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Full Issue Dec 2023

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

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Chiasmus In Alma 36 Dec 2023

Chiasmus In Alma 36

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

One of the best examples of an extended chiasmus is in Alma 36. In the Working Paper, "Chiasmus in Alma 36," John W. Welch displays the text of this intricate chapter, along with structural analyses by Angela Crowell, Lowell Tensmeyer, and others. Criteria are applied, concluding that this text is a masterful implementation of the chiastic form.

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All Chiasms Are Not Created Equal Dec 2023

All Chiasms Are Not Created Equal

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

When is a chiasm a chiasm? In recent years, many scholars have been alert to the possibility of chiasmus in the scriptures. Some of the proposed structures are clear and convincing. Others are dubious and contrived.

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1988 Updates Available Dec 2023

1988 Updates Available

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

The collection of Updates from 1988 can now be ordered. The topics of these executive reports on up-to-the minute research include the Sermon at the Temple (3 Nephi 11-18), the tradition of Lehi 's landing in Chile, wordprints, silk and linen, the Original Book of Mormon Manuscript, Israelite terms for law in the Book of Mormon, and others.

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Lehi And The Fall Dec 2023

Lehi And The Fall

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

If you have ever wanted to attend Hugh Nibley's Pearl of Great Price class but couldn't, here's your chance. For years, this course has intrigued, bewildered, inspired, and stimulated many of the finest minds at Brigham Young University. The entire class is now available to the public on video-tape. These videos, together with transcripts of each lecture, are available exclusively from BYU Continuing Education.

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Videotapes Of Hugh Nibley's Pearl Of Great Price Class Now Available Through Byu Continuing Education Dec 2023

Videotapes Of Hugh Nibley's Pearl Of Great Price Class Now Available Through Byu Continuing Education

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

If you have ever wanted to attend Hugh Nibley's Pearl of Great Price class but couldn't, here's your chance. For years, this course has intrigued, bewildered, inspired, and stimulated many of the finest minds at Brigham Young University. The entire class is now available to the public on video-tape. These videos, together with transcripts of each lecture, are available exclusively from BYU Continuing Education.

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Hugh Nibley On "The Meaning Of The Atonement" Now Available Dec 2023

Hugh Nibley On "The Meaning Of The Atonement" Now Available

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

In a recent address, Hugh Nibley discussed the significance of the atonement. "The atonement," according to Brother Nibley, "is nothing less than the answer to the Terrible Question : 'Is this all there is?"'

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When Did Jesus Appear In Bountiful Dec 2023

When Did Jesus Appear In Bountiful

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

It is generally believed that Jesus appeared in Bountiful shortly after his resurrection, even before the dust had settled on the destructions that had occurred at the time of his death. The text of the Book of Mormon, however, is not so clear.

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Research Reports Dec 2023

Research Reports

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

In recent months F.A.R.M.S. has given research grants to several qualified scholars. Watch for further reports in future issues of this Newsletter as their projects progress.

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President's Message, Stephen Ricks Dec 2023

President's Message, Stephen Ricks

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

Perhaps no president of the Church in recent memory has stressed the importance of reading and studying the Book of Mormon more often than President Benson. In the October 1988 General Conference of the Church, President Benson commended the many people who have promoted Book of Mormon study, and he stated: "The Book of Mormon is the instrument that God designed to 'sweep the earth as with a flood, to gather out [His] elect' (Moses 7:62). This sacred volume of scripture needs to become more central in our preaching, our teaching, and our missionary work .... We need to read …

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Symposium On Warfare Announced Dec 2023

Symposium On Warfare Announced

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

On Friday, March 24, and Saturday, March 25, F.A.R.M.S. will sponsor a symposium at Brigham Young University on Warfare in the Book of Mormon. The symposium will include papers on fortifications in Mesoamerica, holy war in the Ancient Near East and in the Book of Mormon, the laws of warfare in the Book of Mormon, the Gadianton Robbers as a subversive countercultural movement, war oaths in the Book of Mormon, and Nephite military caste and tribal affiliation. Participants in the symposium will include Phillip Flammer, William Hamblin, Matthew Hilton , Daniel C. Peterson, Stephen D. Ricks, John Sorenson, Terrence Szink …

