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John The Baptist And The Keys Of Baptism, John A. Tvedtnes Jul 2023

John The Baptist And The Keys Of Baptism, John A. Tvedtnes

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

The Latter-day Saint concept of priesthood keys is not well documented in the Bible. A single passage has Jesus Christ promising to give Peter "the keys of the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 16:19), while the book of Revelation indicates that Christ held "the keys of hell and of death" and "the key of David" (Revelation 1:18; 3:7; see Isaiah 22:22). There is no mention of keys in connection with John the Baptist.

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The Psalm Of Nephi As A Post-Lehi Document, John W. Welch Jul 2023

The Psalm Of Nephi As A Post-Lehi Document, John W. Welch

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Building on ideas presented in the last three FARMS newsletters, this update considers one example of how Nephi's small plates account reflects the time and circumstances in which it was written. Nephi's masterful meditation in 2 Nephi 4:16-35 becomes even more poignant and vivid if we recognize that this psalm was written while Nephi was feeling painfully vulnerable after losing his father.

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Evangelical Scholars Recognize Lds Scholarship Jul 2023

Evangelical Scholars Recognize Lds Scholarship

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A recent article by two evangelical scholars will be of interest to FARMS subscribers. "Mormon Scholarship, Apologetics, and Evangelical Neglect: Losing the Battle and Not Knowing It?" evaluates contemporary Latter-day Saint scholarship and finds it erudite, sophisticated, and rigorous, providing a robust defense of the Mormon faith-and thus meriting serious attention from the evangelical community.

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Review Looks At Recent Books On Ancient America, Benjamin's Speech, Temple Symbolism Jul 2023

Review Looks At Recent Books On Ancient America, Benjamin's Speech, Temple Symbolism

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

The latest issue of the FARMS Review of Books (volume 11, number 1) commends recent studies on ancient America, Benjamin's speech, and temple symbolism. It also features two extended articles that are notable contributions in their own rightone complementing the work of Hugh Nibley, the other countering anti-Mormon criticisms.

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Full Issue Jul 2023

Full Issue

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Hugh Nibley Signature Series Jul 2023

Hugh Nibley Signature Series

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

"We all stand in need of constant nourishment for both body and spirit. The trouble is that we are not allowed to forget the hunger of the body; it will always remind you that you are in need of nourishment. .. We think the hunger of the mind can wait, but if we separate the mind and body, we nourish neither" (Approaching Zion, p. 530).

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The Good Samaritan: A Type And Shadow Of The Plan Of Salvation Jul 2023

The Good Samaritan: A Type And Shadow Of The Plan Of Salvation

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"The Good Samaritan: A Type and Shadow of the Plan of Salvation," by John W. Welch, is an insightful analysis of that well-known parable. Welch's research shows that since the early days of Christianity, the parable of the Good Samaritan was understood as an extensive allegory: the man who went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers represents mankind's fall from paradise into a world of sin. The Good Samaritan represents the Savior, who rescues the man left for dead by washing his wounds of sin away with wine, anointing him with oil, and taking him to an …

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Book Of Abraham Lecture Series Jul 2023

Book Of Abraham Lecture Series

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Hugh Nibley discusses how Abraham was an ordinary man who held no office and worked no miracles and yet was was one of the greatest minds of the last forty centuries. Nibley discusses Abraham's connection to the temple and gives an overview of the ancient temple.

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Latest Research On Book Of Mormon In 20th Century, E Parable Of Good Samaritan Jul 2023

Latest Research On Book Of Mormon In 20th Century, E Parable Of Good Samaritan

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

Two articles in the latest issue of BYU Studies (volume 38, number 2) will be of great interest to FARMS readers. By special arrangement, the Foundation is making that issue available to its subscribers.

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Chart On New Testament Gospels Available Jul 2023

Chart On New Testament Gospels Available

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How many distinct events, episodes, parables, or sayings of Jesus are reported in the four New Testament Gospels? Where in the scriptures are they found? Which are unique to one of the Gospels, and which are not?

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Improved Archive Room For Cpart Jul 2023

Improved Archive Room For Cpart

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

The FARMS Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (CPART) has recently set up an on-site climate-controlled room to house and help preserve important data and artifacts. This remodeled room is also designed to provide convenient access and retrieval of archived materials.

