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Originally Posted by ChinoCoug
Now that the dust has settled on whether legitimate scholars believe the BoM is worth examining, let’s move on to the substance of their examinations. First with Krister Stendahl of Harvard Divinity School and his talk at BYU entitled "The Sermon on the Mount and Third Nephi."
The reference can be found on his Harvard vita:
http://www.hds.harvard.edu/library/b...1stendahl.html
I found the essay's value in helping the reader understand 3 Nephi even greater than its apologetic usefulness. Some excerpts:
Summary (if you don’t want to read anything else)
Purpose of his talk:
Similarities to Old Testament Pseudepigrapha:
3 Nephi’s Johanninism
Raises a good question
After summarizing 3 Nephi 17-19:
He then gives examples of how John always amplifies things.
On 3 Nephi’s Johannine style of discourse
I love this guy. |
Now you aren't saying Stendahl sees the BOM as an *ancient* targum are you? He is clear in an article related to this talk that he sees the KJV version of the bible as the source of this targumic expansion (a chapter in one of Truman Madsen's books that I can't remember off hand). He therefore sees the BOM as a 19th century document worthy of exegesis. If this was already assumed in your post then forgive me. I just wanted to clarify that in no way does Stendahl see the BOM as an ancient document.