Tacenda Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 Kerry, I'm going to shamelessly plug one of our books. If you haven't read Charles Harrell's "This Is My Doctrine" I highly suggest you check it out. It is the only monograph I am aware of that strongly engages contemporary Biblical criticism.http://www.gregkoffo...-is-my-doctrineIt may have already been posted but if not, here is great interview with Charles Harrell on Mormonstories, if anyone is interested: http://mormonstories.org/?s=charles+harrell
Kerry A. Shirts Posted June 28, 2012 Author Posted June 28, 2012 Kerry, I'm going to shamelessly plug one of our books. If you haven't read Charles Harrell's "This Is My Doctrine" I highly suggest you check it out. It is the only monograph I am aware of that strongly engages contemporary Biblical criticism.http://www.gregkoffo...-is-my-doctrineMOST EXCELLENT thank you, I shall be purchasing said tome on payday.....appreciate the heads up.....I have really liked a LOT of your books you are publishing.....
Calm Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 I shall be purchasing said tome on payday.....appreciate the heads upAre you still xeroxing everything in sight?
Kerry A. Shirts Posted June 28, 2012 Author Posted June 28, 2012 Are you still xeroxing everything in sight?No not these days........... I still Xerox without doubt, but not near to the extent I used to......
volgadon Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 Wow, sharp eye......... interesting thanks...... yeah man........the faith promoting ever trying to Mormonize everything at the expense of good solid scholarship.....crimany we just suck at everything but building faith.....and that faisl once one sees the silliness of the LDS scholarship which is trying to hard to promote faith and increase faith. McConkie's way just is no longer tenable man..... I LOVED the man's testimony on the Christ.....all else is let go by now. I haven't looked into it for decades now.Bruce R. McConkie's testimony of Christ is the main thing, all else should pale, but when he let himself loosen up a bit I think he had a good way of looking at things. I'm thinking of statements such as trying to do more than is really possible, thus wearing out, is a form of heresy, or that what matters is not where we were, but where we are now and where we are going to. Looking forward, rather than to the past is part of repentance. All too often, though, the authoritarian, overbearing stance got in the way. What I tried to say with my post was 1) different times and different cultures have different ways of looking at things 2) old Bible commentaries aren't necesarily safer than modern scholarship, they are just as likely to lead astray 3) check your sources 4) when we look for traces of our beliefs we need to realise that the context and mode of expression can differ from ours.
volgadon Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 No not these days........... I still Xerox without doubt, but not near to the extent I used to......Running out of books, or running out of trees?
Kerry A. Shirts Posted June 28, 2012 Author Posted June 28, 2012 Running out of books, or running out of trees?Running out of money.......
volgadon Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 Running out of money....... Tell me about it. I can't buy new books, not even for pennies, til I buy new shelves.
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