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"The Lord Hath Made Bare His Holy Arm"
… draws its readers’ attention to the writings of Isaiah from beginning to end. [1] The Nephites had access to … of Isaiah can be found quoted, paraphrased, or alluded to in the pages of the Nephite record. [2] In 2 Nephi, Nephi … readers not only to Isaiah’s message but also to important passages from the prophet, especially Isaiah 49:22–23 (in the …
The Isaiah Map
… The main goal of the Isaiah Map is to help students to be able to study Isaiah passages on their own. Isaiah is an extremely important … them. Perhaps the best opportunity to teach Isaiah in a Sunday School, seminary, or institute setting is during …
The New Translation and the Book of Mormon
… There are some unique texts in Joseph Smith’s revision of the Bible that illustrate both … processes by which the Prophet brought it into being. The passages that have counterparts in the Book of Mormon are … close enough to the same, but even that is speculation. Isaiah The Book of Mormon quotes material from almost a third …
"Except Some Man Should Guide Me"
… Introduction In the book of Acts a man is sitting in his chariot studying the words of Isaiah. Entrusted with the task of overseeing the queen’s … this inquiring student, walks him through these difficult passages, and “preache[s] unto him Jesus” (v. 35). Like the …
Isaiah in the Book of Mormon
… Early in the narrative of the Book of Mormon, the prophet Nephi was … of Mormon authors quoted liberally from the writings of Isaiah that they found on the plates of brass. Those … from the plates of brass. When he did, his emphasis was on passages that taught God’s covenant with Israel and the …
The Prophets’ Remnant Theology
… beginning with whatever remnant of it remains. My purpose in this essay is to outline the remnant theology the Nephites … attention to how the Book of Mormon interprets particular passages. [3] Because the Book of Mormon, in its development … remnant theme, draws primarily on the books of Micah and Isaiah (see, of course, “the Isaiah chapters” of 2 Nephi …
Finding Doctrine and Meaning in Book of Mormon Isaiah
… Jacob, Abinadi, and Christ act as keys to illuminate Isaiah, and the writings of Isaiah in turn act as a key to fully unlock the profound nature of … For many readers of the Book of Mormon, the Isaiah passages quoted in 1 and 2 Nephi, Mosiah, and 3 Nephi present …
The Bible, the Book of Mormon, and the Concept of Scripture
… one considers the crucial role the Book of Mormon plays in LDS worship. This paper explores three questions a sincere … the Book of Mormon: (1) the presence of direct biblical passages and King James Version (KJV) terminology in the Book … be direct lifting of biblical texts in the Book of Mormon—Isaiah in particular, but including texts from Exodus, …
Isaiah Variants in the Book of Mormon
… Of the 478 verses in the Book of Mormon quoted from the book of Isaiah, 201 agree with the King James reading while 207 show … analysis of the frequency of changes made in the Isaiah passages in the Book of Mormon, and it concludes that because …
Passages from the Book of Micah in the Book of Mormon
… a few verses from the biblical book of Micah. [*] Yet in my experience it seems that many readers of 3 Nephi are … the book of Micah. This is not too surprising since unlike Isaiah, whom Jesus refers to by name several times, Micah is … with the book of Micah will likely miss the Micah passages quoted by Jesus or give them little thought. The …