Vague Accusations Against Bill Hamblin

[_Cicero]

Holy mackerel! The credibility of the comments have just been magnified ten-fold. Wow.

I'm not so sure about that. I certainly understand the anger behind the comment better with the context Kish provided, but I am not sure whether or not this lends further credibility to his accusations. To me these still look like incredible accusations and I would like to have a bit more evidence before believing them.

[_Kishkumen]

I certainly have read it from him before, but I can't place it. Maybe it is in the preface to his version of the Book of Mormon.

His testimony at http://mormonscholarstestify.org/243/grant-hardy about the book is less than robust, not the sort you'd want a seminary teacher or bishop to have.

Yes, his is one of those "nuanced" testimonies it seems. I could really identify with some of it. I guess the difference is that I remain on the fence, where he has clearly decided to commit to faith.

[_Elphaba]

One unfortunate development was David P. Wright's alleged evisceration of Jack Welch's theories regarding King Benjamin's sermon, which left the latter quaking in anger.

Is a print copy of Wright's comments available?

[_Kishkumen]

One unfortunate development was David P. Wright's alleged evisceration of Jack Welch's theories regarding King Benjamin's sermon, which left the latter quaking in anger.

Is a print copy of Wright's comments available?

Not that I am aware of, unfortunately.

[_Joe Geisner]

His testimony at http://mormonscholarstestify.org/243/grant-hardy about the book is less than robust, not the sort you'd want a seminary teacher or bishop to have.

If this be the case, than the loss is the Church's and not the Hardys

[_why me]

If Mormons consider themselves christian and they believe in Jesus Christ as their savior, who am I to argue with them?

I can't.

[_Doctor Scratch]

Cicero:

I was reading Roger Nicholson's article in the MI and saw that he mentioned Hamblin's entry in Wikipedia. I read the entry some time ago and recall that it described the "Metcalfe is Butthead" incident. Well, it appears that the Mormon editing has triumphed. What's more, the revised entry now seems to offer some (albeit rather vague) substantiation for the things you posted in your OP:

Hamblin served as an LDS missionary in Italy from 1973–75.[citation needed]

Hamblin received his bachelors degree in history from BYU. He did his graduate studies from the University of Michigan, receiving an M.A. in history in 1981, an M.A. in Near East Studies in 1984, and a Ph.D. in history in 1985.[citation needed] The title of his Dissertation was The Fatimid Army During the Early Crusades. Prior to joining the faculty of BYU in 1989 Hamblin was a history professor at the University of Southern Mississippi,[2] an instructor at Campbell University and a middle east intelligence analyst for the United States Department of Defense. Hamblin contributed many articles to The International Military Encyclopedia.[3]

(emphasis mine)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Hamblin