Isaiah and the Messiah: Isaiah’s Prophecies Concerning Christ
During the 2010 BYU Campus Education Week, Terry B. Ball shared his thoughts on Isaiah as a Messianic prophet. As he opened his remarks, by quoting the Savior in 3 Nephi 23:1 when He commanded:
"Yea, a...
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 be an account engraven of the bministry of my people" (1 Ne...
Isaiah’s Original Historical Context
In their series: “Finding Doctrine and Meaning in Book of Mormon Isaiah,” published in the Religious Educator 15, no. 1, in 2014, RoseAnn Benson and Shon D. Hopkin wrote that Isaiah the prophet was regularly given access to the kingly...
Isaiah’s Writing Style
President Boyd K. Packer observed: “Just as you settle in to move comfortably along, you will meet a barrier. The style of the language changes to Old Testament prophecy style. For, interspersed in the...
