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Teraphim And The Urim And Thummim, Matthew Roper Jul 2023

Teraphim And The Urim And Thummim, Matthew Roper

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

Biblical scholars have long puzzled over the nature and function of objects referred to as "teraphim" in the biblical record. A recent study of divination practices in the ancient Near East notes that the term "is of disputed derivation and uncertain meaning" and that in the biblical text it "does not consistently designate the same type of object." Yet evidence in Hosea 3:4 (8th century B.C.) suggests that, in the preexilic Israelite religion, the teraphim may once have been considered "a legitimate method" of divination until they were taken away from Israel during a period of discipline.

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New Research On Hidden Books In Ancient Times Jul 2023

New Research On Hidden Books In Ancient Times

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

In The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books: "Out of Darkness unto Light," a new book from FARMS, John A. Tvedtnes, associate director of research at FARMS, demonstrates how "various elements of the Book of Mormon story have antecedents in the ancient world that were not known to Joseph Smith or his contemporaries."

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Early Christianity Initiative Launched Jul 2023

Early Christianity Initiative Launched

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

Last March the FARMS Board of Trustees approved an effort to consolidate a number of research projects and to launch new ones, all of which deal with various aspects of the early formative period of Christianity. Known as the Early Christianity Initiative (ECI), this effort will enable scholars to coordinate work on texts of the New Testament, related ancient texts, and the history of early Christianity.

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Full Issue Jul 2023

Full Issue

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

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New Audiotapes On Temples, Dead Sea Scrolls Jul 2023

New Audiotapes On Temples, Dead Sea Scrolls

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

The latest addition to FARMS' s Hugh Nibley Audiotape Signature Series, Temples Everywhere contains Nibley's address of the same title given last year at BYU's "Temples through the Ages" conference. Nibley explores temple worship in ancient times as the source for religious rites and beliefs seen in diverse cultures throughout history. He discusses how the temple was "the only solution to the one great problem that has ever haunted the human race, the problem of facing death." This address includes remarks on ancient Egyptian funerary lore, the prevalence of "creation-drama" rites worldwide, the rise of royal courts and rhetoric, the …

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Traveling Scrolls Exhibit A Success Jul 2023

Traveling Scrolls Exhibit A Success

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

Since February of this year, FARMS has been showing an exhibit on the Dead Sea Scrolls in LDS stake centers throughout the Midwest.

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The Remnant Of Joseph, John A. Tvedtnes Jul 2023

The Remnant Of Joseph, John A. Tvedtnes

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

In a speech of encouragement to his troops, the Nephite chief captain Moroni spoke of his people as "a remnant of [the seed of] Joseph" who had been sold into Egypt by his brothers (Alma 46:23-24, 27). This phrase and variations of it appear elsewhere in the Book of Mormon as well (e.g., 3 Nephi 5:23; 10:17; 15:12; Ether 13:6-8, 10).

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Early Study Of Fraudulent 'Michigan Relics' Available Jul 2023

Early Study Of Fraudulent 'Michigan Relics' Available

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

Now available from FARMS is a reprint of Dr. James E. Talmage's 1911 report that goes a long way toward exposing the "Michigan relics" as forgeries. From 1874 through 1920, hundreds of archaeologically anomalous objects-including tablets, tools, weapons, vessels, and ornaments-bearing crudely rendered inscriptions were reportedly dug up from various sites near Detroit, Michigan. The inscriptions somewhat resembled characters from cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and Greek, Hebrew, Assyrian, and Phoenician alphabets. Moreover, some of the objects contained pictographic representations that suggested ties to Hebraic peoples.

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Redesigned Farms Review Of Books Released Jul 2023

Redesigned Farms Review Of Books Released

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

Sporting a new cover design and format, the latest issue of the FARMS Review of Books (vol. 12, no. 1) looks at an array of recent books related to Mormon studies, biblical studies, and scripture study. In the editor's introduction, Daniel C. Peterson sets the record straight concerning a particularly infamous example of contemporary anti-Mormon rhetoric. His remarks set the stage for much of the nearly 500-page Review, which in addition to several positive book reviews, includes a thorough debunking of another anti-Mormon publication, the Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism.

