One of the participants on the webinar, Daniel Peterson, Professor of Near Eastern History at Brigham Young University, wrote the Post that “I have received your inquiry” but did not answer any of the Post’s questions about Mahallati. Peterson later scrubbed a section he wrote about Mahallati on his blog. Andrew Skinner, another panelist and a religion professor at Brigham Young University, declined to respond to the Post.
Has BYU ever had a professor that has brought more bad publicity and drama to the institution than DCP? For BYU, July 1st can’t come soon enough.
"I'm on paid sabbatical from BYU in exchange for my promise to use this time to finish two books."
Huh. It would seem that "Louis Midgley" has turned his back on Dr. Peterson. Check out this response in the "Comments" section of the article that Tom linked to:
Louis Midgley wrote:I was saddened to see that Brigham Young University professor Daniel C. Peterson agreed to work with Mahallit. Throughout his career, Daniel Peterson’s actions and words have shown that he is no friend of Israel or the Jewish people.
"If, while hoping that everybody else will be honest and so forth, I can personally prosper through unethical and immoral acts without being detected and without risk, why should I not?." --Daniel Peterson, 6/4/14
Huh. It would seem that "Louis Midgley" has turned his back on Dr. Peterson. Check out this response in the "Comments" section of the article that Tom linked to:
Louis Midgley wrote:I was saddened to see that Brigham Young University professor Daniel C. Peterson agreed to work with Mahallit. Throughout his career, Daniel Peterson’s actions and words have shown that he is no friend of Israel or the Jewish people.
What...the....heck? Is it possible that Midgley is posting his true feelings about DCP on the Jerusalem Post?
Mopology is a harsh mistress.
"I'm on paid sabbatical from BYU in exchange for my promise to use this time to finish two books."
Midge is still posting over at Sic et Non. Maybe DCP hasn't seen the post on the JPost site yet? Maybe the Louis Midgley poster is an imposter?
My first guess is that’s it’s an imposter. I have a hard time believing the Midge would ever put the knife in DCP’s back given his head has been permanently lodge up the former’s backside for at least 20 years now.
- Doc
Hugh Nibley claimed he bumped into Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, Winston Churchill, Gertrude Stein, and the Grand Duke Vladimir Romanoff. Dishonesty is baked into Mormonism.
