The Latest "FARMS Review" Fiasco

[_Daniel Peterson]

I thought I'd beat Scratch One to the punch by starting a thread with the title that he would have used.


Here's the table of contents for the new FARMS Review 19/1 (2007), which is now off the press and will be going out to subscribers and to bookstores during this next week:


Daniel C. Peterson, Editor's Introduction, "Reflections on the Reactions to Rough Stone Rolling and Related Matters"......xi

TRIBUTES TO DAVIS BITTON (1930-2007)

James B. Allen, "Davis Bitton: His Scholarship and Faith"....1

John L. Sorensen, "Valuing Davis Bitton".....9

Book of Mormon

Brant A. Gardner, "A New Chronicler in the Old Style".....13 (a review of David Calderwood, Voices from the Dust

Richard N. Williams, "The Book of Mormon as Automatic Writing: Beware the Virtus Dormitiva,"......23 (Review of Scott C. Dunn, "Automaticity and the Dictation of the Book of Mormon")

ARTICLES

William J. Hamblin, "Reformed Egyptian".....31

William J. Hamblin, "Sacred Writing on Metal Plates in the Ancient Mediterranean".....37

Mormon STUDIES

Louis Midgley, "Two Stories--One Faith".....55 (response to Richard Lyman Bushman, Rough Stone Rolling)

Alyson Skabelund Von Feldt, "Does God have a Wife?".....81 (review of William G. Dever, Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel)

ARTICLES

M. Gerald Bradford, "The Study of Mormonism: A Growing Interest in Academia".....119

James E. Faulconer, "Rethinking Theology: The Shadow of the Apocalypse".....175

Terryl L. Givens, "New Religious Movements and Orthodoxy: The Challenge to the Religious Mainstream"......201

SCHOLARLY EXCHANGE

Michael S. Heiser, "You've Seen One Elohim, You've Seen Them All? A Critique of Mormonism's Use of Psalm 82".....221

David E. Bokovoy, "'Ye Really Are Gods': A Response to Michael Heiser concerning the LDS Use of Psalm 82"......267

Michael S. Heiser, "Israel's Divine Council, Mormonism, and Evangelicalism: Clarifying the Issues and Directions for Future Study".....315

CHRISTIAN HISTORY AND SCRIPTURE

Jacob D. Rawlins, "Turning Away".....325 (Review of Tad R. Callister, The Inevitable Apostasy and the Promised Restoration, and Alexander B. Morrison, Turning from the Truth: A New Look at the Great Apostasy)

Alison V. P. Coutts, "Disarray Revisited".....333 (Review of Noel B. Reynolds, ed., Early Christians
in Disarray: Contemporary LDS Perspectives on the Christian Apostasy, and Scott R. Peterson, Where Have All the Prophets Gone?)

Stephen D. Ricks, "Forward or Drawrof?".....343 (review of Gustave Mahler, ed. & trans., The Sealed Book of Daniel Opened and Translated: The Linear Bible Code--Reading the Book Backwards)

BOOK OF ABRAHAM

John Gee, "A Method for Studying the Facsimiles".....347 (review of Allen J. Fletcher, A Study Guide to the Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham)

SOCIAL CRITICISM

Ralph C. Hancock, "A Sinking Ship".....355 (review of C. John Sommerville, The Decline of the Secular University)

BOOK NOTES

Julian Baggini, Atheism: A Very Short Introduction.....361

Randall Balmer, Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism.....362

Margaret Barker, The Hidden Tradition of the Kingdom of God.....363

Allan Jacobs, The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis.....364

Ramsay MacMullen, Voting about God in the Early Church Councils.....365

Richard I Mouw, Calvinism in the Los Vegas Airport: Making Connections in the Modern World.....366

Roger E. Olson, Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities.....368

Daniel C. Peterson, Muhammad: Prophet of God.....369

Jeffery L. Sheler, Believers: A Journey into Evangelical America.....370

Christian Smith, with Melinda Lundquist Denton, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers.....371

[_Dr. Shades]

John Gee, "A Method for Studying the Facsimiles".....347 (review of Allen J. Fletcher, A Study Guide to the Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham)

Does his study guide match that provided by Joseph Smith?

