What has the author John W Welch written?

Answer 1

John W. Welch has written:

'The Sermon at the temple and the Sermon on the mount' -- subject(s): Criticism, interpretation, Book of Mormon, Bible, Sermon on the mount

'Chiasmus in Antiquity'

'A biblical law bibliography' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Jewish law, Law (Theology), Biblical teaching

'Charting the New Testament'

'An Epistle from the New Testament Apostles'

'The Sermon on the mount in the light of the Temple' -- subject(s): Christianity, Christianity and other religions, Criticism, interpretation, History, Judaism, Liturgy, Relations, Sermon on the mount, Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem)

Answer 2

John Woodland Welch is a Mormon (LDS) law and religion scholar who has written a number of learned articles on the the Mormon scriptures and The Bible, from a Mormon perspective. Perhaps the most interesting of these is his proposal ('Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon' and elsewhere) that a very substantial chiasmus has been found in the Book of Mormon, at Alma chapter 36. If this is a genuine chiasmus, Welch is correct in saying that the Book of Mormon appears to reflect ancient rhetorical styles and that such a long and complex chiasmus is unlikely to have been written by Joseph Smith or his associates.

Robert M. Bowman Jr., an American Evangelical Christian theologian, has carefully reviewed Welch's description of Alma chapter 36 ('Alma 36: Ancient Masterpiece Chiasmus or Modern Revivalist Testimony?') and, using Welch's own criteria, conclusively determined that the chapter does not constitute a chiastic structure.