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Sunday School Sets Moving Fast Nov 2023

Sunday School Sets Moving Fast

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

The Book of Mormon Study Catalog of articles complementing the 1984 Gospel Doctrine lessons has been a stunning success. The catalog was announced in the January 1 issue of the Church News and response has been overwhelming. The catalog is available from the Foundation free of charge if you send a self-addressed, stamped envelope.


Old World Covenant Patterns In King Benjamin's Speech Nov 2023

Old World Covenant Patterns In King Benjamin's Speech

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"That the covenant ceremonies in both the Old Testament and the Book of Mosiah reflect an ancient Near Eastern pattern prescribed for such occasions may provide another control for establishing the genuineness of the Book of Mormon," says Stephen Ricks, in his recent paper entitled "The Treaty/Covenant Pattern in King Benjamin's Address."


Nibley Archive Continues To Expand Nov 2023

Nibley Archive Continues To Expand

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

For several years F.A.R.M.S. has featured the Nibley Archive. This collection now contains over 100 Nibley articles and papers, and additional items are added regularly. If you enjoy collecting and reading Nibley, be sure to order the 1984 Nibley Archive catalog.


The Message Of The Broken Bow Nov 2023

The Message Of The Broken Bow

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

Alan Goff has turned up an interesting article in the 1978 Jewish Quarterly Review entitled "The Breaking of the Bow." It appears, from ancient Babylonian sources, that bows were symbols of political power. One thinks also of Odysseus bending the bow to prove himself. An overlord would break the bow of a disobedient vassal to symbolical ly put the rebel in his place.


Metals In Ancient Mesoamerica Nov 2023

Metals In Ancient Mesoamerica

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Metals are mentioned frequently in the Book of Mormon. Gold, silver, iron and copper were important parts of the material culture during both Jaredite and Nephite times (Eth . 10:23, Hel. 6:9). There have been few metal artifacts, though, recovered archaeologically from Mesoamerican sites. This has led some specialists to insist that metallurgy was unknown in the region before late classic (A.D. 700 to 900) times.


Salalah: Nephi's Land Bountiful Nov 2023

Salalah: Nephi's Land Bountiful

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Lynn and Hope Hilton, seasoned travelers along the Saudi Arabian peninsula, have for several years explored it from the perspective of Lehi's travels. In particular, they have compiled various travelers' descriptions of the short strip of verdant coastline called Salalah that lies along the otherwise barren and forbidding coast of South Arabia. The directions given in 1 Nephi lead a traveler to precisely this region.


Chiasmus In Antiquity Volume Reviewed Nov 2023

Chiasmus In Antiquity Volume Reviewed

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John W. Welch's detailed volume entitled Chiasmus in Antiquity, examining this ancient literary art form as it appears in various ancient Near Eastern settings, including the Book of Mormon, has been reviewed by John Kselman.


New Book Out Nov 2023

New Book Out

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

A convenient and commendable collection of articles about Book of Mormon people is now off the press. It Begins with a Family, published in January by Deseret Book, reprints twenty-three articles that appeared in the Ensign from 1976 to 1978. The articles, by prominent authors and scholars, discuss the lives and characters of Lehi, Nephi, Jacob, Benjamin, Alma, Ammon, Korihor, Moroni, and other significant Book of Mormon figures.


Farms Ad Runs In This People Magazine Nov 2023

Farms Ad Runs In This People Magazine

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

A striking double-page F.A.R.M.S. advertisement appeared in the December issue of This People magazine. It has produced numerous responses and is helping draw attention to the excellent Book of Mormon materials available through F.A.R.M.S. Special thanks go to Susan Roylance, Blaine Hudson, This People, and others who put it together.


Dr. Sorenson To Accompany Tour Nov 2023

Dr. Sorenson To Accompany Tour

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The Foundation is pleased to announce its first tour into the exciting Book of Mormon areas of Mexico and Guatemala, a 13-day exploration of the region that many LDS scholars identify as the heartland of the Book of Mormon.


First Evidence Of Pre-Columbian New World Barley Nov 2023

First Evidence Of Pre-Columbian New World Barley

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The December 1983 issue of Science 83 reports the discovery by professional archaeologists of what is apparently pre-columbian, domesticated barley among the ruins of the Hohokam civilization in Arizona.


President's Message, John W. Welch Nov 2023

President's Message, John W. Welch

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Would you like to catch a glimpse of what is going on around the Foundation these days? We can hardly run fast enough to keep up with it all! Letters this week have been running between 125 and 140 per day! You can imagine the rest. But it's rewarding and gratifying to the dozens of volunteers on this end. We trust that it's also interesting and useful to you on your end.


Full Issue Nov 2023

Full Issue

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Dinner Completes Nibley Birthday Celebration Nov 2023

Dinner Completes Nibley Birthday Celebration

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

A dinner to note the completion of the two-volume By Study and Also by Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh Nibley on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday was held on September 7. In attendance were Brother and Sister Nibley, over half of those who contributed articles to the volumes, members of the administration at BYU, and Elder Neal Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve.


Nibley's Latest Lectures Now On Audiotape Nov 2023

Nibley's Latest Lectures Now On Audiotape

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

Facsimile #2 of the Pearl of Great Price is an Egyptian hypocephalus. Anciently such documents were placed under the head of a deceased person before burial. In a series of twelve lectures recently sponsored by F.A.R.M.S. and delivered at BYU, Hugh Nibley discussed "what the Egyptians themselves said about the hypocephalus," "what Joseph Smith said about it," and the facsimile's meaning and importance.


