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June 2014

June 06, 2014

DH-39 Scholarly Consensus?

The claim is often made by supporters of the Documentary Hypothesis that there is scholarly...

June 04, 2014

Guatemala Tour!

I'll be leading a tour to Guatemala on 23 January-1 Feb 2015. Click here for...

June 04, 2014

DH-38 We Don’t Know

Another remarkable characteristic of the Documentarians is their unwillingness to simply admit, “We just don’t...

June 04, 2014

Temple and Apocalyse

A review of The Apocalypse in the Light of the Temple by Peter Leithart. This book basically...

June 04, 2014

Idaho Falls Temple

Photos from my recent trip to Idaho Falls LDS Temple.

June 02, 2014

Religious Art

Hamblin-Peterson column in the Deseret News on religious art.

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Review of Ehrman

The ever insightful Larry Hurtado reviews Bart Ehrman's new book How Jesus Became God (2104).

May 25, 2014

DH 37- A Shrinking Theory?

One of the latest book-length defenses of the Documentary Hypothesis, Joel Baden’s The Composition of...

May 22, 2014

Commentary on Luke

Kent Brown, professor emeritus at BYU and a leading scholar on the New Testament and...

May 21, 2014

DH-36: Four Degrees of Speculation

Documentarians generally claim that they can: 1- identify the four different sources within the Pentateuch;...

May 16, 2014

Mike Ash

Mike Ash always has interesting insights on LDS apologetics. Well worth taking a look for...

May 14, 2014

DH-33: How Many Sources?

The classical formulation of the Documentary Hypothesis posits four written sources for the Pentateuch, called...

May 12, 2014

DH-32: Source Criticism

Modern scholars attempt to clearly indicate their sources by footnotes. Ancient scholars generally did not. ...

May 11, 2014

It’s not Personal

Stephen Smoot made an insightful comment here: [Quoting Hamblin:] "But what they cannot do is...

May 11, 2014

Bokovoy’s Response

David Bokovoy sent the follow as a comment. So it doesn't get lost in the...

May 10, 2014

Have I Misunderstood?

In response to my criticisms of his views (which I can't directly access; indirectly here),...

May 09, 2014

What is Scripture?

Over on his blog David Bokovoy continues to explain why he thinks scripture should be...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Temple of the Cross, Palenque

April 29, 2014

Palenque Temple of the Sun

The Temple of the Sun at Palenque contains one of the best preserved inner temple...

April 26, 2014

“Jesus’ Wife” a Hoax?

Arguments that the "Jesus' Wife" papyri fragment is a hoax.

April 22, 2014

DH 19: Historicity 1

When examining the question of historicity, it is important to distinguish between ontological issues and...

April 21, 2014

Holy Week

A recent column by Dan Peterson and me in the Deseret News.

April 21, 2014

DH 17: What is the Documentary Hypothesis?

The discussion on DH 16 seems to have degenerated into a debate about the meaning...

April 20, 2014

Witnesses of the Resurrection?

On Easter I find it puzzling and paradoxical that atheists and anti-Christians often claim that...

April 20, 2014

He Is Risen!

Χριστός ἀνέστη! (He is risen!) Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Risen indeed!) Photos of Easter at Jerusalem

April 19, 2014

Western Wall Prayers

This video gives you a sense of what Jewish prayers at the Western Wall of...

April 19, 2014

DH 16: Circular Reasoning

Another methodological problem with the Documentary Hypothesis, which many scholars have noted, is that it...

April 16, 2014

Post-Mormon Monologue

An interesting assessment of Post-Mormon monologues trying to disguise themselves as dialogues. It matches my...

April 16, 2014

Temple Mount Riots

Palestinian Muslims rioted today in opposition to Jewish attempts to pray and sacrifice on the...

April 16, 2014

DH 14: Falsifiability?

A major methodological problem facing proponents of the Documentary Hypothesis—the Documentarians—is the question of methodology. ...