There will be a Sunstone symposium on the issue of the historicity of the Book of Mormon tomorrow, featuring Brant Gardner, Sandra Tanner, Mark D. Thomas, and David Bokovoy. It is a pity to see David Bokovoy, on facebook, write the following:
It is a pity as David, back in 2003, co-authored one of my favourite books on the Book of Mormon with John A. Tvedtnes, Testaments: Links between the Book of Mormon and the Hebrew Bible (Tooele, UT.: Heritage Press, 2003) as well as a fine article responding to Living Hope Ministries' The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon, "The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon: Still Losing the Battle" However, in recent years, he has been more than happy to be "buddies" with vehement enemies of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, such as Robert Bowman.
My friend, Stephen Smoot, has an excellent article The Imperative for a Historical Book of Mormon, responding to the nonsense that the Book of Mormon is "inspired fiction" (which, in my books, is a heresy). One should read Stephen's fine article and see how truly silly and utterly indefensible such a position is.
Tomorrow at 2:00 PM at the University of Utah I will be giving a presentation on the Book of Mormon, arguing that it is not a piece of history, but that it should nonetheless be classified as an inspired scriptural narrative. True, I haven't yet written the paper (that won't be till tomorrow morning), but trust me, it's going to be incredible.
It is a pity as David, back in 2003, co-authored one of my favourite books on the Book of Mormon with John A. Tvedtnes, Testaments: Links between the Book of Mormon and the Hebrew Bible (Tooele, UT.: Heritage Press, 2003) as well as a fine article responding to Living Hope Ministries' The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon, "The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon: Still Losing the Battle" However, in recent years, he has been more than happy to be "buddies" with vehement enemies of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, such as Robert Bowman.
My friend, Stephen Smoot, has an excellent article The Imperative for a Historical Book of Mormon, responding to the nonsense that the Book of Mormon is "inspired fiction" (which, in my books, is a heresy). One should read Stephen's fine article and see how truly silly and utterly indefensible such a position is.
