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December 2014

December 31, 2014

Home From Chile

On a personal note, on December 19th, my oldest daughter Kate returned home from serving...

December 31, 2014

Clarifying an Important Point

Dear Friends, I am sincerely grateful for the opportunity that the Patheos site provides to...

December 31, 2014

Social Justice and Biblical Prophecy

Reading through each of the prophetic texts of the Bible, the common denominator in terms...

December 30, 2014

A Response to My Friend Daniel Peterson

I’m very grateful for Daniel Peterson’s kind, thoughtful response to my recent post. I’m going...

December 30, 2014

Having Doubts is Not Sinning

Within Mormonism faith, love, service, and critical thinking are all essential components in developing spirituality....

December 28, 2014

Apologetics vs. Mormon Studies

Mormon studies versus apologetics. It seems the "bloggernacle" is currently filled with posts addressing this...

December 26, 2014

How to Save LDS Youth in a Secular Age

Some time ago, I had the opportunity to participate in a large group in-service meeting...

December 16, 2014

Biblical Archaeology Review

The most recent edition of Biblical Archaeology Review took note of the blog entry on...

December 10, 2014

KAR 4: An Example of Mesopotamian Creation Motifs in Genesis

Ancient Mesopotamian texts had a significant impact upon the material in the Bible. Some Mesopotamian...

December 06, 2014

God, Gods, and Goddesses: Making Sense of the Elohim in Genesis

The Hebrew noun ’elohim can be a bit confusing. Technically, ’elohim is a masculine plural...

November 2014

November 09, 2014

The Neo-Documentary Hypothesis

I don’t exaggerate when I state that Dr. Jeffrey Stackert has produced one of the...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Reading the Bible Critically and Religiously: Interview with Dr. Marc Zvi Brettler

Brigham Young University’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship continues to offer impressive...

July 2014

July 10, 2014

Scripture, Translation, and Belief: the LDS Book of Abraham

I had the opportunity to sit down with Doug Fabrizo in a live in-studio discussion...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Deutero-Isaiah in the Book of Mormon: A Literary Analysis (pt. 2)

In the previous post exploring the literary use of Deutero-Isaiah in the Book of Mormon,...

April 29, 2014

Deutero-Isaiah in the Book of Mormon: A Literary Analysis (pt. 1)

Isaiah didn’t write the book of Isaiah. The Bible connects the book with a prophetic...

April 22, 2014

New “Genesis Team” Podcast: Abraham, Lot, and the Cities of Sodom & Gomorrah

In this episode, the Mormon Matters “Genesis Team”–David Bokovoy, Tom Roberts, andBrian Hauglid–join host Dan Wotherspoon for a...

April 16, 2014

Yahweh Elohim in Genesis 2-3: A Response to Opponents of Documentary Analysis

I’m grateful that my book Authoring the Old Testament has sparked some interesting discussions. As...

April 13, 2014

Affliction and Favor: The Book of Mormon as Literature

For 2013-14, I had the opportunity to serve as a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in...

April 10, 2014

Three Remarkable Lives

The Tanner Humanities Center at the University of Utah continues to play host to some...

April 02, 2014

Mormon Studies at the University of Utah

I had the opportunity Fall semester 2013 to teach a Book of Mormon as Literature...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Miller Eccles Study Group Texas

I'll have the opportunity to travel to Texas this weekend and give several presentations. The...

March 04, 2014

Introduction to the Documentary Hypothesis and its Relationship to LDS Texts

I'm pleased to announce that my book Authoring the Old Testament: Genesis-Deuteronomy is now officially...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

Genesis: Abraham and the Akedah

Dan Wotherspoon has posted our discussion on Abraham and the Akedah as a free podcast...

January 26, 2014

The Death of the Documentary Hypothesis

I’m surprised how often I read online someone making the assertion that the Documentary Hypothesis...

January 25, 2014

The Genesis Team

I've had the privilege of joining my friend Dan Wotherspoon in a series of podcasts...

January 24, 2014

The Creation of the “Helper”: The Importance of Historical Criticism for Religious Readers

I need to begin this post with a frank confession. I self-identify as a male-feminist. ...

January 23, 2014

“Divinity Speaks And It Is So”: Limitations of the Prophetic Word

The Book of Mormon presents a touching exchange between husband and wife. In a moment...

January 22, 2014

Worshipping an Anthropomorphic God

The term “anthropomorphism” refers to the attribution of human form or other characteristics to anything other than a...

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