New Book Of Mormon Geography Map Available Nov 2023

New Book Of Mormon Geography Map Available

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

A handsome new wall map suitable for classroom use has been developed by Dr. Michael Preece, a Salt Lake physician and student of the Book of Mormon. It follows the model of geography in John Sorenson's An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon. Dr. Sorenson assisted in the project.


Farms Praised At Fund-Raising Dinner Nov 2023

Farms Praised At Fund-Raising Dinner

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F.A.R.M.S. sponsored an ''Evening of Excellence" fund-raising dinner on August 24 in Provo. The featured speaker was Dr. Truman Madsen, who urged those in attendance to continue to support the Foundation financially and in any other way possible.


Giving To Farms: A Unique Opportunity Nov 2023

Giving To Farms: A Unique Opportunity

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

The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies is like no other foundation in the world. It is dedicated to promoting and coordinating groundbreaking research on the Book of Mormon and to popularizing and distributing those results as widely as possible. Giving to F.A.R.M.S. is one of the few organized ways people can do something specific to help bring the Book of Mormon to light.


The Book Of Mormon And The Heavenly Book Motif, Brent E. Mcneely Nov 2023

The Book Of Mormon And The Heavenly Book Motif, Brent E. Mcneely

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The Book of Mormon has been dismissed with the assertion "you don't get books from angels ... it is just that simple." However, evidence from the ancient world indicates that many sacred works have been delivered to men by angels or other heavenly beings. Indeed, according to Orientalist Geo Widengren, "Few religious ideas in the Ancient East have played a more important role than the notion of the Heavenly Tablets or the Heavenly Books," which are "handed over [to a mortal] in an interview with a heavenly being" (Ascension of the Apostle and the Heavenly Book [Leipzig: Harrassowitz, 1950], …


Reviewers' Comments On The Bibliography Nov 2023

Reviewers' Comments On The Bibliography

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

''Your great bibliographical project ... will greatly enhance the quality of discussion in the field." Joseph Needham, history of Asian science, Cambridge University.


New Publication Asks: "Was Columbus The First Across The Ocean?" Nov 2023

New Publication Asks: "Was Columbus The First Across The Ocean?"

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

More than three years of research will culminate this month with the appearance of Pre-Columbian Contacts with the Americas across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography, by John L. Sorenson and Martin H. Raish. Prominent scholars are enthusiastic about this 1250-page, 2-volume set (see sidebar).


Full Issue Nov 2023

Full Issue

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Who Is Doing What? Nov 2023

Who Is Doing What?

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

We have received inquiries recently about whom to contact at F.A.R.M.S. for various purposes, so we thought it might help you if we outlined the responsibilities of each member of the board of directors. We welcome your inquiries and appreciate your interest and support.


New Video Released Nov 2023

New Video Released

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

At the 1989 Book of Mormon Day, sponsored by the Foundation for Research on Ancient America in Independence, Missouri, John L. Sorenson was a featured speaker. Through the courtesy of the F.R.A.A., a video of his two half-hour presentations is now available to F.A.R.M.S. subscribers.


Save And Donate--Both Nov 2023

Save And Donate--Both

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

F.A.R.M.S. subscribers now can save on phone bills and contribute to the Foundation at the same time. By signing up through F.A.R.M.S. for your long distance telephone service at a volume user's rate with U.S. Sprint, you can save on your long distance calls. And because we obtain this service through a business that wants to help F.A.R.M.S., a portion of what they receive is donated to the Foundation, even though your bills will likely be lower. And you will get credit for the donation, which you may claim on your tax return. At the end of each year, you …


Evidence Of Voyages Nov 2023

Evidence Of Voyages

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

A popular article recently published in the Canadian magazine Equinox contains a nice summary of current issues in regard to voyages from the Old World to America before Columbus. The writer, John Barber, handles the technical matters well and includes points from hitherto unpublished interviews with important scholars on the topic. Balance is maintained between the opposing sides in the argument over such voyages; no claim is made that colonizers positively made their way between the continents, yet the reader comes away realizing that significant evidence exists to support the notion.


Antithetical Parallelism In The Book Of Mormon, Donald W. Parry Nov 2023

Antithetical Parallelism In The Book Of Mormon, Donald W. Parry

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T he writers of ancient scripture often contrasted one idea in one line or stanza with an opposite or antithetical idea in a parallel line or stanza. Recorded in Proverbs 13:9 is an example of antithetical parallelism.


Recent Noon Book Of Mormon Seminars Nov 2023

Recent Noon Book Of Mormon Seminars

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

Interested BYU faculty and others continue to participate in an informal seminar on the Book of Mormon held on alternate Wednesdays in the conference room on the 9th floor of the Kimball Tower. For details, contact Noel Reynolds, 764 SWKT. Since January, seven papers have been presented, some of which have either already been published or will be published in the future.


Additional Subscription Benefits Nov 2023

Additional Subscription Benefits

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Second Major Volume Focuses On Lds Topics Nov 2023

Second Major Volume Focuses On Lds Topics

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

The second volume of By Study and Also by Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh W. Nibley has just been published by F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book. This completes a landmark 2-volume set of essays by fifty scholars. This volume contains many essays that will interest Latter-day Saint readers. Edited by Dr. John M. Lundquist and Dr. Stephen D. Ricks, the volume is divided into two parts. The section on the "Scriptures of the Latter-day Saints" contains ten articles- fully half the volume-that deal specifically with the Book of Mormon.