Stephen E. Robinson
Stephen Edward Robinson (born 1947) is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a Mormon scholar and apologist.
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[edit] Biography
Robinson was born and raised in Southern California (La Crescenta). He served a two-year mission for the LDS Church in the Northern States. He has been a member of the faculty at Brigham Young University since 1986, and he was appointed chairman of the Department of Ancient Scripture there in 1990. Robinson received a B.A. in English and Philosophy from BYU in 1971. He received a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Duke University in 1978, and was tenured at Lycoming College in 1984, after teaching religion there, at Hampden-Sydney College, at UNC-Chapel Hill, and Duke. Robinson also served as chairman of the Scholars Program, of the Religion Department, and of the Faculty Senate at Lycoming.[1] He has several popular books, Are Mormons Christians?, Believing Christ, [the "Best Book" Award-winner at ILDS Booksellers for 1995], Following Christ, [the "Best Book" at ILDSB for 1996], and How Wide the Divide? (with Craig Blomberg [a "Best Book" Award-winner at Christianity Today in 1997]).
[edit] Controversy
Robinson came to the center of a conflict between the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) and publisher Signature Books, through his critical review of the writing of Dan Vogel as being patterned after the teachings of Korihor,[2] an atheist orator in the Book of Mormon.[3] According to Daniel C. Peterson, then editor of the FARMS Review, FARMS tried to quiet the attack by Signature Books down by emphasizing that the attack was on the writings and not the beliefs or character of the authors reviewed.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
- The Testament of Adam: an Examination of the Syriac and Greek Traditions, (SBL) 1978
- Are Mormons Christians?, 1991
- Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News, 1992
- Following Christ: The Parable of the Divers and More Good News, 1995
- How Wide the Divide?: A Mormon & an Evangelical in Conversation, 1997 (with Craig L. Blomberg)
- Commentary on the Doctrine and Covenants (4 volumes), 2000–2005 (with H. Dean Garrett)
[edit] Online writings
- Believing Christ, Ensign, Apr. 1992, 5
- The Doctrinal Exclusion: Trinity and the Nature of God, from his book Are Mormons Christians?, Chapter 7
- LDS Differences in Doctrine (Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.1, "Doctrine, LDS Differences")
[edit] References
- ^ Short author intro on page 134 of C. Wilfred Griggs edited, Apocryphal Writings and the Latter-day Saints (Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1986)
- ^ Review of Vogel edited book by Robinson
- ^ Book of Mormon reference to Korihor
- ^ Peterson's description of the controversy
[edit] External links
- Works by or about Stephen E. Robinson in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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