Saturday, August 31, 2019

Brian Stubbs' Response to Chris Rogers


Brian Stubbs is the author of Exploring the Explanatory Power of Semitic and Egyptian in Uto-Aztecan and Changes in Language from Nephi to Now. In the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, a "review" of these volumes was written by Chris Rogers, "A Review of the Afro-Asiatic: Utzo-Aztecan Proposal." Brian has recently sent Jeff Lindsay his response which Jeff has posted on his blog:

Guest Post from Brian Stubbs: A Response to Chris Rogers’ “A Review of the Afro-Asiatic: Uto-Aztecan Proposal” in the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (PDF version of Stubbs' review)

Rogers' "review" seems basically to be along the lines of, "Well, Stubbs believes in the historicity of the Book of Mormon and we can't have that!!!!" (which fits much of what the Maxwell Institute are producing these days where any view but the traditional view [read: believing Joseph Smith told the truth] is acceptable). It is also a devasting review by Stubbs and a solid defence of his books.