It's a behemoth for sure, and it doesn't seem like writing against makes much of a different. But Huff and I have an article coming out in Harvard Theological Review that takes the critique a bit further, so stay tuned
"Again, I have no scholarly background in these matters. But the adult who led our youth group at my local parish in the 1980s and my pastor in the 1990s, this was their main approach to Scripture."
Some heavy hitting stuff here
Including a chatgpt summary without embarrassment is something else man
The church deserves better
In light of discussion I've seen here on Huff's wonderful substack critiquing the "Hahn School," here's a review I wrote a couple years ago on Bergsma and Morrow, Murmuring against Moses. This book is another product of that school. Let me tell you: it's not serious work. shorturl.at/N8jR1
Yeah this really gets me too. And the truly weird thing is that he has to tie Exodus in knots to get there. If he just read the canonical text straightforwardly, he'd get a much more Catholic-friendly depiction of the priesthood as a Very Good Plan A