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New Review Of Book Of Mormon Books Launched Dec 2023

New Review Of Book Of Mormon Books Launched

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

F.A.R.M.S. has inaugurated a new journal, the Annual Review of Book of Mormon Books. This journal, edited by Daniel C. Peterson of the Arabic faculty at Brigham Young University, will review and discuss recent literature dealing with the Book of Mormon. It will appear once each year. Many of these reviews will be article-length review essays and will deal in depth with the issues raised in the books under discussion. Others will be shorter, providing a sense of the contents of the volumes and a brief response of the reviewer to the book. Each review should, however, be useful …

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Full Issue Dec 2023

Full Issue

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

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Warfare Research Group Organized Dec 2023

Warfare Research Group Organized

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

A research group working on warfare in the Book of Mormon has been formed. Anyone interested in any aspect of warfare in the Bible, the ancient Near East, Mesoamerica, or Book of Mormon is invited to contact Stephen Ricks, 4076 JKHB, BYU, (801) 378-5428, or 378-3295, or Bill Hamblin, 802 Pineview Dr., Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401 .

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Wednesday Seminar Dec 2023

Wednesday Seminar

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

Beginning in February, an informal working seminar will meet at BYU every second and fourth Wednesday, at 12:00 noon, in 919 SWKT, for lunch and to discuss Book of Mormon research in progress. Interested people are welcome to contact Noel Reynolds, 764 SWKT, BYU, (801) 378-2391, for further information .

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Hofmann Admits Forgery Dec 2023

Hofmann Admits Forgery

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

F.A.R.M.S. members outside of Utah may be unaware of new developments regarding Mark Hofmann, who has recently pleaded guilty to reduced murder and fraud charges and has been sentenced to prison. Part of the plea bargaining included Hofmann's agreement to tell all about his forging of documents purporting to related to LDS Church and colonial U.S. history. Hofmann has admitted that the "Salamander Letter" was a hoax, and indications are that all major documents he "found" during the past nine years may prove to have been extremely clever and insidious frauds. The sadness of this situation is inexpressible. We extend …

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Advisory Board Dec 2023

Advisory Board

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

The F.A.R.M.S. Advisory Board has recently been expanded and more specifically organized. John Sorenson has become the Chairman of the Board. Three standing committees have been formed and are now operational. They are the Research Committee (Stephen Ricks, chai r; with William Evenson, Noel Reynolds, Chauncey Riddle, and Robert K. Thomas); the Evaluation Committee (John Sorenson, chair; with Bill Hess, Kirk Magleby, Harold Miller, Douglas Phillips, and Jay Todd); and the Production Committee (Jack Welch, chair; with Merrill Bateman, Robert Driggs, and Charles Tate). All these people serve as volunteers. Their time, efforts, and wisdom are greatly appreciated in steering …

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Forms Of Nephite Laws Considered Dec 2023

Forms Of Nephite Laws Considered

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

Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical laws were written according to certain stylistic conventions. Two such formal aspects of ancient law have recently been used to sharpen our understanding of Nephite law as well. In "Series of Laws in the Book of Mormon," John W. Welch examines ten significantly consistent law lists from which one can reconstruct a fairly clear picture of the underlying Nephite law code and its relationship to the Code of the Covenant in Exodus 20-23.

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Why Did Nephi Write 1 Nephi? Dec 2023

Why Did Nephi Write 1 Nephi?

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

Nephi's primary stated purpose for writing the book of 1 Nephi was "to persuade men to come unto God" (1 Ne. 6:4). In addition, his writings served several other unstated purposes, as Noel B. Reynolds demonstrates in "The Political Dimensions of Nephi 's Small Plates." Nephi was the fourth son in his family, and, as such, he was not entitled to the rights of leadership and ownership belonging to the eldest son.

