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May 2014

May 16, 2014
Mike Ash always has interesting insights on LDS apologetics.  Well worth taking a look for...
May 16, 2014
As I noted in DH-33, although there are various schools of thought, biblical scholars can’t...
May 16, 2014
May 14, 2014
The classical formulation of the Documentary Hypothesis posits four written sources for the Pentateuch, called...
May 12, 2014
Modern scholars attempt to clearly indicate their sources by footnotes.  Ancient scholars generally did not. ...
May 11, 2014
Stephen Smoot made an insightful comment here: [Quoting Hamblin:] "But what they cannot do is...
May 11, 2014
David Bokovoy sent the follow as a comment.  So it doesn't get lost in the...
May 10, 2014
Various people, both here, on Facebook, and on anti-Mormon discussion boards in the nether regions...
May 10, 2014
For those interested in questions related to "religion, philosophy, and the Public Square" I suggest...
May 10, 2014
In response to my criticisms of his views (which I can't directly access; indirectly here),...
May 09, 2014
The Hamblin-Peterson column from Deseret News.  
May 09, 2014
Over on his blog David Bokovoy continues to explain why he thinks scripture should be...
May 09, 2014
My photos from the Palenque museum here.
May 07, 2014
Enthronement scene of the king of Palenque.  For high res version, click here:  
May 06, 2014
Larry Hurtado summarizes and links to new information on the Jesus' Wife fragment.  It is...

April 2014

April 30, 2014
April 29, 2014
The Temple of the Sun at Palenque contains one of the best preserved inner temple...
April 29, 2014
Let’s assume, for the sake of argument, that every perceived inconsistency claimed by modern biblical...
April 28, 2014
Panoramic photo of the Temple of the Cross plaza in Palenque.
April 28, 2014
David Bokovoy has written a response to Jeff Bradshaw's review of Authoring the Old Testament. Although...
April 28, 2014
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”  Emerson The question of textual consistency...
April 27, 2014
Ancient people did not write “history” as moderns generally understand the term.  The origin of...
April 26, 2014
April 26, 2014
My newest argumentum ad baculum against the DH (from Greg Smith).
April 26, 2014
Over on the anonymous "Faith Promoting Rumor" David Bokovoy claimed the following: "There is a...
April 26, 2014
In a comment on DH 21, David Bokovoy made the following statement. By what criteria...
April 26, 2014
Jupiter's Child is much exercised about my discussion of authorship and the DH. The purpose...
April 26, 2014
The anonymous folks over at Patheos' "Faith Promoting Rumor" have sponsored a critique of my...
April 26, 2014
Arguments that the "Jesus' Wife" papyri fragment is a hoax.  
April 25, 2014
Despite a bit of rhetorical posturing by some of the supporters of the JEDP-Documentary Hypothesis,...
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