The Electronic Journal of Jaredite Studies

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Re: The Electronic Journal of Jaredite Studies

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Lemmie wrote:I make no claims about the phrase "evidence deserving of objective consideration," other than to note that, based on the number of times an apologist has invoked it on this board while simultaneously refusing to ever actually give any evidence, it may be a coded reference to resources locked in the Wasatch vault. These resources would appear to include real, imaginary and forged* items, an apparently unnecessary distinction as all three categories seem to be used interchangeably.

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*see the 446, Hoffman.



Many thanks, Professor Lemmie. Your thoughts and contributions are invaluable. Please continue to share your expertise and knowledge with us!
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The Electronic Journal of Jaredite Studies is proud to present to you a series of articles authored by rising star Dr. Symmachus, whose trailblazing scholarship on Jaredite history and linguistics, not to mention Nephite history, has forever raised the bar for groundbreaking work in these fields. Any new comprehensive theory in any of these areas will surely have to respond to the masterful arguments of Dr. Symmachus.

In the summer of 2015, fresh off of his research sabbatical in Central America, Dr. Symmachus offered this shot across the bow to the entire field of Jaredite Studies via his revolutionary argument regarding the Indo-European origins of Jareditish, "The Indo-European Background of Deseret":

http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=895871#p895871

A short two years later, Dr. Symmachus returned to quell all objections to his theory by laying out a daring new explanation of Gazela/em ("New Light on Gazela/em") as a scribal gloss, partly in response to Elliot Jolley's "Gazelem the Jaredite," published in Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017) 85-105:

http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=1093862#p1093862

In support of Dr. Symmachus' work, Prof. Johannes offered a beautful translation of the Jaredite oracle of Alma 37 back into PIE:

bherso h1eghs nekwtos / h1endo-kwe leukom
olja werga ghighta / h1eti ghalhxra


See http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=1094175#p1094175

In response to further queries and challenges, and to the shock of the entire Jaredite Studies establishment, Dr. Symmachus published in very short order the most comprehensive treatment of the political and religious history of Nephite scribal culture to date:

http://mormondiscussions.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=1094210#p1094210

The entire field of Jaredite Studies and Book of Mormon Studies is forever in the debt of Dr. Symmachus, who has singlehandedly transformed these fields in a shockingly brief span of time. Thank you, Dr. Symmachus. We look forward to publishing the full text of these offerings in The Electronic Journal of Jaredite Studies very soon!
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Congratulations to the author Professor Dr. Symmachus and to the editor the Reverend Dr. Kishkumen.

Long live EJOJS.

We are looking forward to reading the entire opus.
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Such elucidation upon the Book of Mormon should be valuable in guiding the LDS Church through the twenty-first century. BRAVO!
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Thank you, DrW and Always Changing. We welcome feedback from all of our esteemed colleagues and subscribers.
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I am deeply humbled by the kind response to my trifling contribution to this vast field, and honored to have it associated with the prestige of the Electronic Journal of Jaredite Studies. It has earned that prestige not only because of the erudition and generosity of Reverend Kishkumen, the giant of the field, nor merely because of the quality of its readership, but because its review process, in the best tradition of Mormon apologetics, is peerless.
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Re: The Electronic Journal of Jaredite Studies

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...it's review process, in the best tradition of Mormon apologetics, is peerless.

Oh that's priceless. Well done, Symmachus. Maybe the Mis-Interpreter Editors can mis-appropriate that as a dust jacket blurb*. Turn-about is fair play, after all. :cool:

(* viewtopic.php?f=1&t=47455&hilit=jo%2Ae%2C+peterson+interpreter )
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Symmachus wrote:I am deeply humbled by the kind response to my trifling contribution to this vast field, and honored to have it associated with the prestige of the Electronic Journal of Jaredite Studies. It has earned that prestige not only because of the erudition and generosity of Reverend Kishkumen, the giant of the field, nor merely because of the quality of its readership, but because its review process, in the best tradition of Mormon apologetics, is peerless.

Classic. Absolutely classic. Where do you come up with this stuff?
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Symmachus wrote:It has earned that prestige not only because of the erudition and generosity of Reverend Kishkumen, the giant of the field, nor merely because of the quality of its readership, but because its review process, in the best tradition of Mormon apologetics, is peerless.


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Yes, one regrets that non-Jaredite Studies scholars are incapable of reviewing your work, but we feel that we and our friends are the most qualified people for the job.
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