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Book Of Mormon Tribal Affiliation And Military Castes Nov 2023

Book Of Mormon Tribal Affiliation And Military Castes

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

This intriguing article, presented by John A. Tvedtnes at the F.A.R.M.S. Symposium on Warfare in the Book of Mormon, treats both the social structure and hereditary military leadership of Nephite and Lamanite society.

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An Oath Of Allegiance In The Book Of Mormon Nov 2023

An Oath Of Allegiance In The Book Of Mormon

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

According to Terrence L. Szink, "an important element in any military endeavor is the loyalty of the soldiers. Obviously, even the most brilliant military tactics will fail if the troops are unfaithful in fulfilling their duty." As a result, loyalty oaths were often administered among soldiers in the ancient Near East. These oaths often included "simile oaths," where some object is likened to the persons making the oath. Thus, in the Hittite loyalty oath, the person administering the oath said, after placing wax and mutton fat in the hands of each of those taking the oath, "just as th is …

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Symposium On Warfare In The Book Of Mormon Held Nov 2023

Symposium On Warfare In The Book Of Mormon Held

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

The F.A.R.M.S. Symposium on War1are in the Book of Mormon was held on March 24 and 25 at Brigham Young University. The conference was convened by William J. Hamblin and Stephen D. Ricks, and included among its participants and speakers Matthew Hilton, Hugh W. Nibley, Daniel C. Peterson, John L. Sorenson, Terrence L. Szink, John A. Tvedtnes, Bruce A. Warren, John W. Welch. The topics ranged from 'Why is there so much warfare in the Book of Mormon?" to a detailed discussion of the armor used by the Book of Mormon peoples. For example, no armor is mentioned to protect …

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The Prophetic Book Of Mormon, Volume 8 In The Nibley Collected Works, Is Now Available Nov 2023

The Prophetic Book Of Mormon, Volume 8 In The Nibley Collected Works, Is Now Available

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

For Hugh Nibley, the Book of Mormon is prophetic in every sense of the word. It was written by prophets and about prophets. It was foreseen by prophets and foresees our day. It is a book brought forth by prophetic gifts for prophetic purposes. It speaks in a clarion voice with words of counsel to those who would survive the last days.

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Christ Bennettsville Chage Conference Records 2004-2012, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville Nov 2023

Christ Bennettsville Chage Conference Records 2004-2012, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

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Christ Bennettsville Chage Conference Records 2013-2020, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville Nov 2023

Christ Bennettsville Chage Conference Records 2013-2020, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

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Christ Bennettsville Membership Records 2023, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville Nov 2023

Christ Bennettsville Membership Records 2023, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

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Christ Bennettsville Church Council Minutes 2002-2010, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville Nov 2023

Christ Bennettsville Church Council Minutes 2002-2010, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

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Christ Bennettsville Property Documents, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville Nov 2023

Christ Bennettsville Property Documents, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

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Christ Bennettsville Church Council Minutes 2012-2022, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville Nov 2023

Christ Bennettsville Church Council Minutes 2012-2022, Christ United Methodist Church Bennettsville

Methodist Local Church Records

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Center Mullins Charge Conference Reports, Center Mullins United Methodist Church Nov 2023

Center Mullins Charge Conference Reports, Center Mullins United Methodist Church

Methodist Local Church Records

No abstract provided.

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Full Issue Nov 2023

Full Issue

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

No abstract provided.

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New Office Coordinator Nov 2023

New Office Coordinator

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

Lois Richardson has begun part-time work as our office coordinator. She is finishing a degree at BYU in Near Eastern Studies. She brings a great deal of enthusiasm and secretarial and office experience to F.A.R.M.S.

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Executive Editor Joins Farms Staff Nov 2023

Executive Editor Joins Farms Staff

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

Melvin J. Thorne joins F.A.R.M.S. as Executive Editor and a member of the board of directors. He will coordinate all of the Foundation's many publishing projects.

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Study Of Figurines Sheds Light On Ancient Americas Nov 2023

Study Of Figurines Sheds Light On Ancient Americas

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

Archaeologist Terry Stocker (Ph.D., Illinois, 1983) is working under a F.A.R.M.S. research grant compiling articles that discuss and illustrate ceramic human figurines from throughout the Americas. Figurines can provide some of our most valuable information about ancient peoples arid their customs and relationships.

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The Updates Of 1989 Nov 2023

The Updates Of 1989

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

Now available for a nominal charge are the valuable Updates for 1989. These interesting and easily readable monthly reports track the steady flow of new research generated by the Foundation this year.

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Ten-Year Milestone Celebrated Nov 2023

Ten-Year Milestone Celebrated

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

On November 8, 1989, the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies marked the 10th anniversary of its incorporation. We are pleased to report some of the major accomplishments of your Foundation in its first decade.

