did Joseph Smith Know Egyptian?

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

In a letter addressed to Grant S. Heward of Midvale, Utah, an outspoken critic of the book of Abraham, William Foxwell Albright, the doyen of American ancient Near Eastern studies, wrote: "There does appear to be evidence that Joseph Smith had studied some Egyptian. For one thing, he undoubtedly spent a great deal of money and effort in trying to master Egyptian, but, as you know, when the Book of Mormon was written, Egyptian had just begun to be deciphered and it is all the more surprising that there are two Egyptian names, Paanchi and Pahor(an) which appear together in …

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Farms Website Expands To Serve You Better Aug 2023

Farms Website Expands To Serve You Better

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

For the past two years, volunteers and FARMS staff have been establishing a strong presence for the Foundation on the World Wide Web. With over 350 pages (and growing), the FARMS website (www.farmsresearch.com) features some of the best FARMS publications. It keeps current with the latest catalog and Insights, and it includes excerpts from the latest FARMS Review of Books and Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. Visitors to the site can take advantage of special discounts on popular FARMS products. There is even an online order form that you can print out and mail or fax, plus …

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Brown Bags Continue To Inform Aug 2023

Brown Bags Continue To Inform

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

The FARMS Brown Bag Lectures are an ongoing series intended to update BYU faculty, staff, and students and interested members of the community on the progress of Book of Mormon research.

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Papers In Honor Of John L. Sorenson To Be Presented At March Farms Conference Aug 2023

Papers In Honor Of John L. Sorenson To Be Presented At March Farms Conference

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

On 21 March 1998, a conference will be held at Brigham Young University featuring several papers that will be included in a forthcoming Festschrift in honor of BYU's emeritus professor John L. Sorenson. The event, "Mormons, Scripture, and the Ancient World," is cosponsored by FARMS and BYU's Department of Anthropology. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. in room 151 of the Tanner Building on the BYU campus. It is free and open to the public.

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What The Original Book Of Mormon Manuscript Is Not, John W. Welch Aug 2023

What The Original Book Of Mormon Manuscript Is Not, John W. Welch

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

For well over a decade, FARMS has sponsored extensive research on the original manuscript of the Book of Mormon. About 25 percent of the pages that were written by Oliver Cowdery and other scribes as Joseph Smith dictated the Book of Mormon in 1829 have survived down to the present day. While much has been written and said about what the original manuscript is, perhaps just as significant is a collection of facts about what it is not.

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Journal Contains Recent Book Of Mormon Research Aug 2023

Journal Contains Recent Book Of Mormon Research

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

The most recent issue of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, now on sale, features articles about Nibley' s writings on the Book of Mormon, the possibility that Lehi's family were bond servants during their sojourn in the wilderness, eternal life and spiritual death in the Book of Mormon, chiasmus, and Nephi's psalm.

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New Farms Release-Isaiah In The Book Of Mormon Aug 2023

New Farms Release-Isaiah In The Book Of Mormon

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

The richness and depth of Isaiah's teachings are often seen as barriers to understanding his words. Scholars devote their entire careers to the study of Isaiah's writings and never run low on questions to answer, interpretations to ponder, or teachings to explore and expound on. It is widely felt that the Isaiah passages quoted by Nephi, Jacob, Abinadi, and the resurrected Lord are the most difficult sections of the Book of Mormon to understand. Isaiah was commanded by the Lord to speak in such a way that his rebellious audience would "hear...but understand not" and would "see...but perceive not …

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Full Issue Aug 2023

Full Issue

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

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Review Extends Los-Evangelical Dialogue Aug 2023

Review Extends Los-Evangelical Dialogue

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

The current issue of the FARMS Review of Books (volume 11, number 2) features reviews of the groundbreaking book How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation, by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson. Review editor Daniel C. Peterson writes, "The appearance of [this book] seems to us, as well as to others, to offer a very significant opportunity to begin a new chapter in the often troubled relationship between Latter-day Saints and their conservative Protestant brothers and sisters-perhaps even ultimately with other Christians beyond the evangelical wing of modern Western Protestantism. We want to …

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Farms Through The Years, Part 2: A Conversation With Stephen D. Ricks And Noel B. Reynolds Aug 2023

Farms Through The Years, Part 2: A Conversation With Stephen D. Ricks And Noel B. Reynolds

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

The following article continues a three-part series on the history of FARMS, each installment featuring comments from two people who figure prominently in the history and ongoing work of FARMS. This segment presents comments from separate interviews conducted by Don Brugger, managing editor of INSIGHTS, with Stephen D. Ricks and Noel B. Reynolds, who were administrative officers during the organization's middle years. Ricks, currently a professor of Hebrew and Semitic languages at BYU and a member of the FARMS Board of Trustees, succeeded John W. Welch to serve as the second president of FARMS,from 1988 through 1991. He then …

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Further Evidence For Book Of Mormon Names, John A. Tvedtnes, Matthew Roper Aug 2023

Further Evidence For Book Of Mormon Names, John A. Tvedtnes, Matthew Roper

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

In recent years, ancient sites in and around Israel have yielded numerous ancient writings, many of which contain proper names. Although many of the names are known from the Bible and other ancient texts, others were unattested in ancient sources until recently. Included in the latter group are several Semitic names that appear in the Book of Mormon. Three of them are discussed here.

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Hundreds Join Farms 'Birthday Celebration Aug 2023

Hundreds Join Farms 'Birthday Celebration

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

FARMS wishes to thank all of its friends who attended this year's banquet celebrating the Foundation's 20th anniversary. The more than 450 people who attended seemed to enjoy greeting old friends and making new ones. They also were delighted by the evening's festivities, highlighted by a wonderful performance by the International Children's Choir and a moving address by Truman G. Madsen.

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