Appendix 2
A Bibliography of Work on the Abinadi Narrative
Editions and Critical Text
Dinger, John S. Significant Textual Changes in the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2013. See pp. 129–38.
Hardy, Grant. The Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Edition. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2003. See pp. 202–18.
Parry, Donald W. The Book of Mormon TextReformatted According to Parallelistic Patterns. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1992. See pp. 161–73.
Skousen, Royal. Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon. 6 parts. Provo, UT: FARMS, 2004–9. See part 2, pp. 1267–353; and part 3, pp. 1355–65.
———. The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. See pp. 221–39.
———, ed. The Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon: Typographical Facsimile of the Entire Text in Two Parts. 2 parts. Provo, UT: FARMS, 2001. See part 1, pp. 320–39.
Skousen, Royal, and Robin Scott Jensen, eds., Revelations and Translations, Volume 2, Part 1: Printer’s Manuscript of the Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi 1–Alma 35, vol. 2, part 1 of the Revelations and Translations series of The Joseph Smith Papers. Salt Lake City: Church Historian’s Press, 2015. See pp. 288–307.
Commentaries
Cramer, Lew W. “Abinadi.” In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, edited by Daniel H. Ludlow, 1:5–7. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Gardner, Brant A. Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon. 6 vols. Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2007. See vol. 3, pp. 250–322.
Hartshorn, Chris B. A Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Independence, MO: Herald, 1966. See pp. 184–226.
McConkie, Joseph Fielding, and Robert L. Millet. Jacob through Mosiah. Vol. 2 of Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1988. See pp. 199–251.
Millet, Robert L. “Abinadi.” In Book of Mormon Reference Companion, edited by Dennis Largey, 22–24. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003.
Nibley, Hugh W. Semester 2. Vol. 2 of Teachings of the Book of Mormon: Transcripts of Lectures Presented to an Honors Book of Mormon Class at Brigham Young University, 1988–1990. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1993. See pp. 44–116.
Reynolds, George, and Janne M. Sjodahl. The Words of Mormon and the Book of Mosiah. Vol. 2 of Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1956. See pp. 117–92.
Sperry, Sidney B. Book of Mormon Compendium. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968. See pp. 289–323.
Literary Study
Bowen, Matthew L. “‘This Son Shall Comfort Us’: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 263–98.
Brown, S. Kent. “The Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon.” In From Jerusalem to Zarahemla: Literary and Historical Studies of the Book of Mormon, 75–98. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1998.
Clark, Robert E. “The Type at the Border: An Inquiry into Book of Mormon Typology.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2, no. 2 (1993): 63–77. See pp. 66–67.
Fredrick, Nicholas J. The Bible, Mormon Scripture, and the Rhetoric of Allusivity. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2016. See pp. 22–24.
Goff, Alan. “Abinadi’s Disguise and the Fate of King Noah.” FARMS Update: Research in Progress 141 (December 2000): 2.
———. “Uncritical Theory and Thin Description: The Resistance to History.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 7, no. 1 (1995): 170–207. See pp. 192–206.
Hardy, Grant. Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader’s Guide. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. See pp. 112–13, 156–62.
Hilton, John, III. “Textual Similarities in the Words of Abinadi and Alma’s Counsel to Corianton.” BYU Studies Quarterly 51, no. 2 (2012): 39–60.
Parker, Todd B. “Abinadi: The Man and the Message (Part 1) and The Message and the Martyr (Part 2).” FARMS Preliminary Report. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1996.
Smith, Gerald E. “Improvisation and Extemporaneous Change in The Book of Mormon (Part 1: Evidence of an Imperfect, Authentic, Ancient Work of Scripture).” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 1–44. See pp. 12–17, 23.
———. “Improvisation and Extemporaneous Change in The Book of Mormon (Part 2: Structural Evidences of Earlier Ancient Versus Later Modern Constructions).” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 53–90. See pp. 66–68.
Spencer, Joseph M. An Other Testament: On Typology. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2016. See pp. 105–40.
Thomas, Mark D. Digging in Cumorah: Reclaiming Book of Mormon Narratives. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1999. See pp. 37–42.
———. “A Mosaic for Religious Counterculture: The Bible in the Book of Mormon.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 29, no. 4 (1996): 47–68. See pp. 63–65.
Welch, John W. “Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon.” BYU Studies 10, no. 1 (1969): 69–84. See p. 82.
Ancient Context
Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord? The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011. See pp. 489–519.
Calabro, David. “‘Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy’: Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 21 (2012): 46–59.
Gardner, Brant “Scourging with Faggots.” FARMS Update: Research in Progress 148 (2001): 2–3.
Gee, John. “A Different Way of Seeing the Hand of the Lord.” Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 16, no. 2 (2015): 112–27.
Nibley, Hugh W. “Churches in the Wilderness.” In Nibley on the Timely and the Timeless, edited by Truman G. Madsen. 2nd ed., 169–201. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 2004.
