Will Schryver's Benefactor

[_Will Schryver]

I therefore acknowledge what is one of Graham’s rare moments of inadvertent incisiveness—although, in the process, he (ironically enough) merely serves to mimic the role of the blind scholars who had access to a considerable body of data, but could not seem to interpret it correctly, often leaving it for men “uncorrupted by higher education” to come along and open everyone’s eyes to the simple truths of the matter.

A typical reaction of the "blind scholars" to a particularly piercing observation that tends to set their prejudice on its head: affect condescending disinterest.

Classic stuff, that.

[_Kishkumen]

A typical reaction of the "blind scholars" to a particularly piercing observation that tends to set their prejudice on its head: affect condescending disinterest.

Classic stuff, that.

A little sensitive, Will? I had no idea that I had to be so careful with your tender feelings in expressing my impatience that you get on with producing this scholarship you constantly refer to.

Just relax. Any expression of disinterest regarded your continual empty commentary, not your eventual publications.

[_Will Schryver]

A typical reaction of the "blind scholars" to a particularly piercing observation that tends to set their prejudice on its head: affect condescending disinterest.

Classic stuff, that.

A little sensitive, Will? I had no idea that I had to be so careful with your tender feelings in expressing my impatience that you get on with producing this scholarship you constantly refer to.

Just relax. Any expression of disinterest regarded your continual empty commentary, not your eventual publications.

Non sequitur.

[_harmony]

Non sequitur.

When can we expect publication of your book, Will?

[_Kishkumen]

Non sequitur.

Pretty stupid response, Will. It is obvious that I know better what I meant by the twiddling thumbs than you. I said it was about my impatience to see you publish. Argument over.

[_Will Schryver]

Non sequitur.

When can we expect publication of your book, Will?

I believe I adequately responded to that question quite recently:

People have waited a quarter century for Metcalfe, who has long promised but never delivered even a single line of KEP analysis. People waited 6 years while Brian Hauglid prepared his mildly annotated transcription of the Abraham manuscripts. I have been in possession of the high-res scans of the documents for a little over one year now. I’m inclined to think it reasonable for me to take at least a year or two to more formally articulate what already constitutes the single largest body of substantive analysis of the Kirtland Egyptian Papers put forth in the almost half century since they and the Joseph Smith Papyri burst into the public consciousness (an admittedly dubious distinction, perhaps, considering the virtual vacuum of analysis that preceded my FAIR conference presentation).

But then, my standards are not your standards; my ways not your ways.

(Link here.)

[_Kishkumen]

I believe I adequately responded to that question quite recently:

I don't see a publication date there, Will.

[Guest]

I believe I adequately responded to that question quite recently:

I don't see a publication date there, Will.

Of course, as with all academic publishing (as Kishkumen well knows), until the printing presses really start to run, there is truly no such thing as a “set in stone” publication date. Even then, things are sometimes subject to change (case in point, the infamous once-aborted issue of the FARMS Review that contained Bill Hamblin’s “Metcalfe is Butthead” acrostic).

In any case, to the best of my knowledge, the following represents the schedule for my soon-forthcoming articles.

• The Interminable Roll – Determining the Original Length of the Scroll of Hor, Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture, Volume 20, Issue 1, approximately June 2011.
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• The Meaning and Purpose of the Kirtland Egyptian Papers – Part 1, Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture, Volume 20, Issue 2, approximately December 2011.
  
  (The KEP paper will be Part 1 of 4 such articles that will be serialized in successive issues of the JBMORS, and then eventually compiled into a single published volume.)

In addition, I have now commenced and will shortly submit (most likely to The Journal of Mormon History) a paper tentatively entitled Robert Taylor Burton and the Morrisite War, a detailed study of the largely ignored contemporary eyewitness testimony that overwhelmingly exonerates Colonel Burton of the false allegations of murder leveled against him in consequence of his actions during the June 1862 Morrisite “war” at Kingston Fort in South Weber, Davis County, Utah.

In the meantime, I have decided it would be valuable for me to make available, in downloadable text format, the script to my 2010 FAIR Conference presentation. It is available at the following link: The Meaning and Purpose of the Kirtland Egyptian Papers



Edited to update link.

[_harmony]

With all the hoopla, I was expecting a book at the very least.

[_Kishkumen]

Of course, as with all academic publishing (as Kishkumen well knows), until the printing presses really start to run, there is truly no such thing as a “set in stone” publication date. Even then, things are sometimes subject to change (case in point, the infamous once-aborted issue of the FARMS Review that contained Bill Hamblin’s “Metcalfe is Butthead” acrostic).

In any case, to the best of my knowledge, the following represents the schedule for my soon-forthcoming articles.

Yeah, that is pretty much what we were looking for. Thanks.

By the way, I don't think anyone was expecting a "set in stone" date. We were just tired of reading your vague announcements of hazily described, forthcoming work without any clue about the timeline, etc. I do love how you have a need to create the appearance that a simple request like that was somehow unreasonable--this time by making it out to be something it actually wasn't.

Oh, and, generally my experience is that I have a pretty solid sense of when my work is coming out long before it does.