In Breaking the Mormon Code, Matthew A. Paulson makes a number of shots against the works of Daniel C. Peterson and Stephen D. Ricks, such as their 1992 Offenders for the Word, such as the following:
Of course,
Peterson and Ricks are not immune to minor problems in their research, which
are symptoms of the larger systemic problems. Checking Peterson’s and Rick’s
texts, they correctly state E. P. Sanders is, “one of the greatest authorities
on the Apostle Paul.” However, checking their footnotes, they listed the wrong
author with the same last name.” The footnote lists “O. J. Sanders” instead of “E.
P. Sanders.” Moreover, Peterson and Ricks consistently misspell Christian
scholar Justo Gonzalez as “Gonzales.” This is revealing sign that they and
their editors are unfamiliar with Justo Gonzalez and his works. (Matthew A.
Paulson, Breaking the Mormon Code: A Critique of Mormon Scholarship
Regarding Classical Christian Theology and the Book of Mormon [Livermore,
Calif.: WingSpan Press, 2006, 2009], 25)
However, Paulson (who some LDS apologists call “The
Illiterate One”), while commenting on Deut 32:8, Paulson wrote that:
However, Skehan
notes that the text is written in poetic lines and its readings generally agree
with the LXX. (Ibid., 99)
Footnote to the above:
Harold P. Scanlin,
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Modern Translations of the Old Testament,
(Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1993) 1993, p. 61. (Ibid., 99 n. 354)
Using the “logic” of Paulson, “this is a revealing sign that
Paulson is unfamiliar with the works of Harold P. Scanlin.” Of course, such would be silly, as everyone makes spelling mistakes and the like, but it does show that Paulson is a grade-A hypocrite.
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