FARMS Redux: Why I Don’t Trust FARMS Research

FARMS Redux: Why I Don’t Trust FARMS Research At the 2001 Salt Lake Sunstone Symposium, John Hatch’s paper, “Why I No Longer Trust FARMS Review of Books,” focused on FARMS’ reviews of the work of others. This paper focuses on FARMS’ own research concerning the historicity and divinity of the Book of Mormon, specifically its conclusions about textual chiasma and Hebraisms and its thesis for a Mesoamerican setting for Book of Mormon events. Using solely internal evidence from the Book of Mormon, I will challenge FARMS’ arguments in each of these areas.