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Learn more about the documentary hypothesis (DH) of the bible
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Online
  • Kevin L. Barney, "Reflections on the Documentary Hypothesis," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 33 no. 1 (Spring 2000), 57–99. off-site. This article offers reflections of the Documentary Hypothesis in relation to restoration scripture and provides a historical survey of reactions among Latter-day Saint leaders and scholars as they have approached it.
  • Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, "Sorting Out the Sources in Scripture," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 9/6 (4 April 2014). [215–272] link This article examines the Book of Moses in relation to the Documentary Hypothesis
  • Dominic Kent, "A Modern Translation of Genesis 1–11 in the Traditional Sense," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27/4 (29 September 2017). [63–66] link
  • Noel B. Reynolds, "Two New Studies of Biblical Repentance," Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27/3 (29 September 2017). [57–62] link
  • John Sorenson, "The 'Brass Plates' and Biblical Scholarship". This article argues that the Book of Mormon reflects what we expect from source criticism to be on the brass plates during Nephi's day—especially the E source.
Print
  • Avram R. Shannon, "The Documentary Hypothesis and the Book of Mormon," in They Shall Grow Together: The Bible in the Book of Mormon, ed. Charles Swift and Nicholas J. Frederick (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 2022), 249–75. This book chapter reflects on the Book of Mormon and its use of the different pentateuchal sources. It provides helpful insights for reconciling any criticism that arises against the Book of Mormon because of the DH.
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