Ann Madsen – Shares Her Experiences & Studies of Isaiah
Kelsey Wilding: And what book is it?
Ann Madsen: It's called, 'Opening Isaiah, a Harmony'. And it lines up five different columns of versions of...
David Ridges – Explains Why Isaiah is Written In Poetic Form
Kelsey Wilding: Why was Isaiah written in poetic form?
David Ridges: Probably because it was a very prestigious thing to do in his day. It...
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.
David Ridges – Where His Interest in Isaiah Started
Kelsey Wilding: So, where did you get your interest in Isaiah?
David Ridges: My interest in Isaiah came when I was teaching seminary and every...
Studying Isaiah in a Book of Mormon perspective
To study Isaiah within its Book of Mormon setting, study the material in smaller units, usually as individual chapters or, at most, a small...
Ann Madsen – Introduction
Kelsey Wilding: Hi, today we are talking with Ann Madsen. It's nice to meet you Ann. We're going to get to know a little...
David Ridges – Biggest Hurdles to Understanding Isaiah
Kelsey Wilding: What is the hardest hump to get over to actually learning Isaiah?
David Ridges: To me it was his manner of prophesying, Nephi...
Get to Know Isaiah Scholar, Shon D. Hopkin
Finding Isaiah
Shon D. Hopkin’s interest in Isaiah began in 1996 while studying at the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center.
“My time studying in Jerusalem lit...
Jacob’s Commentary on Isaiah 50–1 (2 Nephi 7–8)
Trying to understand why both Nephi and Jacob used Isaiah so extensively in the small plates, or plates reserved "for the special apurpose that there should...
God Singing: Reflections on God as a Hebrew Psalmist
A second approach for studying Isaiah 40 comes from an article by Matthew Nickerson in which he discusses parallels in Nephi’s psalm (2 Ne. 4)...
