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June 2015

June 22, 2015

Jenkins Response 6: Rules of Engagement

1- The first thing I need to note is that my major comments will appear...

June 22, 2015

Jenkins Rejoinder 4: Game Over

COMMENTS FROM JENKINS: This is a belated response to Dr. Hamblin's opening column in his...

June 22, 2015

Jenkins rejoinder 3: Evidence

COMMENTS FROM JENKINS: I am puzzled by the directions that Dr. Hamblin’s columns are taking...

June 19, 2015

Jenkins Response 5: Peer Review

What is peer review? It is a process by which recognized scholars in a field...

June 18, 2015

Jenkins Rejoinder 2

I'm not sure what happened, but this comment from Prof. Jenkins did get posted yesterday. It...

June 17, 2015

Jenkins Response 4: Scholarship

There are about a dozen professional LDS Mesoamericanists who accept the historicity of the Book...

June 17, 2015

Jenkins Rejoinder 1

Philip Jenkins recently sent several comments to my blog site. I'm collecting them all here...

June 15, 2015

Jenkins Response 3: Rules of Engagement

As Milton once insightfully said: A mind not to be changed by place or time....

June 15, 2015

Jenkins Response 2: Expertise

The story is told of a man who was never wrong in anything he said....

June 14, 2015

Response to Jenkins 1

I have to admit that I've been playing a prank here on Patheos. (For those...

June 14, 2015

No Apology Necessary

In "commemorating" the third year of the New Direction at the Maxwell Institute, I note...

June 14, 2015

In Memoriam

Three years ago today, the coup that inaugurated the "New Direction" at the Maxwell Institute occurred....

June 10, 2015

Response to Jenkins

I had planned to respond to some of the more uninformed claims and criticisms of...

June 08, 2015

New Director at the Maxwell Insitute

Word is that Jerry Bradford has retired as Director of the Maxwell Institute. He will...

May 2015

May 18, 2015

Philip Jenkins on Book of Mormon Historicity

Philip Jenkins, a scholar I admire, has been critiquing Book of Mormon historicity on his...

May 03, 2015

Does Historicity Matter?

The ever insightful Neal Rappleye

May 03, 2015

“Not a Divine Product”

On his blog David Bokovoy suggest that Latter-day Saints should adopt the views of Marcus...

May 03, 2015

Should we Assimilate?

In his latest blog David Bokovoy suggests that resistance is futile, and we should assimilate...

May 03, 2015

Tree veneration in India and the Bible

The latest Hamblin-Peterson Deseret News Column "Tree veneration in India and the Bible" Be sure...

May 03, 2015

New Director at the Maxwell Institute?

Rumor has it--and it is only rumor--that Jerry Bradford will be stepping down as director...

April 2015

April 15, 2015

Challenge Refused

Twelve days ago I issued a challenge to critics of John Gee's review of Paul...

April 04, 2015

Deseret News Column: Grand Mosque of Abu Dhabi

This week's Hamblin-Peterson Deseret News Column focuses on what could be called the contemporary "Islamic...

April 03, 2015

The Real Issue on Paul Owen and the Maxwell Institute

John Gee recently published a critique of Paul Owen's "Theological Apostasy and the Role of Canonical...

March 2015

March 13, 2015

Historical Criticism and Historicity

I'm off traveling for a while, and will have intermittent internet access, and time for...

February 2015

February 21, 2015

Authenticity of Scripture

Hamblin and Peterson on the Authenticity of Scripture (Deseret News column).

February 19, 2015

The Progressive “But”

Insights on identity of Mormon Progressives.

February 18, 2015

Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

In his ongoing attacks on the historicity of the Bible, David Bokovoy insists that the argument...

February 18, 2015

What is Historicity?

In his blogs of the past few David Bokovoy has been using the term "historicity"...

February 15, 2015

Historicity and the New Testament

On his blog, David Bokovoy wrote: Surely, therefore, the New Testament contains “historicity.” Wellllll. ....

February 13, 2015

Relentless Assault?

David Bokovoy continues (alas) his assault on the historicity, authenticity, authority, and accuracy of the...

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