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Ancient Christian Writings Available Sep 2023

Ancient Christian Writings Available

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

The long-awaited first volume of Doubleday's landmark publication of the Pseudepigrapha is off the press - and the best deal anywhere for getting a copy is through FARMS.


Reprints And Preliminary Reports Sep 2023

Reprints And Preliminary Reports

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

Paul Hoskisson analyzes words, phrases and writing styles from the Book of Mormon text. His paper, "The Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Language of the Book of Mormon," concludes that the scriptural record "is what it purports to be: a document with deep roots in the ancient Near Eastern milieu of Lehi's culture."


First Slide Show Completed Sep 2023

First Slide Show Completed

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

"I think we've got it," reported Kirk Magleby last week. After several hundred hours of work and three trips back to the sound stage to record the polished script, "Lands of the Book of Mormon" with 113 exquisite slides and a 22 minute cassette soundtrack Is now ready for distribution. Nearly 50 sets have already been purchased and delivered.


Complementary Listing Sep 2023

Complementary Listing

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A special catalogue of available reprints and preliminary reports has been prepared - to complement the 1984 Book of Mormon lessons for the Gospel Doctrine Sunday School class. Your copy Is enclosed in this mailing.


President's Message Sep 2023

President's Message

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

It's been a big summer around the Foundation, thanks to literally thousands of hours of dedicated volunteer efforts and to a continuous flow of letters and contributions from many of you. You will see what I mean as you read this Newsletter.


Full Issue Sep 2023

Full Issue

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

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Reprints & Preliminary Reports Sep 2023

Reprints & Preliminary Reports

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

F.A.R.M.S. is pleased to announce the addition of the following articles as Reprints and Preliminary Reports now available. One of the Foundation's main functions is to make research about the Book of Mormon easily accessible to general readers. The demand for these papers continues to be very strong and responses have been enthusiastic.


Project Updates Sep 2023

Project Updates

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Brian Stubbs has completed and submitted to F.A.R.M.S. his 93 page report entitled "Observations in Uto-Aztecan.'' Stubbs has been assisted by a research grant from the Foundation. His report concludes that there exists a possibility that ''something Semitic'' exists as a ''substantial element of a proto Uto-Aztecan creole.'' (A creole is a mixture of two languages, for example, using the grammar of one and the vocabulary of another.)


Notices And Reviews Sep 2023

Notices And Reviews

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

It seemed like a good idea--a first-of-its-kind-in-Australia Book of Mormon symposium sponsored by the LOS Student Association at the University of Sydney in Australia.


Farms News Sep 2023

Farms News

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

In the fall of 1978 Professor Joseph P. Schlutz, Professor of Talmudic and Rabbinic literature at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, conducted a semester-long seminar in which he and the class together considered various Jewish elements present in the Book of Mormon. The lectures considered such topic~ as the concept of God, cosmology, prophecy, law, sacrifice, prayer, liturgy, festivals, family and political institutions, messianism, and views of the afterlife. About 20 students participated in the seminar and through the generosity of several of them , F.A.R.M.S. has been able to obtain two sets of cassette recordings of the sessions. In …


Director's Message Sep 2023

Director's Message

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

As the Foundation continues to grow, we pass by some exciting milestones. Here are some firsts for F.A.R.M.S. for the last quarter.


Full Issue Sep 2023

Full Issue

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

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Follow Indian Example, Nibley Urges Sep 2023

Follow Indian Example, Nibley Urges

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

"It would be hard to imagine two cultures more opposed than our own and that of the Indians." These words summarize a central argument of a new paper by Hugh Nibley. In October 1992 Nibley gave a challenging and insightful address at the Bill of Rights Symposium sponsored by the J. Reuben Clark Law School at BYU. It has been published as "Promised Lands" in the Clark Memorandum by the Law School and is available as a reprint from F.A.R.M.S.


Firesides Planned Sep 2023

Firesides Planned

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

In addition to speaking at firesides periodically in the Salt Lake and Provo areas (call for details), scholars associated with F.A.R.M.S. are sometimes invited to travel to more distant locations to conduct firesides for interested friends of the Foundation. In October, Truman Madsen spoke at a successful F.A.R.M.S.-sponsored fireside in San Diego, on which we will report in the future. In the coming weeks, F.A.R.M.S. will sponsor the following firesides.


Fall Issue Of Journal Continues Tradition Sep 2023

Fall Issue Of Journal Continues Tradition

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

Students and teachers, academics and nonacademics, professional people and retirees-the contributors to the Fall issue of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies reflect a variety of backgrounds and interests, bound together by their shared commitment to the value of the Book of Mormon and their desire to plumb its depths.


Volunteers And Contributors Make Projects Succeed Sep 2023

Volunteers And Contributors Make Projects Succeed

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

Every subscription, every purchase, and every hour or dollar donated make a difference to the ·success of F.A.R.M.S. projects. The Foundation could not begin to accomplish its goals without the support of thousands of individuals who care deeply about the Book of Mormon and other witnesses of Jesus Christ.


Byu Studies Features Griggs And Jett On Archaeology And Pre-Columbian Voyaging Sep 2023

Byu Studies Features Griggs And Jett On Archaeology And Pre-Columbian Voyaging

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

By special arrangement, the most recent issue of BYU Studies is available through F.A.R.M.S. This outstanding publication contains several articles that will be of great interest to F.A.R.M.S. readers.


