Thus was born the FARMS Critical Text Project which published the first volume of the 3-volume Book of Mormon Critical Text in 1984.

The third volume of that first edition was published in 1987, but was already being superseded by a second, revised edition of the entire work, greatly aided through the advice and assistance of then Yale doctoral candidate Grant Hardy, Dr. Gordon C. Thomasson, Professor John W. Welch ( the head of FARMS ), Professor Royal Skousen, and others too numerous to mention here.

According to Daniel C. Peterson, then editor of the FARMS Review, FARMS tried to quiet the attack by Signature Books down by emphasizing that the attack was on the writings and not the beliefs or character of the authors reviewed.

For instance, the historian Daniel C. Peterson, chairman of the LDS apologetics group Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies ( FARMS ) at Brigham Young University, suggested the Tanners ' willingness to debunk false documents regardless of their content was a sign of integrity:

Douglas ' analysis of Nibley was itself later critiqued in a response to his article from William Hamblin of FARMS.

In 1997, FARMS became part of Brigham Young University after it was invited by Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the LDS Church and chairman of the BYU Board of Trustees.

In late 2010, Daniel C. Peterson, editor of the FARMS Review, announced the journal would be renamed Mormon Studies Review, to reflect " readjustments over the past several years in what is now known as the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship ; the old title, FARMS, no longer reflects the way we're organized.

The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies ( FARMS ), part of Brigham Young University, has performed extensive archaeological research in this area, and publications on this subject and other historical topics are issued regularly by the FARMS organization.

By 1979, with the establishment of the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies ( FARMS ) as a California non-profit research institution, an effort led by Robert F. Smith began to take full account of Larson ’ s work and to publish a Critical Text of the Book of Mormon.

* Of Your Own Selves Shall Men Arise An article by FARMS ( Foundation of Ancient Research and Mormon Studies at BYU ) that critiques in detail the accuracy and reliability of this article's heavily-relied-upon source, David John Buerger's " The Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Temple Worship "

** List of Books written by Jerald and Sandra Tanner, as reviewed in FARMS Review, Maxwell Institute.

While allowing some degree of academic freedom to its scholars, FARMS is committed to the conclusion that Latter-day Saints scriptures are authentic, historical texts written by prophets of God.

FARMS has been criticized by scholars and critics who classify it as an apologetic organization that operates under the auspices of the LDS Church.

* Kenneth W. Godfrey, " David Whitmer and the Shaping of Latter-day Saint History ," in The Disciple As Witness: Essays on Latter-Day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, edited by Richard Lloyd Anderson, Stephen D. Ricks, Donald W. Parry, and Andrew H. Hedges, Provo: FARMS, 2000, pp. 223 – 256.

Zelph is not an individual mentioned in the Book of Mormon narrative and would therefore not necessarily be associated with any of the events presumed by some people, including many FARMS apologists, to have occurred in Mesoamerica.

A paper authored by LDS affiliated research group Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies ( FARMS ) devoted nearly 130 pages to review the 2005 book and its claims.

* Richard H. Cracroft, " Through a Glass, Brightly: Happenings in Book of Mormon Fiction: Review of Daniel and Nephi ; Samuel, Moroni's Young Warrior by Chris Heimerdinger & Clair Poulson ", FARMS Review of Books, vol.

The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies ( FARMS ) is an informal collaboration of academics devoted to Latter-day Saints historical scholarship.

In 1988, with that preliminary phase of the project completed, Professor Skousen took over as editor and head of the FARMS Critical Text of the Book of Mormon Project and proceeded to gather still scattered fragments of the Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon and to have advanced photographic techniques applied to obtain fine readings from otherwise unreadable pages and fragments.

Robinson came to the center of a conflict between the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies ( FARMS ) and publisher Signature Books, through his critical review of the writing of Dan Vogel as being patterned after the teachings of Korihor, an atheist orator in the Book of Mormon.

In recent years the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies ( FARMS ) has continued this legacy.

FARMS supports and sponsors what it considers to be " faithful scholarship ", which includes academic study and research in support of Christianity and Mormonism, and in particular, the official position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

It was a war of nerves, of stamina, of dogged endurance in which the stupid insistence of the British on their right to their own country became ultimately an unsurmountable obstacle to the Nazis, who were better organized and technically superior.

And with the publication of E. T. Leeds' Archaeology Of The Anglo-Saxon Settlements the student was presented with an organized synthesis of the archaeological data then known.

According to Friends, the unit was organized by John Snook, a former World War 2, commando who is vice president and general manager of the telephone company.

The Soccer Club was organized by undergraduate men interested in playing soccer and promoting the sport.

A steering committee of students was organized on the first day whose duty it was to be alert and constantly evaluate and re-evaluate the direction and pace the class was taking.

In any case, anyone who fails to make significant distinction between primary and secondary applications of economic pressure would in principle already have justified that use of economic boycott as a means which broke out a few years ago or was skillfully organized by White Citizens' Councils in the entire state of Mississippi against every local Philco dealer in that state, in protest against a Philco-sponsored program over a national TV network on which was presented a drama showing, it seemed, a `` high yellow gal '' smooching with a white man.

Leavitt, as he entered the jury room, said he was prepared to answer questions about the $12,500 his liquor firm paid to Stein for `` labor consultant work '' with five unions which organized Leavitt's workers.

In 1825, the Boston house carpenters' strike for a ten-hour day was denounced by the organized employers, who declared: `` It is considered that all combinations by any classes of citizens intended to effect the value of labor tend to convert all its branches into monopolies ''.

This time, they were much better prepared and organized, and the political climate was favorable.

By the end of the century the Roman Catholic Church was beginning to make itself felt, mainly through such institutions as hospitals but also through its attitude towards organized labour.

So, for all practical purposes, it was an independent nation and by now had its own organized government ( unrecognized outside its own borders ).

Due to his western successes, Ulysses S. Grant was given command of all Union armies in 1864, and organized the armies of William Tecumseh Sherman, George Meade and others to attack the Confederacy from all directions, increasing the North's advantage in manpower.

The first organized race was on April 28, 1887 by the chief editor of Paris publication Le Vélocipède, Monsieur Fossier.

In Bulgaria, Bulgarian Agrarian National Union ( BZNS ) was organized in 1899 to resist taxes and build cooperatives.

By 1903 the Liberals were so dominant that there was no longer an organized opposition in Parliament.

In the west, organized Arianism survived in North Africa, in Hispania, and parts of Italy until it was finally suppressed in the 6th and 7th centuries.

The new administration for the Community's affairs was organized into a hierarchy of councils at the local, national, and regional levels.

It was organized by the king's foster brother, Helmichis, with the support of Alboin's wife, Rosamund, daughter of the Gepid king whom Alboin had killed some years earlier.

Neither the Democratic or the newly formed Whig party was then well organized in that part of Tennessee.

In January 1864 Johnson organized a gathering of his state's Union loyalists, where resolutions were passed to elect county officials throughout the state, including a plan for a convention to dispose of the slavery issue ; also adopted was a very controversial and mandatory oath for voters, to protect and preserve the Union in the future.

There are then three functions: the officeholders organized and saw to the complex protocols ; Ho boulomenos was the initiator and the proposer of content ; and finally the people, massed in assembly or court or convened as lawmakers, made the decisions, either yes or no, or choosing between alternatives.

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