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Full Issue Jul 2023

Full Issue

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

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“Do Not Procrastinate The Day Of Your Repentance”, John A. Tvedtnes, Matthew P. Roper Jul 2023

“Do Not Procrastinate The Day Of Your Repentance”, John A. Tvedtnes, Matthew P. Roper

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

One of the more frequently quoted yet misunderstood passages of the Book of Mormon is found in Alma 34:32–34, where Amulek declares that, "this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors. . . . Do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness wherein there can …

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Farms Reference Service Jul 2023

Farms Reference Service

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

“Are there studies of ancient American ruins that will contribute to my understanding of the Book of Mormon?” “What is known about the Joseph Smith Papyri?” “How does the Sermon at the Temple in the Book of Mormon relate to the Sermon on the Mount in the New Testament?”

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Inverted Quotations In The Book Of Mormon, David Bokovoy Jul 2023

Inverted Quotations In The Book Of Mormon, David Bokovoy

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

When the Book of Mormon appeared in 1830, the Western world had only a limited knowledge of the impressive literary and editorial techniques utilized by ancient Semitic authors. Even today, many students of the Bible remain unaware of exciting discoveries by Israeli scholars whose work has appeared only in Hebrew.

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Farms Welcomes New Board Members Jul 2023

Farms Welcomes New Board Members

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

The Foundation is pleased to announce the appointments of Brigham Young University professors John F. Hall and Andrew C. Skinner to the FARMS Board of Trustees. Their formal training and experience in subject areas suited to the research interests of FARMS will be of great value to the board.

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New Guide On The Joseph Smith Papyri Jul 2023

New Guide On The Joseph Smith Papyri

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

Since their rediscovery in 1967, the Joseph Smith Papyri have been the target of conflicting and often confusing claims. New from FARMS, A Guide to the Joseph Smith Papyri, by Egyptologist and FARMS associate John Gee, is a full-color, reader-friendly guide that sets forth the basic facts and major theories about the papyri.

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Full Issue Jul 2023

Full Issue

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

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Brown Bag Wrap-Up Jul 2023

Brown Bag Wrap-Up

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

With the beginning of fall semester at Brigham Young University, FARMS resumed its sponsorship of a noontime lecture series aimed at keeping attendees from the campus community and elsewhere abreast of research in ancient studies.

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Rock Marks ‘House Of Wisdom’ Jul 2023

Rock Marks ‘House Of Wisdom’

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

A large granite rock quarried from the Wasatch Moun tains now welcomes visitors to the East Stadium House, offices of the Islamic Translation Division of BYU’s Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (CPART). The Arabic inscription on the rock transcribes as bayt alhikma, “House of Wisdom.” According to CPART research associate Glen Cooper, this was the name of the association of translators believed to have been patronized by the great Caliph of Islam, al-Ma-mum (died A.D. 833), who translated important Greek scientific and philosophical texts into Arabic. Because CPART publishes editions of important Arabic works with accompanying English …

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King Mosiah And The Judgeship, John A. Tvedtnes Jul 2023

King Mosiah And The Judgeship, John A. Tvedtnes

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

The immediate situation that prompted Mosiah2 to institute a system of judges to govern the Nephites was the departure of his four sons. The people asked that Aaron be appointed king, but he and his brothers had gone to the land of Nephi to preach to the Lamanites and had renounced their claims to the monarchy (Mosiah 29:1–6).

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Nibley Fellowships Awarded Jul 2023

Nibley Fellowships Awarded

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

FARMS has awarded Nibley Fellowships to 16 rising scholars who are 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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Farms Launches Occasional Papers Series Jul 2023

Farms Launches Occasional Papers Series

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

The Foundation launches a new series, the Occasional Papers, with the publication of “Deification: The Content of Athanasian Soteriology,” by Keith Edward Norman. The purpose of the series is to publish important articles and books on ancient studies that may lack marketability but are nonetheless important scholarly works that present Latter-day Saint perspectives on antiquity.

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Full Issue Jul 2023

Full Issue

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

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

John The Baptist And The Key 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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New Review Focuses On Mormon Studies Jul 2023

New Review Focuses On Mormon Studies

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

In his introduction to the latest FARMS Review of Books (vol. 12, no. 2), Daniel C. Peterson argues that Latter-day Saints and other Christians differ in the way they think about their faith. Rooted in Semitic traditions rather than Greek philosophy, LDS religious science is history, not theology. Accordingly, this edition of the Review features commentary on several books about the Book of Mormon and Mormon studies, most of which shed additional light on the historicity and geography of the Nephite record.