Essay Illuminates Publishing Process Sep 2023

Essay Illuminates Publishing Process

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

The Religious Studies Center at BYU sponsored a conference on Joseph Smith at the dedication of the new Joseph Smith Building on campus. Organized by Susan Easton Black, associate professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU, the conference was well attended and well received. Papers delivered at the conference have been published by the center and Bookcraft, and F.A.R.M.S. has arranged to reprint one of the chapters that particularly sheds light on the Book of Mormon.


Bat Creek Stone Revisted Sep 2023

Bat Creek Stone Revisted

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

For a number of years F.A.R.M.S. has devoted attention to an issue of considerable importance for the Book of Mormon: what were the number and nature of contacts between the Old World and the Americas before Columbus? John Sorenson in particular has contributed to the discussion of this issue, most significantly in his publication (with Martin Raish) of the two-volume, annotated bibliography, Pre-Columbian Contacts with the Americas across the Oceans.


Paper Considers Book Of Mormon Temples Sep 2023

Paper Considers Book Of Mormon Temples

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

Did the people of the Book of Mormon have temples as we know them? What did their temples mean to them, according to the Book of Mormon account? These and many other questions receive careful treatment in "The Temple in the Book of Mormon: The Temples at the Cities of Nephi, Zarahemla, and Bountiful" by John W. Welch, which is available as a preliminary report on the order form in this issue of Insights. In final form, it will be included in Temples in the Ancient World, which will be published by Deseret Book and F.A.R.M.S. next spring.


B. H. Roberts Affirms Book Of Mormon Antiquity In Newly Released Manuscript, John W. Welch Sep 2023

B. H. Roberts Affirms Book Of Mormon Antiquity In Newly Released Manuscript, John W. Welch

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L ONG unseen by LDS scholars, an 847-page typescript entitled The Truth, The Way, The Life by B. H. Roberts will soon be published by BYU Studies. Roberts worked on this treatise mainly in 1927-1928, but he was still revising it in 1932, so it contains some of his last words written for publication; he died in 1933.


Annual Dinner Builds Friendships Sep 2023

Annual Dinner Builds Friendships

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

Over 300 people gathered on October 30 to enjoy dinner, speeches, and association with friends old and new at the annual F.A.R.M.S. banquet. The featured speaker was Elder Dallin H. Oaks, who gave a major address on the historicity of the Book of Mormon. He described the strong position enjoyed by scholars willing to entertain evidence from both reason and faith, stressing the complexity and consistency of the ancient record. He challenged assertions of biblical criticism and pointed out that even if rational arguments about the historicity of the Book of Mormon should result in a draw (for lack of …


Joint Farms-Byu Project Will Create Dead Sea Scrolls Database On Computer Sep 2023

Joint Farms-Byu Project Will Create Dead Sea Scrolls Database On Computer

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

The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, in collaboration with Brigham Young University and the Dead Sea Scrolls Foundation in Jerusalem, has undertaken the production of a comprehensive electronic database of the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) and related materials on CD-ROM. The database will greatly increase the availability of essential research materials to scholars and students of the Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and other related literatures.


Full Issue Sep 2023

Full Issue

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

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Three New Books Announced Sep 2023

Three New Books Announced

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

We are pleased to announce final arrangements for the publication of three books in the first part of 1994. The papers from the 1992 F.A.R.M.S. Symposium on the olive in the ancient world will be co-published by F.A.R.M.S. and Deseret Book early in 1994. Two books will be published in the spring: papers on temples in the ancient world presented at the 1993 F.A.R.M.S. Symposium, and the next volume in The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley, featuring Nibley' s writings on Brigham Young.


Volunteers Create Fonts For Researchers Sep 2023

Volunteers Create Fonts For Researchers

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

Scholars working with Egyptian and Coptic will benefit from a F.A.R.M.S. project nearing completion. Steve Booras, a team leader in testing with WordPerfect Corporation, has donated his time and expertise to create Type 1 Postscript fonts of Egyptian and Coptic.


New Video Features Nibley, King, And Riddle Sep 2023

New Video Features Nibley, King, And Riddle

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

Face to Face: The Education of Zion, a new video, has been filmed with support from F.A.R.M.S. and the College of Education of BYU. It was produced by Dennis Packard and directed by David Warner, with photography by Gordon Lonsdale and music composed and directed by Mack Wilberg.


Computer Study Aid Makes Studying Book Of Mormon More Meaningful Sep 2023

Computer Study Aid Makes Studying Book Of Mormon More Meaningful

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

A new computer study aid, available for Windows on IBM-compatible computers, contains all the text of the Book of Mormon, making it easy to search for and see any word or verse in the book. But that's just the beginning.


Farms Tour To Israel Departs February 28, 1994 Sep 2023

Farms Tour To Israel Departs February 28, 1994

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

FARMS has arranged a tour to the Holy Land with Educational Opportunities, a tax-exempt organization sponsoring educational travel. The ten-day tour includes all accommodations and travel, plus informed lectures, including daily lectures from a FARMS board member. There are several departure points, and participants who recruit 5 others can travel free. For more details, request a complete brochure by using the order from or calling the FARMS office.


Program Covers For Church Meeting Feature Book Of Mormon Research Sep 2023

Program Covers For Church Meeting Feature Book Of Mormon Research

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

FARMS has helped to prepare program covers, suitable for sacrament meetings, baptisms, and other Church meetings, that feature information about the Book of Mormon on the back page. The idea for the covers came from Earl Carlsen of Spokane, and his encouragement and generous contributions have made the project possible.