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New Reprints And Preliminary Reports Dec 2023

New Reprints And Preliminary Reports

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

With each Newsletter, several new papers become available to you. We think you will find several of these very interesting. Each can be ordered on the attached order form.

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A Day And A Half's Journey For A Nephite Dec 2023

A Day And A Half's Journey For A Nephite

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

The narrow neck of land is an important geographical feature in the Book of Mormon. For many years people have debated whether the narrow neck was the Isthmus of Panama, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Southern Mexico, or somewhere else. Some have argued that the neck must have been very narrow, because Alma 22:32 says that the distance across the "narrow neck" of the promised land from the east to the west sea was "a day and a half's journey for a Nephite." But how wide could this distance have been? Recently analyzed information suggests that it could have been …

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Notice Dec 2023

Notice

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

Our new 1985 catalogue of F.A.R.M.S. materials should be ready in a few weeks.

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Doubleday Dec 2023

Doubleday

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

F.A.R.M.S. makes many fine Doubleday books available to you at discount prices. The last Newsletter announced that Charlesworth's second volume of the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha was available. Unfortunately, final publication has been delayed until later this year. Watch for another notice when it comes off the press.

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President's Message, John W. Welch Dec 2023

President's Message, John W. Welch

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

A "classic," by one definition, is a book that will wear you out long before you wear it out. By this standard, the Book of Mormon is one of the classics of all times.

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For The Record Dec 2023

For The Record

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

"For me it became a stimulating task, not only an opportunity to read the Book of Mormon and other Mormon writings," has written Krister Stendahl, Harvard Divinity School, in his Meanings: The Bible as Document and as Guide (Fortress Press, 1984), commenting on his participation in the BYU Reflections on Mormonism symposium.

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What Does The Farms Logo Stand For? Dec 2023

What Does The Farms Logo Stand For?

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

Many people have asked what the F.A.R.M.S. logo means. Here is a brief explanation. The logo is composed of characters from Hebrew, Greek, Mayan and Egyptian, which are four of the main ancient languages and cultures relevant to Book of Mormon research. The characters are set in four stone blocks, symbolizing archaeology and ancient research.

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Announcing The Complete Collected Works Of Hugh Nibley Dec 2023

Announcing The Complete Collected Works Of Hugh Nibley

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

On March 31, 1985, Hugh Nibley will celebrate his 75th birthday. "The time has come," says Gary Gillum, "to compile and publish the Complete Collected Works of Hugh Nibley." F.A.R.M.S. is pleased to announce that arrangements for this significant publication have now been made. This monumental series will be jointly published by Dr. Nibley, F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book Company, with the cooperation of Bookcraft and others. This series culminates six F.A.R.M.S. projects involving the Nibley collection, including the Nibley bibliography, archive, reprint service, topical index, source index, and scriptural index.

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Full Issue Dec 2023

Full Issue

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No abstract provided.

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Volunteer Network Dec 2023

Volunteer Network

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

The strength of F.A.R.M.S. has always been its volunteer base. Many volunteers find their service very satisfying. During the past twelve months, under the vigorous direction of Les Campbell, the F.A.R.M.S. volunteer network has expanded and solidified. Volunteers all over the world, as well as in Provo, regularly continue to help with distribution, translation, firesides, introducing people to F.A.R.M.S., checking address lists, conducting local fund-raising activities, purchasing and placing Book of Mormon-related materials in local libraries, holding open houses, organizing reading groups or student clubs, conducting research, working with local book stores, and many other activities.

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Ramses Ii Video Dec 2023

Ramses Ii Video

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

A 15-minute video produced by Brigham Young University to introduce visitors to the Ramses II exhibit was narrated by director Wilfred Griggs. F.A.R.M.S. has a limited number of these videos, which are available for $18.00 (VHS only). If you missed the Ramses 11 exhibit, or if you are interested in having this excellent production in your library, this video offers a great opportunity to view selected artifacts from this acclaimed exhibit. The few videos remaining will be sold on a first-come, first served basis. Please use the enclosed order form.

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Photographic Essay Of Ancient America Dec 2023

Photographic Essay Of Ancient America

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

Copies of Paul Cheesman's 1978 Book of Mormon Lands: A Photographic Essay may now be ordered through F.A.R.M.S. This beautiful but hard-to-find 158-page book of color plates was published in collaboration with Blaine T. Hudson and won awards for its high-quality graphics.