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Farms Welcomes New Director Of Development Jul 2023

Farms Welcomes New Director Of Development

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

This fall will mark FARMS's 20th anniversary-a time not only for celebrating the Foundation's past achievements but also for making plans for the future. Just as the generosity of donors has been critical to the Foundation's research efforts during the past two decades, it will continue to play a key role in determining how many worthwhile projects will be undertaken in coming years.

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Why Nephi Wrote The Small Plates: The Political Dimension, John W. Welch Jul 2023

Why Nephi Wrote The Small Plates: The Political Dimension, John W. Welch

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

To conclude our reflections on when, where, and why Nephi wrote his final small plates account, we can now turn attention to three political dimensions of those plates. Once again, the real-life situations of Nephi and his people supply important contexts that bring interesting things to light.

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Nibley Address Climaxes Lecture Series On Abraham Jul 2023

Nibley Address Climaxes Lecture Series On Abraham

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

On 6 April 1999 revered scholar Dr. Hugh W. Nibley concluded the Book of Abraham Lecture Series by addressing the topic "Abraham's Creation Drama." Speaking to a capacity crowd in Brigham Young University's Joseph Smith Building auditorium and to hundreds of other people gathered in overflow rooms, Nibley highlighted intriguing connections between truths revealed in the Book of Abraham and worship practices in temples both ancient and modern.

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New Farms Book Offers Scripture Study Tips Jul 2023

New Farms Book Offers Scripture Study Tips

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

A profound love for the scriptures has led James E. Faulconer, dean of General Education and Honors and professor of philosophy at Brigham Young University, to assemble the scripture study plan set forth in his book Scripture Study: Tools and Suggestions, recently published by FARMS. In this book Faulconer shares the study techniques he has refined through personal study and developed during his many years of teaching the scriptures to students at BYU.

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Full Issue Jul 2023

Full Issue

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''The Lord Appointed Other Seventy Also", John A. Tvedtnes Jul 2023

''The Lord Appointed Other Seventy Also", John A. Tvedtnes

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

Our understanding of the Seventy in early Christian times is dim because the Bible and historical sources in general contain such scant information concerning that priestly office. Who were the Seventy? What was their calling? Was there one body of Seventy or two? As we search for answers, insights from restoration scripture and history, as well as hints from the early church fathers Eusebius and Clement, may prove helpful.

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Joseph Smith And Mohammed Jul 2023

Joseph Smith And Mohammed

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

In his book The World and the Prophets, Hugh Nibley observes that critics are not slow to point out superficial resemblances between our modern prophets and other men of their time. For example, Joseph Smith founded a church, and so did other men; he claimed revelation from heaven, and so did they; he was persecuted, and so were they; he read the Bible, and so did they; and because they were impostors, so accordingly was he. This last point, of course, is not supported by the superficial resemblances. What we must ask in the case of the modern prophet …

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Nibley Fellowships Assist Rising Scholars Jul 2023

Nibley Fellowships Assist Rising Scholars

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

For a number of years FARMS has sponsored a graduate fellowship program that gives financial aid to students pursuing advanced degrees in fields of special interest to FARMS. Named in honor of eminent Latter-day Saint scholar Hugh Nibley, the Nibley Fellowship is made possible by generous donations from individuals committed to helping further the mission of the Foundation.

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Dulling Occam's Razor, John W. Welch Jul 2023

Dulling Occam's Razor, John W. Welch

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

William of Occam, an important medieval philosopher, became famous for using a rule of logic that has become a fundamental building block of modern scientific analysis. In one of its more popular formulations, this principle, known as Occam's Razor, considers it axiomatic that the simplest possible solution is the best solution. In many cases, this approach is reasonable. For example, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line (on a Euclidean plane), and a simple computer program takes less memory and therefore runs faster than a more sophisticated one. In other cases, however, Occam's Razor does not seem …

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Why Nephi Wrote The Small Plates: Serving Practical Needs, John W. Welch Jul 2023

Why Nephi Wrote The Small Plates: Serving Practical Needs, John W. Welch

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

Nephi wrote his small plates soon after important events such as Lehi's death, Nephi's separation from his rebellious brothers, and the establishment of the reign of kings (see last month's research update). Recognizing when he wrote, we can better appreciate not only Nephi's stated reasons for writing the small plates but also subtle underlying motivations behind his inspired selection and treatment of this material.

