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December 2017

December 06, 2017

Old Testament Resources Part 3: Paradigm Changers (Updated))

Update: I've put together a collection of samples from these books. First, note that LDS...

November 2017

November 28, 2017

Old Testament Resources Part 2: Bible, Translation, and LDS Tradition

This is the second in a series of posts about resources for study and teaching...

November 23, 2017

Old Testament Resources Part 1: The Short List and Elder Ballard

Through November 26, Amazon is offering $5 off any physical order of books of $20....

November 15, 2017

Virtual Sperry Fireside On Reading the Old Testament in Context

If you missed attending one of my firesides or the Sperry Symposium, this is for...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

Fireside books and references

These are books/authors I quote or allude to in the slides of my fireside/Sperry Symposium...

August 2017

August 04, 2017

FairMormon, Some Papers, and Books

My FairMormon presentation reiterated parts of two previous papers I have presented. That text should...

July 2017

July 30, 2017

Kenton Sparks on Genre

In the LDS Perspectives podcast, I alluded to this passage from Kenton Sparks' section in Genesis: History,...

July 19, 2017

Podcast post

I was interviewed last year for the LDS Perspectives podcast, which I recommend. Therein, I...

July 14, 2017

Truth, Scripture, and Interpretation of Genesis: A Conference Preview

In a little less than a month, I'll be speaking at the FAIRMormon Conference in...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

My MHA Presentation and Reconciling Science with Scripture

Here is a copy of my MHA presentation text, "Early LDS Attempts to Reconcile...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

10 Things for Understanding the Old Testament

My semester has ended, and now I enter into a busy summer of reading, writing,...

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Greek/Hebrew Followup: Another Demo and more Free Stuff Through March 1

It's Logos' 25th Anniversary, and they're offering a $25 coupon through March 1. That means it's...

February 11, 2017

How to Use Greek and Hebrew: New and Improved

I'll get back to my Transitional Mormonism and Tradition, but I was really excited about...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

Mormon Said It, I Believe It, That Settles It?

Occasionally, one hears Mormons (usually laypeople) critiquing Protestants for slavish and uncritical interpretation of the...

December 2016

December 21, 2016

Santa Claus is Canaanite! Really.

I've plugged Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) before, a great magazine (with pictures!) aimed at interested laypeople....

November 2016

November 30, 2016

New/Forthcoming books of Interest

Update: Between now and Dec 5, get 5$ off any physical Amazon book order of...

November 02, 2016

A Vague Post on Joseph Fielding Smith, Evolution, and Other Sides of His Story

People are multi-faceted and complex. It's very easy to develop an attitude of putting either...

October 2016

October 27, 2016

“Teaching Bible Stories”- History vs. Fiction in the Improvement Era

The Improvement Era in September 1925 ran a short article in the Editor's Table called...

August 2016

August 19, 2016

Critical Scholarship and Faith at BYU, Brief Partial Summary and Thoughts

Several weeks ago, the Maxwell Institute's Studies in the Bible and Antiquity journal sponsored a small non-public...

August 03, 2016

David O. McKay, Genesis, and Evolution: Part 2.

In a previous post, I detailed President McKay's explicit, published, written approval of a very...

June 2016

June 03, 2016

Scripture, Context, and Genres: Scattered Reading

I'm spending a lot of my time writing about the idea of "context" right now,...

March 2016

March 14, 2016

Ten Intro Books For Getting a Handle on the Early Chapters of Genesis

A friend recently asked for a list of books to read as an intro to...

February 2016

February 12, 2016

Teaching Seminary with Cuneiform, Shortbread, and The Shining

Back in fall, I got interviewed about teaching early-morning Seminary. I even attended one morning,...