The word Evil in the Bible [רַע] Searching the Scriptures Series
We have repeatedly said that it is an error to always translate the same word in the original language to the target translated language....
Getting Into Isaiah 48–49 Through Nephi 20-21
Before writing each day, I read several translations of Isaiah to study the meaning of verses that I am working on. Then I turn...
Isaiah’s Literary Style
In the introduction to their book, Opening Isaiah—a Harmony, Shon Hopkin and Ann Madsen explain 7 kinds of parallelism in Hebrew poetry as presented in the Book of Isaiah, where ideas, not rhyme, are compared and contrasted.
The Complete Isaiah Study Guide
To more effectively study Isaiah, do NOT try to “eat the whole elephant” all at once. This book has 66 chapters, with each containing...
The Writings of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon
To get started with Isaiah first read all 66 chapter headings, no more no less. Note which ones interest you most, but don't give...
Is Stylometry the Ultimate Proof that Joseph Smith Did Not Write the Book of...
At a Book of Mormon conference in Provo last Saturday, Matt Roper and Paul Fields set out to do just that. They intrigued the audience with a...
1. The Gathering of Israel: Nothing of greater consequence!
Read part 2 and part 3 to this series
One of the primary foci of the Holy Scriptures, Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, as the Old...
A Nail in a Sure Place
We will
here briefly look at three verses from Isaiah 22.
Isaiah 22:23. “And I will fasten him a...
Are we among the Swift Messengers of Isaiah 18?
Are we to be counted among the swift messengers of Isaiah 18? President Russell M. Nelson has invited the youth of The Church of Jesus...
How Most Christians Got “His Hand Stretched Out Still” All Wrong
This phrase: "His hand stretched out still", is a Jewish idiom, that appears in Isaiah 9 three times and again with variations in 2 Nephi 15:25; 19:12, 17,...
