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April 2014

April 25, 2014
"As many men, so many opinions." Terence. My friend Matt Roper sent me the follow...
April 23, 2014
AKA "Temple of the Inscriptions" from Palenque.
April 23, 2014
Historians have long realized that, epistemologically speaking, the idea of learning what “really happened” through...
April 22, 2014
When examining the question of historicity, it is important to distinguish between ontological issues and...
April 21, 2014
There's an old biblical studies joke--yes there are such things--that goes like this: Documentarians believe...
April 21, 2014
A recent column by Dan Peterson and me in the Deseret News.  
April 21, 2014
The discussion on DH 16 seems to have degenerated into a debate about the meaning...
April 20, 2014
On Easter I find it puzzling and paradoxical that atheists and anti-Christians often claim that...
April 20, 2014
Χριστός ἀνέστη!  (He is risen!)  Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη!  (Risen indeed!) Photos of Easter at Jerusalem
April 19, 2014
This video gives you a sense of what Jewish prayers at the Western Wall of...
April 19, 2014
An article about Mike Ash and his excellent book Shaken Faith Syndrome.  
April 19, 2014
Another methodological problem with the Documentary Hypothesis, which many scholars have noted, is that it...
April 18, 2014
I'd like to request that those of you who post comments use their real names....
April 17, 2014
The Documentary Hypothesis is not only unfalsifiable but also unverifiable.  That is to say, there...
April 16, 2014
An interesting assessment of Post-Mormon monologues trying to disguise themselves as dialogues.  It matches my...
April 16, 2014
Photos of the early first millennium BC Olmec pyramid at La Venta.
April 16, 2014
Palestinian Muslims rioted today in opposition to Jewish attempts to pray and sacrifice on the...
April 16, 2014
A major methodological problem facing proponents of the Documentary Hypothesis—the Documentarians—is the question of methodology. ...
April 15, 2014
Photos of the "Tomb of the Red Queen" from Palenque.
April 15, 2014
Jews were prevented  by Israeli police from attempting animal sacrifice for Passover (Korban Pesach) today on the...
April 15, 2014
From James Davila  
April 15, 2014
"The sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the great...
April 15, 2014
Imagine a situation where a group of doctors agree that a patient has cancer, but...
April 15, 2014
John Gee has some interesting criticisms of the "Jesus' Wife" fragment, which he believes is...
April 14, 2014
Empirical Evidence It is very important to realize that there is absolutely no empirical textual...
April 14, 2014
All of the old materials from my previous blog "Mormon Scripture Explorations" has now been...
April 13, 2014
The principles I outlined earlier in DH 9 and 10 on dating ancient texts face...
April 12, 2014
4- Anachronisms—inconsistent dates, events, or features of a text.  An anachronism is a feature of...
April 11, 2014
The results of the lengthy study of the "Jesus' Wife fragment" have recently been published...
April 11, 2014
Alas, I fear this new plan will only increase scriptural illiteracy and proof texting.  
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