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Staff Members Change Duties Oct 2023

Staff Members Change Duties

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

Recently it has been necessary to make some changes in the responsibilities of members of our staff. We want to let you know about these changes so that you will know whom to contact when you have business to conduct with F.A.R.M.S.

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Tours To Mesoamerica Announced Oct 2023

Tours To Mesoamerica Announced

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

F.A.R.M.S. is sponsoring two tours to the lands of the Book of Mormon in Mexico and Guatemala. This is a great opportunity for you to visit the lands and sites that most likely were the setting for most of the Book of Mormon, with other F.A.R.M.S. subscribers who share your interests and with commentary provided by a member of the F.A.R.M.S. board of directors, who will accompany the tour as guest lecturer. The tour will be led by Joseph Allen.

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Collected Updates Of 1990 Highlight Recent Research Oct 2023

Collected Updates Of 1990 Highlight Recent Research

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

The F.A.R.M.S. Updates for 1990 have been collected and are available as a set on the order form in this issue. These updates give brief reports on some of the most interesting Book of Mormon research currently being conducted. They are the quickest and most direct way to keep up-to-date on research in progress.

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Concrete Evidence For The Book Of Mormon, Matthew G. Wells, John W. Welch Oct 2023

Concrete Evidence For The Book Of Mormon, Matthew G. Wells, John W. Welch

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Helaman 3:7-11 reports that Nephite dissenters began moving from the land of Zarahemla into the land northward where they began building with cement. "The people who went forth became exceedingly expert in the working of cement; therefore they did build houses of cement," as well as "all manner of their buildings" and many cities "both of wood and of cement." The Book of Mormon dates this significant technological advance to the year 46 B.C.

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1991 Review Examines 17 New Books On The Book Of Mormon Oct 2023

1991 Review Examines 17 New Books On The Book Of Mormon

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The third volume of the annual F.A.R.M.S. Review of Books on the Book of Mormon is now available for purchase.

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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Sorenson And Raish Bibliography Available On Disk Oct 2023

Sorenson And Raish Bibliography Available On Disk

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

In accordance with requests from readers, we are making copies of John Sorenson's and Martin Raish's Pre-Columbian Contacts with the Americas across the Oceans: An Annotated Bibliography available on computer disk. See the order form for details.

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Brown Bag Seminar Continues To Explore New Research Oct 2023

Brown Bag Seminar Continues To Explore New Research

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

The first presentation of the Fall 1990 semester was an illustrated report on the progress of research by Warren and Michaela Aston on possible sites for the original Bountiful. John Sorenson and Mel Thorne used slides and information provided by the Astons to brief the seminar participants on the state of the Aston's research. (See the article above.)

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Astons Report Latest Findings In Oman Oct 2023

Astons Report Latest Findings In Oman

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

Michaela and Warren Aston of Queensland, Australia, have sent to F.A.R.M.S. a preliminary report on their third trip to the Arabian peninsula to search for Lehi's land Bountiful. Despite political tensions in the area, they accomplished more in the three weeks they spent there than on any previous trip. They completed their survey of the coastline and took numerous photographs.

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Fund-Raising Committee Is Expanded Oct 2023

Fund-Raising Committee Is Expanded

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Much of the fund raising necessary to carry on the work of F.A.R.M.S. is done by the Foundation Endowment Committee. This committee is directed by Brent Hall as the Foundation Development Director and consists of some great friends of F.A.R.M.S., including David Reeves, Allen Hill, Merrill Bateman, and Ed Pinegar.

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Book Of Mormon Bibliography--Volunteers Needed Oct 2023

Book Of Mormon Bibliography--Volunteers Needed

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

A mammoth task is now underway: with added emphasis on Book of Mormon scholarship the past few years, it has become necessary to improve, update, and annotate the 1986 F.A.R.M.S. Bibliography of the Book of Mormon. Donald W. Parry, who will oversee this project, notes that during the past five years, several hundred students and scholars have realized the usefulness of this bibliography.

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Temples Of The Ancient Near East And Mediterranean World Oct 2023

Temples Of The Ancient Near East And Mediterranean World

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

The F.A.R.M.S. Temples Bibliography, made available in 1989 as a study aid, has been published by the Edwin Mellen Press of New York. Entitled A Bibliography on Temples of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World, the work is arranged by subject and by author.

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Byu Studies And The Book Of Mormon Oct 2023

Byu Studies And The Book Of Mormon

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

The Summer 1990 issue of BYU Studies is dedicated solely to Book of Mormon thought and "offers a sample of recent scholarship on the Book of Mormon," says Kent P. Jackson, guest editor of the volume. Jackson adds, "It is intentionally diverse and includes a variety that ranges from doctrine to history and from ocean currents to word prints."

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Figurine Volume Published Oct 2023

Figurine Volume Published

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

We are pleased to announce the publication of volume 1 of the New World Figurine Project by the F.A.R.M.S. Research Press. This first of a projected six volumes contains more than a dozen scholarly essays that illustrate and analyze ancient American human figurines.

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New Discoveries In Mexico On The Jaredite Period, John L. Sorenson Oct 2023

New Discoveries In Mexico On The Jaredite Period, John L. Sorenson

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

The fact that data on early civilization in Mesoamerica has been skimpy has held back attempts to shed light on the period of the Jaredites. Newly reported research confirms that the roots of better-known, later cultures like the Maya go back a very long time and thus that much of what is known about the later peoples applies to their predecessors also. The more such connections that are found, the more we will know about the Jaredite period.

