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An example of "scholarship" from an apologist
David Paulsen is in effect a new breed.
Read this excerpt to see a better example of writing and understanding. I agree with Solon, that many of the BYU types ignore an understanding of the ancient world and all too frequently cite only amongst themselves, but Paulsen is better than that. http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publ...id=&chapid=208
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I think (personally) my problems with FARMS stem from their BoM projects. The BoM and scholarship is a dead end, IMO. On the other hand, early Christianity is wide open for scholars of multiple faiths (or non-faiths), with many texts and primary sources, and thousands of years of interpretation to work with. This is a sensible line of research for LDS-inspired writing.
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I'm more familiar with the "Let's show how American Indigenous practices are derived from Semitic origins, or Sorenson's "map" of BoM places.
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Not as good, but a discussion of apostasia.
Faulconer was a philosophy professor while I attended. http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publ...id=&chapid=205 and here's one tackling a subject I'm a bit more familiar with. http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/pdf....&type=cmV2aWV3
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Here's one about Stephen Goldman at Penn State, a professor in ancient scripture.
It's really not about that, but the introduction discusses him. Of course, Penn State is not a legitimate university. http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/disp...ign_lang&id=36
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And Paulsen dealing Mormon's vision of Godhead.
http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/pdf....&type=cmV2aWV3
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You may have just answered a long time question I had. Why is the evidence in the old world abundant, but scant in the new? Ockham's Razor would say Joseph Smith somehow got a hold of some ancient near-eastern source. It's apparent scholarship on the ancient new world period is scantier.
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Sorry, I don't buy it. This anti-Hellenist obsession of FARMS is more distasteful than their Book of Mormon stuff. Also, purporting to define "Christianity" before the early fifth century as something monolithic as a premise for your study is nonsense.
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Paulsen is NOT anti-Hellenist. Come on you're better than that. I am not an anti-Helnelenist. Where do you get off on that? Paulsen merely explains the matters in light of the development of thought. It is true that many Judaic thought was in opposition to Greek thought and some embraced it. Our culture would not exist but for Greek thought. Our science would not exist. Our world would not exist.
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