Comments on: Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life http://www.mormonandcatholic.org/hugh-nibley-a-consecrated-life/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:52:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dave Keller http://www.mormonandcatholic.org/hugh-nibley-a-consecrated-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2281 Dave Keller Thu, 21 Dec 2006 07:01:38 +0000 http://www.mormonandcatholic.org/hugh-nibley-a-consecrated-life/#comment-2281 Sorry Steve. My comment editor has some weird glitches. If you are still interested see: http://www.fairwiki.org/index.php/Hugh_Nibley:Footnotes Sorry Steve. My comment editor has some weird glitches. If you are still interested see:

http://www.fairwiki.org/index.php/Hugh_Nibley:Footnotes

]]> By: Steve http://www.mormonandcatholic.org/hugh-nibley-a-consecrated-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2130 Steve Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:45:12 +0000 http://www.mormonandcatholic.org/hugh-nibley-a-consecrated-life/#comment-2130 Dave, That link isn't working for me. Dave,
That link isn’t working for me.

]]> By: Dave Keller http://www.mormonandcatholic.org/hugh-nibley-a-consecrated-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2113 Dave Keller Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:42:51 +0000 http://www.mormonandcatholic.org/hugh-nibley-a-consecrated-life/#comment-2113 Matt, I am thrilled to have your comments on this little site. I think you are spot on in your initial description of Hugh Nibley and his influence on subsequent Mormon scholars. <em>Offenders for a Word</em> is a classic book that has never gotten a serious review, so I am glad to see that take such a challenge in your new book. By the way, I first learned about your book when you brought it to the attention of FAIR. Some of your chapters look interesting. I might be persuaded to do a mini-review if I could get my hands on a free copy. I have addressed Nibley\'s footnotes in a subsequent blog entry. May I suggest that Martha Beck\'s second hand anecdote about meeting a mysterious man in tweed about her father\'s footnotes is less credible compared to critiques in academic publications. For those interested, the newly created FAIR Wiki <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.mormonandcatholic.org/%5C%22%5C%22\" rel="nofollow">page</a> contains a good summary of points made by Nibley\'s most vociferous in-house critics. While I admit that LDS scholars perform a valuable service in honestly articulating the Mormon religion and defending it from uncharitable attacks, ultimately choosing to adhere to a particular religion is a matter of faith and prayer. An over-reliance on current winds of scholarship seems to me to be akin to putting one\'s faith in the arm of the flesh. Matt,

I am thrilled to have your comments on this little site. I think you are spot on in your initial description of Hugh Nibley and his influence on subsequent Mormon scholars. Offenders for a Word is a classic book that has never gotten a serious review, so I am glad to see that take such a challenge in your new book. By the way, I first learned about your book when you brought it to the attention of FAIR. Some of your chapters look interesting. I might be persuaded to do a mini-review if I could get my hands on a free copy.

I have addressed Nibley\’s footnotes in a subsequent blog entry. May I suggest that Martha Beck\’s second hand anecdote about meeting a mysterious man in tweed about her father\’s footnotes is less credible compared to critiques in academic publications. For those interested, the newly created FAIR Wiki page contains a good summary of points made by Nibley\’s most vociferous in-house critics.

While I admit that LDS scholars perform a valuable service in honestly articulating the Mormon religion and defending it from uncharitable attacks, ultimately choosing to adhere to a particular religion is a matter of faith and prayer. An over-reliance on current winds of scholarship seems to me to be akin to putting one\’s faith in the arm of the flesh.

]]> By: Matt Paulson http://www.mormonandcatholic.org/hugh-nibley-a-consecrated-life/comment-page-1/#comment-2105 Matt Paulson Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:28:58 +0000 http://www.mormonandcatholic.org/hugh-nibley-a-consecrated-life/#comment-2105 Hugh Nibley ushered in a new brand of intellectual LDS scholarship that brings a serious challenge to the critics of Mormonism. In serveral of writings he attempts to document some interesting parallels between early Christianity and Mormonism. Daniel Peterson and Stephen Ricks have continued this same reasoning in their book "Offenders for a Word" (FARMS 1998). However, these LDS scholars neglect to analyze the theology of the writers they cite. See my book "Breaking the Mormon Code" (WingSpan 2006). Even Martha Beck, the daughter of Hugh Nibley, claimed that portions of his research was invented. See her book, "Leaving the Saints" (Crown, 2005). Why should I believe in Mormonism if I cannot believe the scholars that promote this religion? Hugh Nibley ushered in a new brand of intellectual LDS scholarship that brings a serious challenge to the critics of Mormonism. In serveral of writings he attempts to document some interesting parallels between early Christianity and Mormonism. Daniel Peterson and Stephen Ricks have continued this same reasoning in their book “Offenders for a Word” (FARMS 1998). However, these LDS scholars neglect to analyze the theology of the writers they cite. See my book “Breaking the Mormon Code” (WingSpan 2006).

Even Martha Beck, the daughter of Hugh Nibley, claimed that portions of his research was invented. See her book, “Leaving the Saints” (Crown, 2005). Why should I believe in Mormonism if I cannot believe the scholars that promote this religion?

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