Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011 Volume 15 Number 1 Article 11 1-1-2003 A More Responsible Critique Kevin L. Barney Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/msr BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Barney, Kevin L. (2003) "A More Responsible Critique," Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011: Vol. 15 : No. 1 , Article 11. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/msr/vol15/iss1/11 This Responses to The New Mormon Challenge is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1989–2011 by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Title A More Responsible Critique Author(s) Kevin L. Barney Reference FARMS Review 15/1 (2003): 97–146. ISSN 1550-3194 (print), 2156-8049 (online) Abstract Review of “Does the Book of Mormon Reflect an Ancient Near Eastern Background?” (2002), by Thomas J. Finley, and “Rendering Fiction: Translation, Pseudotranslation, and the Book of Mormon” (2002), by David J. Shepherd. A More Responsible Critique Kevin L. Barney n 1997, InterVarsity Press, a Christian publishing house, published Ithe truly groundbreaking How Wide the Divide? A Mormon and an Evangelical in Conversation1 by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson. This was a stunning achievement in religious publishing: a respectful, honest, probing dialogue on matters of ultimate reli‑ gious significance between a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‑day Saints and an evangelical Christian, both committed and knowledgeable.