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Abinadi’S Disguise And The Fate Of King Noah Jul 2023

Abinadi’S Disguise And The Fate Of King Noah

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

After hiding from King Noah for two years, the prophet Abinadi came before the people in disguise, identified himself by name, and then delivered a message of condemnation to the king and his people. Some might wonder why Abinadi would go to the trouble of disguising himself only to identify himself shortly afterward. Recent scholarly studies of the biblical narrative may help shed light on this curious episode.

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Farms Begins Online Memberships Jul 2023

Farms Begins Online Memberships

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

The FARMS Board of Trustees has approved a new way to join the Foundation through an online membership. Effective on 1 January 2001, the online membership will allow those interested in supporting FARMS research on the Book of Mormon, the Book of Abraham, and other ancient religious texts to enjoy the full benefits of membership on the Internet. Online members will be able to view or download and print the INSIGHTS newsletter, the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, and other selected materials from the FARMS Web site.

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Scholars Examine Ancient Figurines In New Volume Jul 2023

Scholars Examine Ancient Figurines In New Volume

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

Research Press at Brigham Young University, an imprint of FARMS, will soon publish its seventh book, the New World Figurine Project, volume two, edited by Terry Stocker and Cynthia L. Otis Charlton. Volume one, printed in 1991 and edited by Stocker, contributed significantly to figurine studies with material on figurines from the United States, Mexico, El Salvador, Bolivia, and Peru. Volume two—containing approximately 455 illustrations, 20 tables, and 8 maps—follows suit with information on figurines from North, Central, and South America.

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Reaching Readers Beyond The Screens: Understanding How And Why Student Writers Compose For Audiences Of Self-Sponsored Digital Writing, Emily Elizabeth Brown Jun 2023

Reaching Readers Beyond The Screens: Understanding How And Why Student Writers Compose For Audiences Of Self-Sponsored Digital Writing, Emily Elizabeth Brown

Theses and Dissertations

In this qualitative research study, I use case studies to analyze the rhetorical understanding students have about online audiences, including how this understanding informs writerly choices, primarily in digital, self-sponsored writing. In this study I found that, while anxieties about online writing do exist, there are also many benefits for online writers that cause these anxieties to lessen. In addition, findings indicated that participants didn't always know how to correctly interpret and capitalize on audience feedback, which causes challenges, but these participants also claimed rhetorical power once they entered community spaces they cared about and better understood their purpose and …

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Ecology And Retribution: Blake, Tokarczuk, And Animal Rights, Kristina Isaak Powell Jun 2023

Ecology And Retribution: Blake, Tokarczuk, And Animal Rights, Kristina Isaak Powell

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores how Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk's 2008 novel, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, engages with William Blake's life and his writings on animal welfare and speaks to current conversations about multispecies justice in the environmental humanities. It argues, first, that in recognizing how this novel's protagonist, Janina, selectively reads Blake to rationalize retributive justice, readers should resist a tendency to mistake this character for Tokarczuk's ideal advocate for environmental ethics. Secondly, it asserts that legal scholars' division between retributive and restorative justice offers valuable framework for approaching both this novel and ongoing debates about …

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The Effects On Self-Regulation And Productive English Proficiency Of The Application Of Mental Contrasting And Implementation Intention (Woop) In Esl Writing Classes, Ka Yue Chan Jun 2023

The Effects On Self-Regulation And Productive English Proficiency Of The Application Of Mental Contrasting And Implementation Intention (Woop) In Esl Writing Classes, Ka Yue Chan

Theses and Dissertations

The present study looked at the effects of a self-regulatory goal setting framework (WOOP) implemented in writing classes that were developed by Oettingen (2018) using Mental Contrasting and Implementation Intentions (MCII). The study examined English learners' development on self-reported self-regulation and proficiency levels in an Intensive English Program (IEP) in the United States over the course of two 14-week semesters. A total of 238 English Language Learners participated in the study and took the Short Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SSRQ) where the scores were analyzed to determine development over time. The analysis showed no statistically significant differences. However, experimental group participants' self-reported …

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