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Annual Banquet Draws Crowd Oct 2023

Annual Banquet Draws Crowd

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

More than 180 people attended the second annual F.A.R.M.S. banquet on September 27. We enjoyed the opportunity to see many of the people that make the work of the Foundation possible.

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Service To Farms Appreciated, Noel B. Reynolds Oct 2023

Service To Farms Appreciated, Noel B. Reynolds

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

September 1991 brought Stephen D. Ricks's three-year term as President of F.A.R.M.S. to a close. Without compensation, Professor Ricks has given hundreds of hours to the direction of the organization. Under his vigorous leadership and with increased levels of volunteer support, F.A.R.M.S. has grown and greatly increased its output over those three years.

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Kingship And Temple In 2 Nephi 5-10, John M. Lundquist, John W. Welch Oct 2023

Kingship And Temple In 2 Nephi 5-10, John M. Lundquist, John W. Welch

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

Several studies have demonstrated that building (or renovating) and maintaining a temple was an integral part of the legal formation and ongoing legitimation of ancient Near Eastern states and societies. (See John M. Lundquist, "Temple, Covenant, and Law in the Ancient Near East and in the Old Testament," in Israel's Apostasy and Restoration [Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1988]).

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Encyclopedia Of Mormonism Can Be Ordered Through Farms Oct 2023

Encyclopedia Of Mormonism Can Be Ordered Through Farms

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

The publication of Macmillan's Encyclopedia of Mormonism is now scheduled for this November. A multi-volume work produced at BYU, this reference source contains 1,300 original articles signed by over 750 authors, 500 illustrations, and 50 maps and charts. Its topics range from Aaronic Priesthood to Zion's Camp. The fifth volume contains the texts of the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. The set will retail for over $340.00.

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Noel Reynolds Becomes Third Farms President Oct 2023

Noel Reynolds Becomes Third Farms President

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

Noel B. Reynolds has become the president of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies. He brings a wealth of scholarly experience and administrative talent to his task. He is a Professor of Political Science and former Associate Academic Vice-President at BYU, with a Ph.D. from Harvard. He served on the editorial board of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism and has been a member of the F.A.R.M.S. board of directors for 10 years. He has also given considerable service in the Church, having served as a bishop, scoutmaster, Gospel Doctrine teacher, and in other callings. He and his wife Sydney …

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.

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Sperry Symposium To Focus On Book Of Mormon Doctrine Oct 2023

Sperry Symposium To Focus On Book Of Mormon Doctrine

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

"Doctrines of the Book of Mormon" is the title of this Fall's Sperry Symposium, sponsored by the College of Religious Education at BYU. The symposium will be held on Saturday, October 26, in the new Joseph Smith Building. Sessions will begin at 8:00 A.M. and end at 5:20 P.M.

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New Aston Papers Oct 2023

New Aston Papers

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

Revised and updated versions of two papers by Warren P. and Michaela J. Aston are now available. Both papers report several on-site visits and fieldwork by the authors in the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Yemen during the period 1984 to 1990.

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Seminars Present Current Research Oct 2023

Seminars Present Current Research

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

The first session of the Book of Mormon brown bag seminar in 1991 was in two parts. Jack Welch, Gary Gillum, and Don Parry reported on the progress of the F.A.R.M.S. Book of Mormon Bibliography project that will add entries and annotate all entries. The second part of the session consisted of a presentation by Jack Welch on how the varying perspectives and personal experiences of Book of Mormon prophets influenced how they expressed their testimonies of Christ.

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New Nibley Book Focuses On Anti-Mormon Writings Oct 2023

New Nibley Book Focuses On Anti-Mormon Writings

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

The apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal" (1 Corinthians 13:1). Since then, the terms "tinkling cymbals" and "sounding brass" have often been used to signify words of emptiness and confusion, an apt description of most writings critical of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. In Tinkling Cymbals and Sounding Brass: The Art of Telling Tales about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, volume 11 of the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, Brother Nibley brings his …

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The Gospel As Taught By Nephite Prophets, Noel B. Reynolds Oct 2023

The Gospel As Taught By Nephite Prophets, Noel B. Reynolds

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

The Book of Mormon uses the terms gospel and doctrine to refer to the way by which individuals come to Christ. Three Book of Mormon passages in particular (2 Nephi 31:2-32:6; 3 Nephi 11:23-39; 3 Nephi 27:13-21) define the gospel of Jesus Christ, each in a six-point formula. This formula states that if people will (1) believe in Christ, (2) repent of their sins, and (3) submit to baptism in water as a witness of their willingness to take his name upon themselves and keep his commandments, he will (4) pour out his Spirit upon them and cleanse them of …

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Mormon Studies Center Created In Great Britain Oct 2023

Mormon Studies Center Created In Great Britain

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

Nottingham University has established a Centre for Mormon Studies, which is a good sign of the Church's increased visibility-and to some extent acceptability-in Great Britain. The Church Educational System has provided them a basic library of Church-related materials, with the logistical support of the local CES coordinator, Brother David Cook.

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References To Abraham Found In Two Egyptian Texts, John Gee Oct 2023

References To Abraham Found In Two Egyptian Texts, John Gee

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

After years of going unnoticed, significant references to Abraham have recently surfaced in two Egyptian texts. They provide important links between father Abraham and Facsimiles 1 and 2 in the Pearl of Great Price. The two references are found in papyri catalogued as Leiden 1 383 and I 384. Both texts come from Thebes and date to about the same time as the Joseph Smith papyri.

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.

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Violent End To Maya Civilization? Oct 2023

Violent End To Maya Civilization?

