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Full Issue Jul 2023

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

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''The Lord Appointed Other Seventy Also", John A. Tvedtnes Jul 2023

''The Lord Appointed Other Seventy Also", John A. Tvedtnes

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Our understanding of the Seventy in early Christian times is dim because the Bible and historical sources in general contain such scant information concerning that priestly office. Who were the Seventy? What was their calling? Was there one body of Seventy or two? As we search for answers, insights from restoration scripture and history, as well as hints from the early church fathers Eusebius and Clement, may prove helpful.

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Joseph Smith And Mohammed Jul 2023

Joseph Smith And Mohammed

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In his book The World and the Prophets, Hugh Nibley observes that critics are not slow to point out superficial resemblances between our modern prophets and other men of their time. For example, Joseph Smith founded a church, and so did other men; he claimed revelation from heaven, and so did they; he was persecuted, and so were they; he read the Bible, and so did they; and because they were impostors, so accordingly was he. This last point, of course, is not supported by the superficial resemblances. What we must ask in the case of the modern prophet …

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Nibley Fellowships Assist Rising Scholars Jul 2023

Nibley Fellowships Assist Rising Scholars

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For a number of years FARMS has sponsored a graduate fellowship program that gives financial aid to students pursuing advanced degrees in fields of special interest to FARMS. Named in honor of eminent Latter-day Saint scholar Hugh Nibley, the Nibley Fellowship is made possible by generous donations from individuals committed to helping further the mission of the Foundation.

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Dulling Occam's Razor, John W. Welch Jul 2023

Dulling Occam's Razor, John W. Welch

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William of Occam, an important medieval philosopher, became famous for using a rule of logic that has become a fundamental building block of modern scientific analysis. In one of its more popular formulations, this principle, known as Occam's Razor, considers it axiomatic that the simplest possible solution is the best solution. In many cases, this approach is reasonable. For example, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line (on a Euclidean plane), and a simple computer program takes less memory and therefore runs faster than a more sophisticated one. In other cases, however, Occam's Razor does not seem …

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Why Nephi Wrote The Small Plates: Serving Practical Needs, John W. Welch Jul 2023

Why Nephi Wrote The Small Plates: Serving Practical Needs, John W. Welch

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Nephi wrote his small plates soon after important events such as Lehi's death, Nephi's separation from his rebellious brothers, and the establishment of the reign of kings (see last month's research update). Recognizing when he wrote, we can better appreciate not only Nephi's stated reasons for writing the small plates but also subtle underlying motivations behind his inspired selection and treatment of this material.

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Cpart Assesses Manuscript Archives In Be_I_Rut, Vc;1,~L~~N Jul 2023

Cpart Assesses Manuscript Archives In Be_I_Rut, Vc;1,~L~~N

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In February, Daniel C. Peterson and E. Jan Wilson of the FARMS Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (CPART) visited with officials in Beirut, Lebanon, and at the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome to determine the feasibility of digitally imaging ancient religious manuscripts for inclusion in a CD-ROM database. If undertaken, the project stands to benefit not only the many communities whose religious heritages will be preserved, but also Westerners who know very little about Syriac, Christian Arabic, and Armenian theology, liturgy, philosophy, and history-much of it relevant to the study of early Christianity.

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Farms Lecture Series Focuses On Book Of Abraham Jul 2023

Farms Lecture Series Focuses On Book Of Abraham

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During a March lecture series at Brigham Young University, three Latter-day Saint scholars shared recent research on the Book of Abraham. This research supports the ancient origin and character of the Book of Abraham. Sponsored by FARMS, the free public lectures drew large crowds, filling an auditorium to capacity and necessitating overflow accommodations. (The final lecture, "Abraham's Creation Drama," given by Hugh Nibley on 6 April, will be covered in next month's newsletter.)

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Full Issue Jul 2023

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Nibley On The Infancy Gospels Jul 2023

Nibley On The Infancy Gospels

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A mass of popular fables and miracle stories about Jesus' childhood have come down to us as the "Infancy Gospels." In Mormonism and Early Christianity, Hugh Nibley calls these stories unabashed daydreams in which Jesus is always the "super-boy" whose tricks are the dread and envy of all his fellows.

