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June 2015

June 14, 2015

Response to Jenkins 1

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

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...

April 2015

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...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

Gee on biblical historicity

John Gee continues to provide insights on issues related to the historicity of scripture, partially...

January 22, 2015

Gee on HIstoricity

I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks due to my mother's...

January 08, 2015

More Confusion about Historicity

David Bokovoy is a smart guy, a good scholar, and a wonderful human being. But...

December 2014

December 15, 2014

On Clarity and Misrepresentation

Without clarity there can be no understanding. Human language is inherently ambiguous. We've all experienced being...

December 15, 2014

Ben Park’s Response

Ben Park has posted a response to the controversy. It can be found here. It...

December 15, 2014

Grant Hardy on Park’s Essay

Grant Hardy and I have been corresponding concerning my interpretation of Ben Park's essay. I...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

Taking a Stand

Some people have objected to the little satire I posted about the new Maxwell Institute (MI) a...

October 2014

October 27, 2014

Rejecting Historicity?

The fundamental problem of rejecting the historicity of the Book of Mormon is that it...

July 2014

July 21, 2014

Does God Know the Past?

The claims of some liberal LDS that God might choose to reveal "inspired fiction" in...

July 12, 2014

David Larsen on Scripture

An in depth and insightful analysis of the nature of scripture from David Larsen at...

July 11, 2014

Ether’s Cave

Matt Roper has an insightful blog called "Ether's Cave." (I like that name. It speaks...

July 11, 2014

Abrahamic Issues

The recent Church statement on the "Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham" has...

July 08, 2014

Historicity of the Book of Abraham

This statement seems difficult to reconcile with claims of a fictional Book of Abraham.

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Thoughts on Historicity

Those who propose that our scriptures are best understood as "inspired fiction" almost inevitably frame...

May 2014

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),...

April 2014

April 27, 2014

DH 28: Historicity 3

Ancient people did not write “history” as moderns generally understand the term. The origin of...

April 23, 2014

DH 20: Historicity 2

Historians have long realized that, epistemologically speaking, the idea of learning what “really happened” through...