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September 2015

September 08, 2015

How BYU Destroyed Ancient Book of Mormon Studies

I maintain that numerous policies adopted by a wide range of BYU administrators over the...

July 2015

July 22, 2015

Hamblin 35: Time for Clear Thinking on Nahom

Alas, Jenkins' thinking on Nahom is hopelessly muddled. If NHM can not be accepted an authentic...

July 22, 2015

Jenkins 25: Answer on Nahom

The following, at the bottom, is from Jenkins, missing my point as usual. My comments are...

July 22, 2015

Jenkins 22: Credible and Plausible?

Here's something new from Jenkins. I'm providing two comments here in blue. 1- From the beginning...

July 22, 2015

Hamblin 34: From Smoot

My friend Stephen Smoot sent me the following, which I believe is germane to the...

July 08, 2015

Hamblin 26: Goose and Gander

My friend Neal Rappleye recently posted an important response to some of the things Jenkins...

July 04, 2015

Hamblin 25: U-Kix/Akish

NOTE: My friend Mark Wright, a professional Maya scholar and linguist, just informed me that...

July 03, 2015

Jenkins 16: Argument Turned Upside Down

Dr. Hamblin has specified his grounds rules for any debate over Book of Mormon historicity,...

July 03, 2015

Hamblin 23: Great Expectations

In his #13, Jenkins writes: So if the great Book of Mormon civilization is there,...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Hamblin 21: Maya King Lists

The phonetic pronunciation of many, perhaps most, of the Maya proper names in glyph inscriptions...

June 29, 2015

Hamblin 19: Place Names (Emblem Glyphs)

There are around 50 Maya emblem glyphs found in Classic Maya inscriptions. (Of course more...

June 29, 2015

Jenkins 14: On Faith

From Prof. Jenkins (My comments added in blue) ============== Following a moment of insight amounting...

June 29, 2015

Jenkins 13: short comments

Several short comments from Prof. Jenkins from over the weekend. ============= As you say, a...

June 27, 2015

Hamblin 18: Why no Inscriptions?

In his #12, Jenkins asks: Um, exactly. So if the great Book of Mormon civilization...

June 27, 2015

Hamblin 19: Why Methodology?

In his #11, Jenkins asks: Why would that [importance of a methodological discussion] be? We...

June 27, 2015

Hamblin 18: Quantity of Evidence

Jenkins has repeated asserted that, since there is ample historical evidence in the ancient Near...

June 27, 2015

Hamblin 17: The Debate Thus Far

A parody of the debate thus far: J: Show me evidence for the Book of Mormon!...

June 27, 2015

Hamblin 16: Dear Philip

Note: I'm changing the identification codes on the posts for clarity. I initially called my...

June 26, 2015

Jenkins Rejoinder 9: He’s Back

This in from Prof. Jenkins. ====================== I am disappointed in Dr. Hamblin. I kindly tried...

June 26, 2015

Jenkins Response 16: Refusing to Read

Prof. Jenkins has decided to withdraw from this discussion. He has also tacitly admitted...

June 26, 2015

Jenkins Rejoinder 8: Farewell

I received this from Prof. Jenkins. =================== Dr. Hamblin, If you are a chess player,...

June 26, 2015

Jenkins Response 15: Pottery 2

Question for Prof. Jenkins. Is there any archaeological evidence for the existence of Israelites and...

June 26, 2015

Jenkins Response 13: Recap

As is typical in on the web, this debate is starting to spin out of control and...

June 25, 2015

Jenkins Response 12: Epistemology

Prof. Jenkins has very begrudgingly agreed to allow, under extreme duress and purely for the...

June 25, 2015

Jenkins Rejoinder 6: No ABMS

Dr. Hamblin and I may differ on many things, but on two points we speak...

June 25, 2015

Jenkins Rejoinder 5: Persian Version

I have been mulling over a debate I am having with Dr. Hamblin. Briefly, he...

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...