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Metal Plates Video Now Available Dec 2023

Metal Plates Video Now Available

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

With the recent discovery of a large treasure trove of burial objects in Jerusalem (described in a preceding article), attention has been drawn again to the ancient practice of writing on metal. While we await further information about these artifacts, we draw renewed attention to Paul Cheesman's recent production, " So Let It Be Written" (see F.A.R.M.S. Newsletter, June 1984).

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Historical Report On April-June 1829 Completed Dec 2023

Historical Report On April-June 1829 Completed

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

The February 1976 issue of Insights gave a short report on the question of how long it took Joseph Smith to translate the Book of Mormon as we have it today. That work began in earnest on April 7, 1829, and was completed by the end of June. A lengthy report may now be ordered chronicling, day by day, a documented history of this intense period of activity. "It is quite staggering," remarks Jack Welch, " when you realize all that was going on in those few days.

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1947 Sperry Reprint Offered Dec 2023

1947 Sperry Reprint Offered

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

Early in his career, Dr. Sidney B. Sperry published a book which offers many fine insights into certain literary aspects of the Book of Mormon, but which has been out of print for several decades. Selected chapters from this book, now available as a reprint (SP-OUR), give "considerable attention to the analysis of the Book of Mormon as a whole and to its constituent records," and makes pioneering efforts to study " the literary forms in this scripture."

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The Sacrament Prayers Studies Dec 2023

The Sacrament Prayers Studies

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

Latter-day Saints most commonly turn to D&C 20: 76-79 to find the texts of the sacrament prayers they regularly use on Sundays. In fact, however, the words for these prayers came from the Nephites. In a new report listed on the attached order form, the textual history of the sacrament prayers is studied, from Benjamin 's words in Mosiah 5, to Jesus' words in 3 Nephi 18, to the final texts in Moroni 4-5. " I find it impressive," comments John Sorenson.

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Special Byu Studies Issue On Mormon Beginnings Dec 2023

Special Byu Studies Issue On Mormon Beginnings

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

The recent issue of BYU Studies contains five significant articles about Joseph Smith's early years. Subjects such as treasure seeking and seership are analyzed particularly in light of newly discovered documents. The contributors are Dean Jessee, Ron Walker, Marvin Hill, and Richard Anderson. Copies of this issue (volume 24, number 4) may be ordered for $4.00 from 1102 JKHB, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602.

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Annual Report Dec 2023

Annual Report

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

We are pleased to report how the Foundation's money has been spent this 1985-86 fiscal year. This year has seen significant growth in many areas. The number of research grants has grown to 14 this year. The number of reports and articles now available is over 300 and still growing. Over 26,250 reprints and preliminary reports, and more than 2,000 books, videos, and critical texts were distributed this year, worldwide.

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Epanalepsis In The Book Of Mormon Dec 2023

Epanalepsis In The Book Of Mormon

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

Larry Childs (Provo, Utah) has recently completed a valuable study of "epanalepsis" in the Book of Mormon. Epanalepsis is the name of a significant literary device known in antiquity. It occurs where an author repeats certain words in the course of a lengthy sentence, to pick up a previous train of thought after a parenthetical aside or other type of diversion, repeating certain words to remind the reader of the original idea of the sentence. The repeated words in the previous sentence illustrate the point. This technique was noted in antiquity by Demetrius, and it is sometimes called "resumptive repetition."

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Iron Sword, Small Silver Scroll From Lehi's Day Discovered Dec 2023

Iron Sword, Small Silver Scroll From Lehi's Day Discovered

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

A meter-long iron sword has been discovered recently by archaeologists digging at Vered Jericho, three miles south of modern Jericho. The sword dates to the seventh century B.C., during the lifetime of Lehi. "It was in quite bad shape," reports excavator Avraham Eitan in the July/August issue of the Biblical Archaeology Review, p. 33. "I believe that we have the haft and even the tip. The haft is of bronze with some wood remains." This is the first complete sword of this period and of this size ever to be found. "We do know of swords this size from …

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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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Characters On Two Ancient American Cylinder Stamps And On The Anthon Transcript Compare Favorably Dec 2023

Characters On Two Ancient American Cylinder Stamps And On The Anthon Transcript Compare Favorably

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

One of the few systematic studies of the "caractors" of the "Anthon Transcript," as it was known a decade ago, was published by Carl Hugh Jones in 1970 as "The 'Anthon Transcript' and Two Mesoamerican Cylinder Seals." His paper appeared in the Newsletter of the Society for Early Historical Archaeology and is now available as a F.A.R.M.S. Reprint. The author is a museum professional with the Nebraska State Historical Society.

