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January 2015

January 11, 2015

The Bible Tells Me So: Book Review with Helpful Links

Recently, Dan Ellsworth blogging at Mormon Mentality: Thoughts and Asides by Peculiar People wrote a...

January 05, 2015

Historical Jesus Course

Classes start January 12th at the University of Utah. I'm teaching a new course that...

January 03, 2015

The Bible and the Ancient Near East: A Note on Methodology

The Bible was not written in a historical vacuum. It was produced in a world...

January 02, 2015

Prophets as Religious Critics

Biblical prophets were passionately concerned with the working function of the Israelite cult, especially the...

January 01, 2015

Biblical Prophets as Checks and Balance

It's essential for readers of the Bible to be aware of the distinctions between ancient...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Social Justice and Biblical Prophecy

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

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...

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 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. ...