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The Complete Updates Of The 80s Nov 2023

The Complete Updates Of The 80s

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

Since 1984, F.A.R.M.S. has announced many of its most exciting discoveries in its monthly Updates. Sixty-four Updates appeared in the 1980s. As this decade closes, these concise, informative summaries are now all conveniently available as a sing le set (includes 1989; see the attached order form).

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Explore Complexities Nov 2023

Explore Complexities

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

With in the next six months, the Foundation will complete a volume of essays that discuss complexities, subtleties, and intricate consistencies in the Book of Mormon. These essays, by more than 25 scholars, have been popularized to make them accessible to the general reader.

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Inscriptions Support Transoceanic Contact Nov 2023

Inscriptions Support Transoceanic Contact

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

John Sorenson recently joined other scholars in examining ancient inscriptions in southeastern Colorado that appear to be written in Ogam, a language known chiefly from Ireland in medieval times. While claims for the authenticity of ancient inscriptions in west European or North African writing systems allegedly found in many parts of North America have been rejected by most archaeologists because of the flawed evidence put forward to support the claims, these particular inscriptions are unusually impressive and cannot be dismissed as modern fakes.

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Warfare Volume At The Publisher Nov 2023

Warfare Volume At The Publisher

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

The F.A.R.M.S. Symposium on Warfare in the Book of Mormon held in March of this year produced some excellent contributions. Editors William J. Hamblin and Stephen D. Ricks have prepared these essays for publication as Warfare in the Book of Mormon, to be published by F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book Company in the latter part of 1990. The following are samples of the contributions in this book.

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New Reviews Coming Nov 2023

New Reviews Coming

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

F.A.R.M.S. will publish volume 2 of Review of Books on the Book of Mormon in the first months of 1990. It will contain reviews of all books about the Book of Mormon published in 1989, plus reviews of a few published earlier. We welcome review copies or unsolicited reviews of any books on the Book of Mormon.

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Inscription Appears To Be Hebrew Nov 2023

Inscription Appears To Be Hebrew

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

In 1889 a representative of the U.S. Bureau of American Ethnology excavated a small inscribed stone from an undisturbed burial mound in eastern Tennessee. He claimed that the signs on it were from the Cherokee Indian writing system invented about 1821. It was supposed at that time that these mounds were built in the centuries since European colonists had arrived.

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Searching Again For Old World Bountiful Nov 2023

Searching Again For Old World Bountiful

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

Warren Aston of Australia recently completed another field trip to Oman on the south Arabian peninsula searching for clues to the original land Bountiful where Nephi and his family built their ship. A F.A.R.M.S. research grant again aided his research.

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Looking For The Nephite Bountiful Nov 2023

Looking For The Nephite Bountiful

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

A grant from F.A.R.M.S. will support a photographic reconnaissance trip in southern Mexico at the end of December. At the invitation of John Sorenson, Dr. David Palmer and Mexican associates will examine a small area just east of the Coatzacoalcos River near the Gulf of Mexico where one or more archaeological ruins are thought to exist (remains have been re ported informally). Sorenson proposed in An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon that the city of Bountiful where the Savior visited was possibly located about there.

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Book Of Mormon Seminar Continues Nov 2023

Book Of Mormon Seminar Continues

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

An informal seminar continues to meet twice a month during regular BYU semesters and has held six sessions since the last Newsletter report. Persons interested in attending or making presentations should contact Noel B. Reynolds (801-378-2391).

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Nibley On "Criticizing The Authorities" Nov 2023

Nibley On "Criticizing The Authorities"

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

At the Church Educational System Symposium at BYU and the Sunstone Symposium in Salt Lake City in August, Hugh Nibley presented a paper on "Criticizing the Authorities." His paper draws heavily on the writings of Joseph Smith since, according to Brother Nibley, "criticism of the Church and its leaders has always centered around him."

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American Corn Depicted In Ancient India Nov 2023

American Corn Depicted In Ancient India

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

A recent article in Economic Botany contains abundant data showing the presence of American maize on the sculptured fronts of temples in southern India several centuries before the time of Columbus. Numerous accurate representations of corn ears on three temples near Mysore are pictured and analyzed by Carl L. Johannessen and Anne Z. Parker, geographers at the University of Oregon.

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Fifty Scholars To Honor Nibley Nov 2023

Fifty Scholars To Honor Nibley

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

In honor of the eightieth birthday of Dr. Hugh W. Nibley, F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book will publish two volumes of essays, entitled By Study and Also By Faith. These essays include contributions from some 50 LDS and non-LDS scholars.

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Annual Book Of Mormon Lecture Announced Nov 2023

Annual Book Of Mormon Lecture Announced

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

Professor Richard D. Rust, Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, will deliver the Foundation's annual Book of Mormon lecture at 7:30 P.M., February 27, 1990, in 2084 JKHB on the BYU campus. His lecture is titled "The Book of Mormon, Designed for Our Day."

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