Seely, David Rolph. “The Ten Commandments in the Book of Mormon.” In Doctrines of the Book of Mormon: The 1991 Sperry Symposium, edited by Bruce A. Van Orden and Brent L. Top, 166–81. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1991.
Sorenson, John L. An Ancient American Setting for The Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1985. See pp. 167–75.
———. Mormon’s Codex: An Ancient American Book. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2013. See pp. 557–58.
Thomasson, Gordon C., John W. Welch, and Robert F. Smith. “Abinadi and Pentecost.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research, ed. John W. Welch, 135–38. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1992.
Tvedtnes, John A. “As a Garment in a Hot Furnace.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 1 (1997): 76–79.
Welch, John W. The Legal Cases of the Book of Mormon. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2008. See pp. 139–209.
———. “A Steady Stream of Significant Recognitions.” In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch, 331–88. Provo, UT: FARMS, 2002. See pp. 348–53.
Abinadi and Isaiah
Jackson, Kent P. “Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” In A Reason for Faith: Navigating LDS Doctrine and Church History, edited by Laura Harris Hales, 69–78. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2016.
Ludlow, Victor L. “Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.” In Book of Mormon Reference Companion, edited by Dennis Largey, 344–45. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003.
Ludlow, Victor L. Unlocking Isaiah in the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003. See pp. 216–42.
Madsen, Ann. “‘What Meaneth the Words that Are Written?’ Abinadi Interprets Isaiah.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 10, no. 1 (2001): 4–15, 78.
Nyman, Monte S. “Abinadi’s Commentary on Isaiah.” In The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only Through Christ,edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 161–86. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1991.
Ogden, D. Kelly. “Isaiah Chapter Review: Mosiah 14//
Pike, Dana M. “‘How Beautiful upon the Mountains’: The Imagery of Isaiah 52:7–10 and Its Occurrences in the Book of Mormon.” In Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch, 249–91. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1998.
Schade, Aaron, and Matthew L. Bowen. “‘To Whom is the Arm of the Lord Revealed?’: Part 1.” Religious Educator 16, no. 2 (2015): 91–111.
Seely, David Rolph. “Abinadi, Moses, Isaiah, and Christ: ‘O How Beautiful upon the Mountains Are Their Feet.’” In The Book of Mormon: The Foundation of Our Faith, edited by Joseph Fielding McConkie et al., 201–16. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1999.
Spencer, Joseph M. An Other Testament: On Typology. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2016. See pp. 141–58.
Sperry, Sidney B. Book of Mormon Compendium. Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968. See pp. 300–309.
Stock, Susan. “The Oral Formulaic Style of Isaiah and Abinadi.” Deseret Language and Linguistic Society Proceedings 17, no. 1 (1991): 67–71.
John A. Tvedtnes. “Isaiah Variants in the Book of Mormon.” In Isaiah and the Prophets: Inspired Voices from the Old Testament, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 165–78. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1984.
Vogel, Dan. Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004. See pp. 175–88.
Welch, John W. “Isaiah 53, Mosiah 14, and the Book of Mormon.” In Isaiah in the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry and John W. Welch, 293–311. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1998.
Doctrine and Theology
Allred, Janice. “Toward a Mormon Theology of God the Mother.” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 27, no. 2 (1994): 15–39.
Charles, Melodie Moench. “Book of Mormon Christology.” In New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology, edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe, 81–115. Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1993.
Donaldson, Lee L. “Benjamin and Noah: The Principle of Dominion.” In The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only Through Christ, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 49–58. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1991.
Faulconer, James E. The Book of Mormon Made Harder: Scripture Study Questions. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2014. See pp. 144–58.
Hilton, John, III, and Jana Johnson. “Who Uses the Word Resurrection in the Book of Mormon and How Is It Used?” Journal of Book of Mormon and Restoration Scriptures 21, no. 2 (2012): 30–39.
Holland, Jeffrey R. Christ and the New Covenant: The Messianic Message of the Book of Mormon. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1997. See pp. 171–73, 179–93.
Hoskisson, Paul Y. “The Fatherhood of Christ and the Atonement.” Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 1 (2000): 71–80.
Lane, Jennifer Clark. “The Lord Will Redeem His People: Adoptive Covenant and Redemption in the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2, no. 2 (1993): 39–62.
Matthews, Robert J. “Abinadi: The Prophet and Martyr.” In The Book of Mormon: Mosiah, Salvation Only through Christ, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate Jr., 91–112. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, 1991.
Parker, Jared T. “Abinadi on the Father and the Son: Interpretation and Application.” In Living the Book of Mormon: Abiding by Its Precepts, edited by Gaye Strathearn and Charles Swift, 136–50. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2007.
Spencer, Joseph M. An Other Testament: On Typology. 2nd ed. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2016. See pp. 159–69.
Stott, G. St. John. “Ordination and Ministry in the Book of Mormon.” In Restoration Studies III, edited by Maurice L. Draper, 244–53. Independence, MO: Herald, 1986.
Thompson, A. Keith. “The Doctrine of Resurrection in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 101–29.