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Toto · 01-25-2009, 10:11 AM

The Journal of Higher Criticism is no longer associated with Drew University. It was published by the Atheist Alliance for a while, but is now printed on demand. AAI may still have some back issues.

DCHindley · 01-25-2009, 10:48 AM

Their web site does not seem to have been very active since early 2007. The Drew site had info current through Spring 2002. The Athiest Alliance site has almost exactly the same info as the Drew site, except for availability of back issues through Spring 2006, and that only on the "Contact Us" page, not the formal Back issues page, which is identical to the one at Drews. Nothing has thus been updated for the 5 intervening years! The web site is copyright 2007. Where have they been for the last 2 years? How can anyone take this seriously?
DCH

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Originally Posted by Toto

The Journal of Higher Criticism is no longer associated with Drew University. It was published by the Atheist Alliance for a while, but is now printed on demand. AAI may still have some back issues.

Toto · 01-25-2009, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by DCHindley

Their web site does not seem to have been very active since early 2007. The Drew site had info current through Spring 2002. The Athiest Alliance site has almost exactly the same info as the Drew site, except for availability of back issues through Spring 2006, and that only on the "Contact Us" page, not the formal Back issues page, which is identical to the one at Drews. Nothing has thus been updated for the 5 intervening years! The web site is copyright 2007. Where have they been for the last 2 years? How can anyone take this seriously?
DCH

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I think that JHC is Robert Price's baby. He has a lot of irons in the fire, and not a lot of support staff or institutional support behind him.

It now appears to be web based:

http://highercriticism.org

The new process is here:

http://webulite.com/node/2556

Also on lulu: http://www.lulu.com/content/3060240

mountainman · 01-25-2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Toto

I think that JHC is Robert Price's baby. He has a lot of irons in the fire, and not a lot of support staff or institutional support behind him.

It now appears to be web based:

http://highercriticism.org

From that page ...

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The Journal of Higher Criticism, founded in 1994, is a scholarly periodical featuring articles on Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Mormon origins/scriptures, utilizing the insights and methods of the great Higher Critics of yesteryear, lamentably neglected today: Julius Wellhausen, D.F. Strauss, F.C. Baur, Bruno Bauer, W.C. van Manen, etc. Our approach might be characterized as radical or even ultra-radical, rather than trying to give equal time to all voices, since all the others have plentiful and ready forums elsewhere.

and from the JHC submisson guidlines:

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The Journal of Higher Criticism encourages ALL people to submit content to the Journal.

While we wish to encourage not only professionals but lay people to become interested in the topic and industry and participate, we do wish to also foster a professional journal product. So we are experimenting with a process that we feel will meet the three objectives of;

1) becoming a leading open outlet for research in the industry
2) encouraging not just professionals but all people to submit articles
3) providing a professional product

This looks to be quite an open approach.

Best wishes,

Pete

Roger Pearse · 01-26-2009, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by DCHindley

How can anyone take this seriously?

Is this a genuine journal? The title sort of suggests something odd.

All the best,

Roger Pearse

DCHindley · 01-26-2009, 09:04 AM

Yes it is.

I e-mailed Price after looking at the Web page some years back (maybe 2001) and had to ask "Is this a serious journal or just a spoof?" He assured me it was very serious and sent me a sample issue in the past (well, actually 2 as I made a follow up e-mail after the first was not answered, and ended up with Fall 96 & Fall 98), and the articles and book reviews were witten by the likes of Jacob Neusner, Michael Goulder, A Q Morton, Barbara Thiering, Hermann Detering, and of course Robert Price himself. These would be "semi fringe" (Thiering, Detering, even Price) or established "loose cannons" (Neusner, Goulder) in the late 90's, but the most recent submissions are all totally fringe (Detering still contributes), mainly from the Dutch Radical perspective, but open to other "radicals."

DCH

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Originally Posted by Roger Pearse

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Originally Posted by DCHindley

How can anyone take this seriously?

Is this a genuine journal? The title sort of suggests something odd.

All the best,

Roger Pearse

GakuseiDon · 01-26-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DCHindley

I e-mailed Price after looking at the Web page some years back (maybe 2001) and had to ask "Is this a serious journal or just a spoof?" He assured me it was very serious and sent me a sample issue in the past (well, actually 2 as I made a follow up e-mail after the first was not answered, and ended up with Fall 96 & Fall 98), and the articles and book reviews were witten by the likes of Jacob Neusner, Michael Goulder, A Q Morton, Barbara Thiering, Hermann Detering, and of course Robert Price himself. These would be "semi fringe" (Thiering, Detering, even Price) or established "loose cannons" (Neusner, Goulder) in the late 90's, but the most recent submissions are all totally fringe (Detering still contributes), mainly from the Dutch Radical perspective, but open to other "radicals."

From what you've seen, have you seen many articles in there dealing with ahistoricity? Even as a review of a ahistoricity position?

I see in the latest journal Earl Doherty has another article on his "Jesus Puzzle" position. He also published an article in the Journal in the early 2000s (IIRC), though it didn't appear to get any response. I hope someone looks into it this time.

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