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Just a pointer to another source of reasonably good mp3 lectures on the Old and New Testament, this comes from a site called World Wide Classroom : http://worldwide-classroom.com/ which is an evangelical site. Most of the courses seem to come from Covenant Theological Seminary professors but the ones I have listened to so far ( Judges, Psalms and Wisdom ) though slanted are fundamentally sound as far as I can tell. They at least acknowledge and understand all of modern Biblical criticism and have a response. Dr. Phil Long has been my main choice, he does have an interesting look at Saul which was useful.In general Long’s defense of the continuity of the books of the Bible as opposed to the fragmentation hypothesized by the Documentary Hypothesis is based on his analysis of the literary structure found in the books. So for example where the Documentary Hypothesis sees the poetic Song of Deborah in Judges 5 as a very early poetic fragment inserted into the Book of Judges after the prose explanation of Judges 4 of the very same event Dr. Long sees it as simply the author’s way to highlight the event by using poetry. I don’t know enough to make a judgement but it is an interesting exploration and at least a partial reply to the Documentary Hypoethesis.
Bill, Thanks for the link. I will get to it after I finish the Yale course. I have some reservations about using an Evangelical source, but I will give it a shot.
Buscador I don’t really blame you but at least Phil Long’s courses are reasonably academic and he does have some very good insights that you just don’t (or at least I never have) run into in a Mormon culture. I do admit that his prayers which frequently emphasize grace and how “everything is up to God and nothing a person does makes any difference but in gratitude they try to be good” can get disconcerting to a Mormon. Hope you try it.
Cool! I will definitely check that out. I’m going to move this to the Book & Media Review forum section.
Valoel, sorry, that does make sense I didn’t think of it when I posted. Great! Another fantastic sourse. I appreciate the links. 
Yes Daisy I agree whole heartedly, it is good to have a place where we can explore together. 
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