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New Book, Video On Dead Sea Scrolls Jul 2023

New Book, Video On Dead Sea Scrolls

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FARMS is pleased to make available a new volume containing the proceedings of the international conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls held at Brigham Young University on 15-17 July 1996. Sponsored by BYU and FARMS, the conference attracted scroll scholars from around the world, many of whom presented their latest research. Edited by Donald W. Parry and Eugene Ulrich, The Provo International Conference on the Dead Sea Scrolls: Technological Innovations, New Texts, and Reformulated Issues marks a milestone in scroll research.

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A Literary Analysis Of Moroni 7, Richard Dilworth Rust Jul 2023

A Literary Analysis Of Moroni 7, Richard Dilworth Rust

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Moroni 7 is one of the most tightly woven and forceful sermons in the Book of Mormon. Recorded by Mormon's son Moroni, this sermon on faith, hope, and charity is particularly poignant because Mormon has been killed by the Lamanites and Moroni is the solitary survivor. We can picture Moroni rereading this sermon in order to strengthen his own faith, hope, and charity-topics he addresses in his concluding words in the Book of Mormon.

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When Did Nephi Write The Small Plates?, John W. Welch Jul 2023

When Did Nephi Write The Small Plates?, John W. Welch

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In reading 1 Nephi, few people stop to think when Nephi actually wrote this account of his family's flight from Jerusalem and journey across the sea to a land of promise. Knowing when Nephi began to write the small plates (beginning with the account we now have in 1 Nephi) clarifies the purposes that stand behind that record and influenced its final form and content.

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Bookstore Discounts For Farms Members Jul 2023

Bookstore Discounts For Farms Members

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FARMS members can now enjoy an additional benefit of membership. Upon presenting a membership card at participating bookstores, they will receive the same 20 percent discount on FARMS products that they currently receive on many items by ordering directly through FARMS. The membership card is enclosed in this mailing.

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Sermon On The Mount Symposium Convened Jul 2023

Sermon On The Mount Symposium Convened

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At a FARMS symposium held on the BYU campus on 6 February 1999, John W. Welch discussed his newly revised and updated book, Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and Sermon on the Mount: An Approach to 3 Nephi 11-18 and Matthew 5-7. He also responded to comments from a panel of five BYU professors who explored the implications of his thesis that the Sermon on the Mount is best understood in a temple context.

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Full Issue Jul 2023

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Dead Sea Scrolls Documentary Available On Video Jul 2023

Dead Sea Scrolls Documentary Available On Video

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

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the status of ongoing scroll research by scholars from Brigham Yow1g University and FARMS were the focus of a one-hour KBYU-TV documentary that premiered on 24 January 1999. Titled LDS Perspectives on the Dead Sea Scrolls, the program is available on videocassette from FARMS (see the order form).

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Study Guides On New Testament Themes Available Jul 2023

Study Guides On New Testament Themes Available

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Richard Lloyd Anderson, professor emeritus of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University, has made available two outstanding course supplements on the New Testament. His expansive knowledge of the New Testament and early Christianity is readily apparent in Guide to the Life of Christ and Guide to Acts and the Apostles' Letters.

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The Sermon On The Mount: Restoration Of The Higher Law, John A. Tvedtnes Jul 2023

The Sermon On The Mount: Restoration Of The Higher Law, John A. Tvedtnes

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In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus introduced a higher law that had not been in force since the days of Moses. In order to fully understand the sermon, we must begin by examining the law of Moses.

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Ancient Manuscripts Fit Book Of Mormon Pattern, John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes Jul 2023

Ancient Manuscripts Fit Book Of Mormon Pattern, John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes

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The Prophet Joseph Smith's claim that he translated an ancient text from gold plates he had found buried in the ground was greeted with disbelief in the press and in early anti-Mormon literature. Alexander Campbell, a prominent American religious leader who wrote the first book critical of the Book of Mormon, scoffed at the fact that it had been translated "from the reformed Egyptian!!!" Critics derided the Book of Mormon by calling it the "gold Bible," reflecting the skepticism about scripture being written on metal plates.

