Robert M. Price

Robert M. Price is the founder and editor of The Journal of Higher Criticism. Over seventy of his articles have appeared in various religious and scholarly journals. His books include Beyond Born Again (Hypatia Press, 1993), The Widow Traditions in Luke-Acts (Scholars Press, 1997), and Deconstructing Jesus (Prometheus Books, 2000). He has served as a Baptist pastor and as director of a Secular Humanist Center. Having taught at Mount Olive College, Bergen Community College, and Drew University, he is now Professor of Scriptural Studies at Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary. Bob lives with his wife Carol and his daughters Victoria and Veronica in Selma, North Carolina.

Prophecy and Palimpsest

Articles/Essays – Volume 35, No. 3

In 2 Kings 22, the priest Hilkiah sends word to Josiah the King: “I have found a book.” Hilkiah had been busy locating funds to compensate the work crews refurbishing the temple, when suddenly the…

Joseph Smith in the Book of Mormon

Articles/Essays – Volume 36, No. 4

Dialogue 36.4 (Winter 2004):109–128
DID JOSEPH SMITH WRITE the Book of Mormon? To this over-familiar question the orthodox Latter-day Saint answer is a resounding “No” because the official belief is that a series of men with quasi-biblical names wrote the book over many centuries.