His is the author of many books including his newest fire on the horizon blake ostler has published widely on mormon philosophy in professional academic philosophy journals such as. Article in journal the book of mormon as a modern expansion of an ancient source dialogue. Bad book of mormon apologetics lds church is true blog. However, im very intrigued by blake ostler s theory about it being a partial modern expansion of an ancient source.
The claim of the expansion theory is that not all of the present book of mormon is genuinely ancient, but that portions of it were created by joseph smith under the inspiration of god out of josephs nineteenthcentury environment. Today we sit down with lds philosopher blake ostler. It seems to me that the book of mormon makes most sense if it is seen as both a revelation to joseph smith and as josephs expansions of the text ostler 109. Blake ostler s loose translation or expansion theory the movement of the modern mormon church in 2019 to refer to the book of mormon. Blake ostler project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Blake ostler on whether the expansion theory undermines bom historicity. Reading from the book of mormon that i still have this faith is a nebulous one. Because ostler adopts the expansion theory, he affirms that the book of mormon was translated through the gift of god and reflects a revelation of the content of an ancient source though we have access only to its modern translation.
Blake ostler, exploring mormon thought salt lake city. Blake ostler is an attorney with fox, edwards, gardiner, and brown in salt lake city. My testimony of the book of mormon is that it is authentic. Complete works blake ostlers mormon publications site. Ostler concentrates his practice in the areas of civil litigation, education law, special education, employment law, construction law, intellectual property. Blake ostler s loose translation or expansion theory the movement of the modern mormon church in 2019 to refer to the book of mormon as a revelation instead of a translation josephs motivations and pious fraud theory.
Book of mormon modern expansion theory lds church is true blog. He argues that it is a modern expansion of an ancient document. Mcmurrin, by blake ostler, seventh east press, january 11, 1983, p. Following a lucid biblical pattern, the book of mormon provides a depiction of. The book of mormon as a modern expansion of an ancient. Carmel mccarthy, writing in the authoritative biblia hebraica quinta, could. This updated and expanded version is republished here with permission.
Apologetics blake ostlers mormon publications site. Essays on mormon doctrine the idea of preexistence in mormon thought. In this short volume, blake ostler departs from the more analytically rigorous approach that defined his groundbreaking exploring mormon thought series and instead offers a meditation and reflection on the deeper and more important aspects of mormon theology. The book of mormon as a modern expansion of an ancient source. I havent studied his theory out completely to see how far he takes it, so i cant say.
Carmel, so shall the knowledge of god descend upon them. The divine council in the hebrew bible and the book of mormon. Carmel with a lot of other men and teams came to help us out of the. The book of mormon as a modern expansion of an ancient source dialogue. Hes not aware of skousencarmacks work acknowledging modern elements that must have come through a loose translation. Ostler, the thronetheophany and prophetic commission in 1. Blake ostler on the book of mormon i absolutely love the book of mormon.
Like blake ostler, gardner concludes that the book has a core of authentic ancient writing, but with substantial expansion by joseph. The book of mormon as a modern expansion of an ancient source you gotta listen to these blake ostler podcasts. Blake ostler has published widely on mormon philosophy in professional academic philosophy journals such as religious studies oxford, england, the international journal for the philosophy of religion netherlands, and element. This topic is one that blake had already published in byu studies in 1987. Some may see the expansion theory as compromising the historicity of. The journal of the society for mormon philosophy and theology, as well as in the mormon scholarly publications dialogue.
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