Ancient Studies

Jenkins "responding" to my question here.  My comments in blue.  My original source =

Here's more from Jenkins.  I suspect he's trying to be funny.  My comments are in...

This just in from Jenkins.  My comments preceed in blue.  As I've said from the...

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

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

From Philip Jenkins--charming as usual.  My comments in blue. My question for Philip is: "If...

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

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

In another classic example of moving the goal post after the touchdown has been made,...

Dan Peterson makes some important points about the debate I'm having with Jenkins.   Unfortunately,...

Below is Jenkins comments.  My response comes first in blue. ===== For the purposes of argumentation I...

Jenkins repeatedly asserts that I, and all other LDS authors on the historicity of the Book of...

Here are some recent comments from Philip Jenkins.  My responses are interspersed in blue. ====================...

The productive Neal Rappleye has written another excellent mini-essay on the methodological and interpretative issues related...

Prof. Jenkins has repeatedly claimed that the ancient Book of Mormon studies is not a...

Another possible avenue for evaluating the historicity of the Book of Mormon is proper name...

The Book of Mormon dramatically describes a cataclysmic war which results in the desertion of...

Over the holiday prof. Jenkins posted on his own blog what he sees as a...

I've been otherwise occupied over the holiday weekend, and haven't kept up on the blog....

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

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

Prof. Jenkins insists that there should be "objective evidence" for the Book of Mormon.  So...

I have read your recent post on epistemology, which genuinely took me aback:   I...

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

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

John Gee has been commenting on some relevant issues on his blog.  See:

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

Whenever anyone demands "objective evidence" for historical questions you know your dealing with a hermeneutical...

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

A couple more short comments from Jenkins.  I have added responses from me in Blue ========...