Old Testament scholar Thomas Finley examines LDS scholar Hugh Nibley's comparisons between the Book of Mormon and the Lachish Letters, written from the Jewish town of Lachish about the same time that the main Book of Mormon story line begins. Finley shows that Nibley's parallels do not support the historical authenticity of the Book of Mormon.
Dr. Thomas Finley
Professor of Old Testament and Semitics at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Finley's area of expertise is Northwest Semitic languages, specifically Hebrew, Aramaic and Akkadian. He is author of the Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary Joel, Amos, Obadiah, and has contributed notes on those prophets to The Life Recovery Bible and the New American Standard Study Bible. His articles have appeared in Grace Theological Journal, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Journal of Psychology and Theology, Vetus Testamentum, Zeitschrift für Althebraistik and Decision magazine.