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Hugh Nibley Collected Works Dec 2023

Hugh Nibley Collected Works

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

In 1988, the Book of Mormon will be the study course for the L.D.S. adult Sunday School. F.A.R.M.S. feels that it is important that the Hugh Nibley Book of Mormon volumes, several of which are now out of print, should be available as teaching and study helps. Not only do they represent some of the finest work in detailing how the Book of Mormon reflects the culture and customs of the ancient Near East, but also they are written so non-scholars can understand and appreciate the wealth of these details.

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Book Of Mormon Symposia Expand Dec 2023

Book Of Mormon Symposia Expand

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

A greater number of conferences and symposia than ever before have concentrated our attention this summer and fall on the Book of Mormon. Here is a brief description of several of these programs, making particular note of instances where F.A.R.M.S. directors or advisors are involved. In many cases, copies of the papers presented at these symposia can be obtained by writing to the organizers or to the participants.

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Tax Laws On Charitable Giving Will Change In 1987 Dec 2023

Tax Laws On Charitable Giving Will Change In 1987

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

More than ever before, we encourage you in this newsletter to give to F.A.R.M.S. We do not want any of our participants to be dropped off our mailing list. We hope that donating to F.A.R.M.S. will become a significant and rewarding part of your annual giving.

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Managing Editor Joins Farms Staff Dec 2023

Managing Editor Joins Farms Staff

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

This October, Mari Miles joined Les Campbell, Teri Bergstrom and Greg McMurdie on the F.A.R.M.S. staff. Mari was born in Denmark, raised in Salt Lake, and now lives with her husband and baby boy in Provo. She worked as a secretary for several years, in the BYU College of Family, Home and Social Sciences, the BYU Law School, and for businesses in Salt Lake.

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Farms Says "Thanks!" To 169 Substantial Donors Dec 2023

Farms Says "Thanks!" To 169 Substantial Donors

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

In recent months and years, 169 individuals and foundations have given generously to F.A.R.M.S. Below are listed the names of these people, to whom we owe a deep debt of gratitude. Each has given $100 or more; several have given in the thousands. We hope we have not overlooked anyone on this list, but if we have, we apologize and thank them just as much, too.

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Farms Copyright Policy Dec 2023

Farms Copyright Policy

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

F.A.R.M.S. materials may be freely used for non-pecuniary or non-publishing purposes. Pages from any preliminary report, Update or newsletter may be reproduced and used, without alteration, addition, or deletion, for any non-pecuniary or non-publishing purpose, without further permission.

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Short Notice Recent Research Dec 2023

Short Notice Recent Research

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

In October 1983, the F.A.R.M.S. Newsletter reported the way in which the gates of Shalmaneser Ill (858-824 B.C.), pictured in Yigael Yadin's The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands 2:399, attests to the practice of cutting off the arms, hands, feet, or other body parts of vanquished enemies. This ancient military practice seems related to Alma 17:39, where Ammon cuts off the arms of those thieves who tried to steal the king's livestock and the shepherds take the arms to the king as a testimony of what has been done. In a recent conversation, John Lundquist, at the New York …

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Preliminary Reports Study Multiple Authorship Of Book Of Mormon Texts Dec 2023

Preliminary Reports Study Multiple Authorship Of Book Of Mormon Texts

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

The Book of Mormon, in many places, is textually complex. Careful study of the words and ideas in the book sometimes requires the reader to be sensitive to who wrote the words in question. Occasionally, for example, Mormon quoted the words of earlier prophets directly; other times, he or Moroni abridged or paraphrased those earlier statements. The task of attributing authorship to a particular verse or section can often become an intriguing and rewarding challenge.

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