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Nibley On Change, Utopians, And Sacred Vestments Dec 2023

Nibley On Change, Utopians, And Sacred Vestments

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

Three new papers are added at this time to our Nibley Archive. The first, a speech entitled "Change Out of Control," is about the inevitable and constant role of change in the history of mankind and in the progress of the individual soul." The Gospel invites us to move toward the unknown," especially through "individual freedom to repent and go the other way."

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Warfare In The Book Of Mormon Dec 2023

Warfare In The Book Of Mormon

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

Matthew Hilton's lengthy study, "Preliminary Summary of Nephite Armed Conflict in the Book of Mormon," outlines and abstracts virtually every event and passage-and then some-dealing in any way with warfare. The paper is chronologically arranged and is designed strictly as a reference tool.

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Study Of Hebrew Poetry Expands Dec 2023

Study Of Hebrew Poetry Expands

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

Angela Crowell has published a multifaceted study of Hebrew poetry in the Book of Mormon, now available as reprint CRW-86. It originally appeared in the Zarahemla Record. This article gives scores of examples illustrating dozens of stylistic patterns and devices known to Bible scholars and also occurring in the Book of Mormon. This contribution not only deepens our reading and appreciation of the scripture, it also demonstrates the frequent subtlety and great complexity of the record.

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Updates For 1986--Full Of Ideas And Information Dec 2023

Updates For 1986--Full Of Ideas And Information

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

Each month the Foundation prepares an Update describing a new item of ongoing research. These Updates are concise statements of interesting developments, aimed at the general reader. Like executive business reports, they are factual and documented, but straightforward and practical. They are mailed each month to active researchers, contributors, and volunteers.

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Expanded Book Of Mormon Bibliography Ready For Distribution Dec 2023

Expanded Book Of Mormon Bibliography Ready For Distribution

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

The "Comprehensive Bibliography of the Book of Mormon (through December 1986)" has reached a sufficient stage of completion that it is now available for order. Known around F.A.R.M.S. by its computer code name of "BigBib;' it lists almost 4,000 books, articles, papers, talks, and all sorts of items about the Book of Mormon. This almost doubles the size of the now superseded Book of Mormon bibliography F.A.R.M.S. has been distributing since 1982.

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Full Issue Dec 2023

Full Issue

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

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New Audiovisual Materials Dec 2023

New Audiovisual Materials

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

On May 10, 1988, John W. Welch gave the Devotional address at Brigham Young University. In this inspiring talk entitled "Study, Faith, and the Book of Mormon," he discussed recent studies of the Book of Mormon and how they can increase our appreciation for the book. The video and the transcript of this talk are now available.

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More Nibley Dec 2023

More Nibley

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

"Last Call: An Apocalyptic Warning from the Book of Mormon," is an article based on a talk given by Nibley at the 1986 Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City. It is a call to modern society to learn from examples in the Book of Mormon. He stresses the fact that the Book of Mormon was written to the people of our time and that Mormons as well as gentiles must repent.

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Study Aids Added Dec 2023

Study Aids Added

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

In the article "B. H. Roberts: The Book of Mormon and the Atonement," Truman G. Madsen looks at B. H. Roberts' view of the atonement and the importance of the Book of Mormon in understanding it. The information comes from the last book B. H. Roberts wrote, ''The Truth, the Way and the Life," which was never published.

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Did Lehi Land In Chile? Dec 2023

Did Lehi Land In Chile?

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

This Paper examines a statement, written by Frederick G. Williams in the early days of the church, which says that Lehi landed "on the continent of South America in Chile thirty degrees south Latitude." The author, Frederick G. Williams, is the great-great-grandson of Frederick G. Williams.

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Wordprint Analysis In The Book Of Mormon Dec 2023

Wordprint Analysis In The Book Of Mormon

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

"Since the advent of modern programmable high speed computers, a new science of computer assisted literary 'stylometry' or 'wordprinting' has been developing. By statistically analyzing the small non-contextual word patterns of a disputed document, it is now possible to test which suspected authors did not write a given work," reports John L. HIiton.

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