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Exciting Research In An Easily Readable Form Oct 2023

Exciting Research In An Easily Readable Form

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

Every student should have a copy of the newly completed Rediscovering the Book of Mormon. It is the kind of book that F.A.R.M.S. subscribers have been asking for: exciting new discoveries about the Book of Mormon made by LDS scholars, presented in a form accessible to all readers. No special background is required to appreciate these twenty-three brief essays-just a desire to rediscover the value of the Book of Mormon by learning new things about it.

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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New Evidence For Date Of Christ's Birth Oct 2023

New Evidence For Date Of Christ's Birth

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

Between the birth of Christ and the death of Herod there was a lunar eclipse. Attempts to date Christ's birth have involved trying to establish the date of this eclipse. For many years it has been believed that the eclipse occurred on March 13, 4 B.C., which would place Christ's birth in either 5 or 6 B.C.

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New Work On Book Of Mormon Geography Oct 2023

New Work On Book Of Mormon Geography

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

John Sorenson has completed a major work on a topic of long-time interest to Latter-day Saint readers of the Book of Mormon. Called The Geography of Book of Mormon Events: A Source Book, it includes information that anybody dealing with this topic hereafter cannot do without. Sorenson focuses on events in the Americas; his ultimate goal is to move students of the subject toward consensus.

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Building Bridges Oct 2023

Building Bridges

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

In 1986 Roger R. Keller, a former Presbyterian minister, published his Reformed Christians and Mormon Christians: Let's Talk. The book lays a foundation for helping Protestants and Latter-day Saints discover the overlapping precepts of their convictions in Christ. Chapter 5 is on the Book of Mormon and the concept of scripture. The book is offered at a discount at this time through the generosity of Truman Madsen, a longtime member of the F.A.R.M.S. advisory board.

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New Edition Helps Book Of Mormon Study Oct 2023

New Edition Helps Book Of Mormon Study

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

A new "Fireside Edition" of the Book of Mormon is now available through F.A.R.M.S. This edition contains the text of the Book of Mormon in seven paperback volumes, with lines in the wide margins that are suitable for taking brief notes and making cross-references. In addition, at the end of each volume is a short appendix dealing primarily with eyewitnesses to the Book of Mormon.

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Biblical Law Biography Published Oct 2023

Biblical Law Biography Published

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

Last month a technical 339-page listing of Biblical Law scholarly sources was published as number 51 in the Toronto Studies in Theology by the Edwin Mellen Press in New York.

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Sherem's Accusations Against Jacob Oct 2023

Sherem's Accusations Against Jacob

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An interesting encounter is reported in Jacob 7 between Sherem and Jacob. In light of the ancient Israelite criminal law that was in force among the Nephites at this time and at least to the reforms of Mosiah (2 Ne. 5:10; Jarom 1:5; Mosiah 17:7-8; Alma 1:17), it is evident that Sherem's accusations were serious allegations. On three accounts, he accused Jacob of offenses punishable by death.

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Fourth Annual Book Of Mormon Lecture Slated Oct 2023

Fourth Annual Book Of Mormon Lecture Slated

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

The fourth annual F.A.R.M.S. Book of Mormon lecture will be presented by Dr. Allen J. Christenson on February 27. The title of his lecture is "The Mayan Festival of Resurrection and the Book of Mormon." This presentation will be based on years of research into contemporary and ancient Highland Mayan religious festivals. Dr. Christenson will trace these festivals through time, examine their symbolic treatments of the tree of life and of the conflict between death and the underworld, and note Book of Mormon parallels. He will illustrate his presentation with numerous slides.

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Sorenson Retires From Farms Board Oct 2023

Sorenson Retires From Farms Board

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

After ten years of leadership and service, John L. Sorenson has retired from the board of directors of F.A.R.M.S. to devote more time to his own research and writing, such as his project on Book of Mormon geography featured in this issue. We thank him for the incalculable help he has given to the Foundation and to the cause of scholarly research on the Book of Mormon.

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Frontmatter (Volume 43, Issue 9), Paul Mojzes Oct 2023

Frontmatter (Volume 43, Issue 9), Paul Mojzes

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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Book Of Mormon Educator Passes Away Oct 2023

Book Of Mormon Educator Passes Away

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

Eldin Ricks, professor emeritus of Ancient Scripture at BYU, who was a friend of F.A.R.M.S. and a tireless advocate of the Book of Mormon, passed away last month. In our last newsletter we reported his generosity in donating copies of his wide-margin edition of the Book of Mormon to F.A.R.M.S. to make it more widely available---a good example of his efforts on behalf of the scriptures (and their Author). We will miss him.

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Little-Known Magazine Defended The Mormon Point Of View Oct 2023

Little-Known Magazine Defended The Mormon Point Of View

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In 1904 an English professor at BYU, Nels Lars Nelson, began publishing a little-known magazine entitled The Mormon Point of View. Although his valiant effort was sustained only for four issues, Nelson was able to write and publish several eloquent and insightful articles.

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Nibley Discusses Current Research At Annual Farms Banquet Oct 2023

Nibley Discusses Current Research At Annual Farms Banquet

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

More than 250 people enjoyed the annual F.A.R.M.S. banquet on October 17. Following dinner and reports on the past year's projects and the next year's plans, the highlights of the evening were a beautiful harp solo by Tamara Oswald of the Utah Symphony and remarks by Hugh Nibley.

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