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

A May 26 article in the Washington Post reports on the archaeological research of Vanderbilt U. Prof. Arthur Demarest that shows that the Maya civilization may have collapsed much more violently and much more rapidly than previously thought. "The whole region was gripped by endemic warfare far more destructive than anything we had ever imagined," says Demarest. He believes that this collapse was related to overpopulation and poor soils.

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Correction Or Clarification Oct 2023

Correction Or Clarification

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

In the May 1991 issue of Insights, reference was made to Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Re-examined as "expressly anti-Mormon." Whereas affidavits reprinted and analyzed in this book may be considered "anti-Mormon," F.A.R.M.S. expresses no position about the book.

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Antenantiosis In The Book Of Mormon Oct 2023

Antenantiosis In The Book Of Mormon

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

Gail Call, one of our enthusiastic F.A.R.M.S. readers, has pointed out the presence in the Book of Mormon of an interesting figure of speech called antenantiosis. In this figure of speech, an expression is stated in terms of its negated opposite. The result is to express the positive in a very high degree, or as the biblical scholar E.W. Bullinger puts it, "We thus emphasize that which we seem to lessen" (Figures of Speech Used in the Bible [Baker Book House: Grand Rapids, 1989], pp. 159-64).

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New Testament Word Studies Oct 2023

New Testament Word Studies

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

To enrich your study of the New Testament, F.A.R.M.S. offers a ground-breaking collection of twelve LDS word studies from the Greek New Testament. The eighth Article of Faith states, "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly." Many nuances and connotations of Greek words in the writings of John, Paul, Peter, and others are of great interest to Latter-day Saints.

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Annual Banquet Scheduled For September 27 Oct 2023

Annual Banquet Scheduled For September 27

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

Elder Neal A. Maxwell has graciously agreed to speak briefly on September 27 at the annual F.A.R.M.S. recognition banquet. The positive comments received after our two banquets during the last year--one honoring Hugh Nibley's eightieth birthday and a dinner at which Truman Madsen spoke--convinced us that many friends of the Foundation enjoy the chance to share an evening together.

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Collected Works Computerized Oct 2023

Collected Works Computerized

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

Infobases, Inc., has put the first 10 volumes of the Collected Works of Hugh Nibley on computer disk. They come with Folio software that makes it quick and easy to search for particular words and phrases. Copies of this and other Infobases products are now available through F.A.R.M.S. at a 10% discount. See the order form on page 4.

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Mesoamerican Tours Shaping Up Oct 2023

Mesoamerican Tours Shaping Up

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

Don't miss the F.A.R.M.S. tours to southern Mexico and Guatemala, identified by many as the heartland of the Book of Mormon. John W. Welch will lead a tour leaving on November 5 and Noel Reynolds will lead a second tour to the same areas leaving on February 4 of next year.

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Kbyu Will Broadcast 52 Book Of Mormon Classes By Hugh Nibley Oct 2023

Kbyu Will Broadcast 52 Book Of Mormon Classes By Hugh Nibley

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

During the 1988-89 and 1989-90 school years, the Brigham Young University Division of Continuing Education and KBYU TV joined to film Hugh Nibley teaching BYU Religion classes 421 and 422, "Teachings of the Book of Mormon." The visual and sound quality are excellent.

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Symbolic Action As Prophetic Curse, Donald W. Parry Oct 2023

Symbolic Action As Prophetic Curse, Donald W. Parry

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

At one point in his ministry, Isaiah was instructed by the Lord to remove his garment and shoes and walk "naked [like a slave, without an upper garment] and barefoot" among the people. Isaiah's action was to be a sign, for as Isaiah walked like a slave, even so would the Egyptians become slaves to the Assyrians (Isaiah 20:2-4). This prophetic symbolic action by Isaiah represented a prophetic curse that destruction and ruin would come upon the Egyptians.

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Farms Plans Open House At Education Week Oct 2023

Farms Plans Open House At Education Week

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

If you are going to attend this year's Education Week on the BYU campus, plan to visit the F.A.R.M.S open house on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 5:00 to 7:30 P.M. on the ground floor of Amanda Knight Hall, just south of campus on the corner of 800 North and University Avenue.

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Nibley Exposes The Pretensions Of The Ancient State--And Of Our Own Oct 2023

Nibley Exposes The Pretensions Of The Ancient State--And Of Our Own

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

"Reading Nibley is a constant pleasure, even where the argument is subtle or a page is studded with details. To benefit most fully from reading Nibley, one must be like a cup, ready to be filled to the brim, and then some," writes Stephen D. Ricks, Associate Professor of Asian and Near Eastern Languages, in the forward to The Ancient State: The Rulers and the Ruled.

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Full Issue Oct 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.

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Christenson Gives Farms Book Of Mormon Lecture Oct 2023

Christenson Gives Farms Book Of Mormon Lecture

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

On February 27 Dr. Allen J. Christenson presented the fourth annual F.A.R.M.S. Book of Mormon lecture, entitled "Maya Harvest Festivals and the Book of Mormon."

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New Paper Issued On Priesthood In The Book Of Mosiah Oct 2023

New Paper Issued On Priesthood In The Book Of Mosiah

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

Daniel C. Peterson has recently completed a study of what the book of Mosiah reveals about priesthood among the Nephites. His paper on the subject is now available through F.A.R.M.S.

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What Does The Farms Logo Mean? Oct 2023

What Does The Farms Logo Mean?

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

Recently, a number of new subscribers have inquired about the meaning of the Foundation's logo. We hope that the following brief explanation will answer your questions.

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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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