[_dartagnan]

Just curious about something regarding Michael S. Heiser. According to his CV he has written a response to Bokovoy's response to him, and it says it is to be published in an upcoming FARMS Review. But according to what Dan just posted, Heiser's response won't be provided. Unless of course the follow-up article is the response with a different title.

If it isn't, I wonder if FARMS will publish it later on.

[_Paul Osborne]

John Gee, "A Method for Studying the Facsimiles".....347 (review of Allen J. Fletcher, A Study Guide to the Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham)

Does his study guide match that provided by Joseph Smith?

I hardly think so. FARMS has no faith in the translation papers that were preserved by the First Presidency of the Church. Todays' school teachers think they are above it all. I put my trust in the working papers of Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and those who assisted them - and OUT with FARMS!

I say, "Yes to the KEP and no to FARMS"!

I say, "Yes to Joseph Smith and no to Hugh Nibley".

I say, "Yes to Oliver Cowdery and no to John Gee".

Paul O

[_marg]

Here's the table of contents for the new FARMS Review 19/1 (2007), which is now off the press and will be going out to subscribers and to bookstores during this next week:

Daniel do you happen to know, what are some of the major expenses of producing this magazine? Are contributors/writers paid? How is the magazine financed?

[_harmony]

John Gee, "A Method for Studying the Facsimiles".....347 (review of Allen J. Fletcher, A Study Guide to the Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham)

Does his study guide match that provided by Joseph Smith?

I hardly think so. FARMS has no faith in the translation papers that were preserved by the First Presidency of the Church. Todays' school teachers think they are above it all. I put my trust in the working papers of Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and those who assisted them - and OUT with FARMS!

I say, "Yes to the KEP and no to FARMS"!

I say, "Yes to Joseph Smith and no to Hugh Nibley".

I say, "Yes to Oliver Cowdery and no to John Gee".

Paul O

I say, "Yes to Martin Harris in an angel costume!"

[_Polygamy Porter]

John Gee, "A Method for Studying the Facsimiles".....347 (review of Allen J. Fletcher, A Study Guide to the Facsimiles of the Book of Abraham)

Does his study guide match that provided by Joseph Smith?

I hardly think so. FARMS has no faith in the translation papers that were preserved by the First Presidency of the Church. Todays' school teachers think they are above it all. I put my trust in the working papers of Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and those who assisted them - and OUT with FARMS!

I say, "Yes to the KEP and no to FARMS"!

I say, "Yes to Joseph Smith and no to Hugh Nibley".

I say, "Yes to Oliver Cowdery and no to John Gee".

Paul O

Hey Paul,

The prophet of your church knows who Daniel Peterson is and is very familiar with the efforts within the Farms organization.

If someone asked Gordon if he knew Paul O or his work he would say "WHO?"

that's gotta suck.

[_Daniel Peterson]

Daniel do you happen to know, what are some of the major expenses of producing this magazine?

Printing and editorial costs. (Those who do lay-out, copy editing, source checking, and etc., are salaried employees of the Maxwell Institute; the academic editors of the journal are not.)

Are contributors/writers paid?

They get a free copy of the item to be reviewed, where applicable, and, when it appears, a free copy of the issue in which their review or essay is published. That's it.

How is the magazine financed?

By revenue from its sale, supplemented by subventions from the Maxwell Institute.

[_harmony]

Daniel do you happen to know, what are some of the major expenses of producing this magazine?

Printing and editorial costs. (Those who do lay-out, copy editing, source checking, and etc., are salaried employees of the Maxwell Institute; the academic editors of the journal are not.)

Are contributors/writers paid?

They get a free copy of the item to be reviewed, where applicable, and, when it appears, a free copy of the issue in which their review or essay is published. That's it.

How is the magazine financed?

By revenue from its sale, supplemented by subventions from the Maxwell Institute.

Why was the name changed?

[_Daniel Peterson]

Why was the name changed?

Because I didn't want it strictly limited to doing book reviews. Now I can include essays, too, in the manner of, say, The Yale Review or, for that matter, National Review.