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Divine Source of the Book of Mormon in the Face of Alternative Theories Advocated by LDS Critics (CD)

Daniel C. Peterson, "The Divine Source of the Book of Mormon in the Face of Alternative Theories Advocated by LDS Critics," Mesa, Arizona: The Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR), 2001.

Daniel Peterson explores the nature of the dictation process of the Book of Mormon and offers a preliminary logical analysis of different hypotheses in the production of the Book of Mormon.

He reviews subjective explanations for the Book of Mormon, theories that speculate that the Book is an objective reality, but fraudulent or an objective reality, with "supernatural" explanations.

"All of the evidence presented to this point is consistent with the hypothesis that the Book of Mormon is true, historically authentic scripture. Indeed, in my view, some of the evidence presented here virtually demands such a verdict."

BONUS: The Windows Media Video format includes Louis Midgley's presentation, Naturalistic Terms: Some Reflections on a Motto and Type of Historical Explanation.

A native of southern California, Daniel C. Peterson received a bachelor's degree in Greek and philosophy from Brigham Young University (BYU) and, after several years of study in Jerusalem and Cairo, earned his Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Peterson is a professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic at BYU, as well as a member of the board and associate executive director of its Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts, which has produced a computer-digitized version of the Dead Sea Scrolls, electronically recovered damaged documents from the ruins of Herculaneum, Petra, and elsewhere, and is engaged in joint publishing ventures with such institutions as the Vatican Apostolic Library in Rome.

He is the executive editor of BYU's three-part Middle Eastern Texts Initiative, which includes not only the Islamic Translation Series but two sister series: Graeco-Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, and Eastern Christian Texts. These series publish dual-language editions of classical works of medieval Arabic and Persian philosophy, Arabic medicine and science, and early Coptic, Syriac, and Christian Arabic literature. (The University of Chicago Press distributes the volumes.) He is the author of several books and numerous articles on Islamic and Latter-day Saint topics. Dr. Peterson served in the Switzerland Znrich Mission, and, for approximately eight years, on the Gospel Doctrine writing committee for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) he has been referred to as the "Chief apologist for the LDS Church." Dr. Peterson also edits the FARMS Review of Books.

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