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Old 05-17-2011, 06:12 PM   #6
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After he wrote his book "By the Hand of Mormon", when he visited BYU he said there was one question BYU professors had for him: "How did you get away with it?" Get away with what? "Writing a faith-promoting book and having it published by Oxford." I don't think Givens necessarily agrees that he wrote a faith-promoting book, but he said that Mormon scholars have often sold themselves short by holding back and not addressing things.
Cf. Grant Hardy. In his Oxford publication he apologizes all over himself for the BoM not being historical.

Thanks for the summary. I'll be hearing Givens speak at Duck Beach in a couple of weeks. Should be rewarding.
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