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Cpart Assesses Manuscript Archives In Be_I_Rut, Vc;1,~L~~N Jul 2023

Cpart Assesses Manuscript Archives In Be_I_Rut, Vc;1,~L~~N

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

In February, Daniel C. Peterson and E. Jan Wilson of the FARMS Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (CPART) visited with officials in Beirut, Lebanon, and at the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome to determine the feasibility of digitally imaging ancient religious manuscripts for inclusion in a CD-ROM database. If undertaken, the project stands to benefit not only the many communities whose religious heritages will be preserved, but also Westerners who know very little about Syriac, Christian Arabic, and Armenian theology, liturgy, philosophy, and history-much of it relevant to the study of early Christianity.

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Farms Lecture Series Focuses On Book Of Abraham Jul 2023

Farms Lecture Series Focuses On Book Of Abraham

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

During a March lecture series at Brigham Young University, three Latter-day Saint scholars shared recent research on the Book of Abraham. This research supports the ancient origin and character of the Book of Abraham. Sponsored by FARMS, the free public lectures drew large crowds, filling an auditorium to capacity and necessitating overflow accommodations. (The final lecture, "Abraham's Creation Drama," given by Hugh Nibley on 6 April, will be covered in next month's newsletter.)

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Full Issue Jul 2023

Full Issue

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Nibley On The Infancy Gospels Jul 2023

Nibley On The Infancy Gospels

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

A mass of popular fables and miracle stories about Jesus' childhood have come down to us as the "Infancy Gospels." In Mormonism and Early Christianity, Hugh Nibley calls these stories unabashed daydreams in which Jesus is always the "super-boy" whose tricks are the dread and envy of all his fellows.

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New Book, Video On Dead Sea Scrolls Jul 2023

New Book, Video On Dead Sea Scrolls

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

FARMS is pleased to make available a new volume containing the proceedings of the international conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls held at Brigham Young University on 15-17 July 1996. Sponsored by BYU and FARMS, the conference attracted scroll scholars from around the world, many of whom presented their latest research. Edited by Donald W. Parry and Eugene Ulrich, The Provo International Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls: Technological Innovations, New Texts, and Reformulated Issues marks a milestone in scroll research.

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A Literary Analysis Of Moroni 7, Richard Dilworth Rust Jul 2023

A Literary Analysis Of Moroni 7, Richard Dilworth Rust

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

Moroni 7 is one of the most tightly woven and forceful sermons in the Book of Mormon. Recorded by Mormon's son Moroni, this sermon on faith, hope, and charity is particularly poignant because Mormon has been killed by the Lamanites and Moroni is the solitary survivor. We can picture Moroni rereading this sermon in order to strengthen his own faith, hope, and charity-topics he addresses in his concluding words in the Book of Mormon.

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When Did Nephi Write The Small Plates?, John W. Welch Jul 2023

When Did Nephi Write The Small Plates?, John W. Welch

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

In reading 1 Nephi, few people stop to think when Nephi actually wrote this account of his family's flight from Jerusalem and journey across the sea to a land of promise. Knowing when Nephi began to write the small plates (beginning with the account we now have in 1 Nephi) clarifies the purposes that stand behind that record and influenced its final form and content.

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Bookstore Discounts For Farms Members Jul 2023

Bookstore Discounts For Farms Members

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

FARMS members can now enjoy an additional benefit of membership. Upon presenting a membership card at participating bookstores, they will receive the same 20 percent discount on FARMS products that they currently receive on many items by ordering directly through FARMS. The membership card is enclosed in this mailing.

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Sermon On The Mount Symposium Convened Jul 2023

Sermon On The Mount Symposium Convened

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

At a FARMS symposium held on the BYU campus on 6 February 1999, John W. Welch discussed his newly revised and updated book, Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and Sermon on the Mount: An Approach to 3 Nephi 11-18 and Matthew 5-7. He also responded to comments from a panel of five BYU professors who explored the implications of his thesis that the Sermon on the Mount is best understood in a temple context.

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