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Art Highlight: Happy New Year!
This artwork and it's accompanying caption were created by Meranda Brodowski, a student artist and designer at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. Meranda is from California, and has worked at the Maxwell Institute since January. She is a Fine Arts Major at Brigham Young University, with an emphasis in technology. She strives to create inspiring artwork that represents her faith and testimony.
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Discover 1 Nephi 8 again in Approaching the Tree
Approaching the Tree: Interpreting 1 Nephi 8 is coming out on December 12! Look at one of the most familiar texts in the Book of Mormon with a new perspective through various artists and scholars. Pre-order your copy now.
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Approaching the Tree to be released
"If the Book of Mormon is rather generally revealing itself to be a source for rich and sustained theological reflection, then the theological interpretation of Lehi's dream must become a load-bearing wall in the edifice that is now being built."
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Seven Gospels: The Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon
Adam Miller and Rosalynde Welch's book, Seven Gospels: The Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon, was released in October 2023. Seven Gospels is a collection of letters from the authors to each other that explore seven unique witnesses in the Book of Mormon. How do these witnesses vary from one another? And what are we to learn from each particular account?
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BYU courses offered by Maxwell Institute scholars and associates
Looking for a class to take this Winter semester? Many of the Maxwell Institute scholars and associates are teaching courses at BYU covering a variety of topics. Our scholars are specialists trained in history, humanities, and religion. For those seeking a scholarly approach, or those who would like to connect with the Maxwell Institute scholars, these courses are recommended. Classes begin January 9, 2024, and will end April 20, 2024.
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Ancient Art History: Baptistry
This post was written by Lucy Lacanienta, an Art History major at Brigham Young University who works at the Maxwell Institute as a Front Desk Assistant and Graphic Designer. Lucy researched artwork related to the book, Ancient Christians: An Introduction for Latter-day Saints, and wrote a series of educational posts.
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Kristian Heal named as Maxwell Institute senior research fellow
The Maxwell Institute is excited to announce that Research Fellow Kristian Heal has been named a Senior Research Fellow as of October 17, 2023. Dr. Heal has worked at the Maxwell Institute since 2000 and is the author of Genesis 37 and 39 in the Early Syriac Tradition (2023) and Jacob of Sarug's Homily on Aaron the Priest (2022). Heal is a scholar of late antique Syriac Christianity, and looks at the point where scripture, poetry, reception, and transmission intersect.
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Seeking Applicants for the Annual Summer Seminar on Latter-day Saint Theology, “A Compound in One: Reading 2 Nephi 2”
In the summer of 2024, the Latter-day Saint Theology Seminar, with support from the Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies and the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at Brigham Young University, will sponsor a summer seminar for graduate students and faculty devoted to reading 2 Nephi 2.
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Book of Mormon Art Contest Galleries
Thank you to all who participated in the inaugural 2023 Book of Mormon Art Contest! The Book of Mormon Art Contest was inspired by President Spencer W. Kimball's call in "Gospel Vision of the Arts" to "give life and feeling and true perspective to a subject so worthy."
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