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Chiasmus Bibliography Marks Thirty Years Of Research Jul 2023

Chiasmus Bibliography Marks Thirty Years Of Research

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As a missionary in Germany in 1967, John W. Welch, along with his companion, attended a theological lecture in which the professor explained chiasmus, a kind of literary parallelism prevalent in the Bible. Soon thereafter Welch was the first person to discover superb examples of chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, a strong indication of that record's ancient and artistic composition. Bringing this to the professor's attention, Welch was unceremoniously dismissed. But the response a few months later from a Jesuit priest who was an authority on the subject was encouraging, even prophetic: "You are very fortunate. I think you …

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Was Mulek A "Blood Son" Of King Zedekiah?, John L. Sorenson Jul 2023

Was Mulek A "Blood Son" Of King Zedekiah?, John L. Sorenson

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The Book of Mormon identifies Mulek as the only son of King Zedekiah to escape execution during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem (Omni 1:15; Helaman 8:21). Like the Lehites, Mulek and those with him fled Jerusalem and were "brought by the hand of the Lord across the great waters" (Omni 1:16). Descendants of the group later settled in the land of Zarahemla, where the people under Mosiah discovered them and Mosiah became king when the two groups merged into a single polity (Omni 1:19).

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Imaging Charred Scrolls: Petra And Herculaneum Jul 2023

Imaging Charred Scrolls: Petra And Herculaneum

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FARMS is involved in two overseas projects in which its use of state-of-the-art multispectral imaging technology is helping illuminate the writing on ancient scrolls damaged by fire long ago.

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Reprint Examines Chiasmus In Ancient Literature Jul 2023

Reprint Examines Chiasmus In Ancient Literature

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Chiasmus in Antiquity: Structures, Analyses, Exegesis, a groundbreaking book out of print for a decade, is now published for the first time in the United State1 as a FARMS reprint (see the enclosed order form) . First released in 1981 in Germany, this volume of essays edited by Professor John W. Welch devotes more than three hundred pages to identifying and analyzing chiasmus in ancient texts. Chiasmus is a form of literary parallelism in which the elements of a textual passage are first presented in one order and then repeated in reverse order.

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Full Issue Jul 2023

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Lectures Open Windows On Ancient World Jul 2023

Lectures Open Windows On Ancient World

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In full swing since the beginning of fall semester, FARMS brown bag lectures have kept attendees updated on an array of topics in ancient research.

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Background On The Gospels, John A. Tvedtnes Jul 2023

Background On The Gospels, John A. Tvedtnes

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The term gospel means "good news" and has specific reference to the news of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ. The word came to be applied to histories of the life and ministry of Christ because Mark began his account with the words "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God ... " (Mark 1:1).

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Tents In The Book Of Mormon, John L. Sorenson Jul 2023

Tents In The Book Of Mormon, John L. Sorenson

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Rerences to New World tents in the Book of Mormon raise legitimate questions about whether tents are known from scholarly sources on Mesoamerica. The earliest evidence comes from historical documents written around the time of the Spanish conquest in 1521, or more than one thousand years after the demise of the Nephite civilization. These records indicate that different kinds of tents and tent-like structures were in regular use by Aztec armies and that, when the Spaniards saw them, they immediately labeled them tiendas, "tents."

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Article Explains How New Testament Books Were Chosen Jul 2023

Article Explains How New Testament Books Were Chosen

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

Within a century of the death of Jesus Christ, Christians had produced a body of religious writings that preserved and complemented their presumably rich oral tradition. This small but diverse library included various accounts of Christ's birth, collections of his sayings, reports of his wondrous deeds and the missionary activities of his apostles, Paul's letters, homilies, and more. A few centuries later, some of these writings became canonized as accepted scriptures to the exclusion of others. Who made those crucial decisions? How, when, and under what circumstances was our present New Testament canon determined?

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Revised Book Extends Lds Scholar's Analysis Of Jesus' Immortal Sermon Jul 2023

Revised Book Extends Lds Scholar's Analysis Of Jesus' Immortal Sermon

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

John W. Welch has revised and updated his 1990 book The Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount, which presented a thorough Latter-day Saint interpretation of Jesus' masterful sermon delivered to his disciples in New Testament Galilee and in New World Bountiful. The new FARMS paperback edition, titled Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and Sermon on the Mount: An Approach to 3 Nephi 11-18 and Matthew 5-7, features a new chapter and several new sections that offer interesting support for viewing the Sermon as a ritual text.

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