Deutero isaiah book of mormon

Nibley and others had noted that the book of mormon does not quote isaiah 1, nor 3rd isaiah. One thing that makes the isaiah chapters of the book of mormon difficult is that is that the three major blocks of text are all read into the official. The traditional view is that all 66 chapters of the book of isaiah were written by one man, isaiah, possibly in two periods between 740 bc and c. The traditional problem here is that deuteroisaiah. Deuteroisaiah verses in the book of mormon overview of the deuteroisaiah problem in the book of mormon. I had not yet read barkers essay on the original setting of the fourth servant song which gathers evidence that isaiah 53 was written by isaiah of jerusalem, based on hezekiahs bout with the plague during the seige of jerusalem. Here is a brief overview regarding the authorship of isaiah. That the book of mormon quotes from isaiah is not a problem, except that joseph smiths 1830 translation reads nearly verbatim to the 1611 king james translation. How do we explain material from isaiah in the book of mormon. The bible connects the book with a prophetic figure. How deuteroisaiah ended up in the book of mormon according to fair. Within the text of the book of isaiah, isaiah himself is referred to as the prophet, but the exact relationship between the book of isaiah and any such historical isaiah is complicated. But by far the strongest evidence that proves the unity of the book of isaiah is that the gospel of matthew quotes from both the beginning and the end of the book, attributing all of it to isaiah. Isaiah problem in the book of mormon byu scholarsarchive.

But if you simply want to have a spiritual testimony of the book of mormon then classify deuteroisaiah as something that was received through some process of revelation. The essay, isaiah in the book of mormon, is included in a book that is meant to provide answers for mormons on difficult topics in mormonisms history and teachings. In terms of literary style, theme, and vocabulary, the. Most christians believe that the book of isaiah was written by one person, the prophet isaiah who lived in jerusalem in the eighth century b. Is deuteroisaiah the death nail to book of mormon truth claims self. Several parts of the book of mormon are highly influenced by the text of deuteroisaiah. The extensive use of isaiah poses several problems. But to be honest, im not sure how effective this apologetic approach will ultimately prove to people struggling with their faith over issues such as the attestation of deuteroisaiah in.

Specifically this theory claims that there were three individual authors, whose works were later compiled together under the name of the first author, the real isaiah known as protoisaiah by adherents to the theory. Deuteroisaiahs role in composition and redaction oxford. Chapters 4055 in the book of isaiah are believed to be the work of a prophet who lived with the hebrew exiles during the babylonian captivity. If youve never heard of the deuteroisaiah hypothesis, its the modern belief isaiah didnt write the book bearing his name actually multiple authors wrote parts and those anonymous authors became compiled much later into one book called isaiah. In 2007, 70 percent of those raised in the lds church were still in it as adults, but in 2014, only 64 percent wereand among millennials, it was down to 62. A brief discussion about how deuteroisaiah verses are in the book of mormon, and why that is a problem for the credbility of joseph smith and why the. The late date of deuteroisaiah is one of those things that have been. The isaiah problem in the book of mormon chap 11 shields. We have some indications from biblical studies that the switch is flipped to off, while we have some other indications from the book of mormon that the switch is flipped to on. Because it was a revelation from god to joseph smith. How did deuteroisaiah respond to the destruction of the 400yearold temple, the capture of the holy vessels, and the end of the davidic monarchy. If he had known it, then surely he would have used it the way abinadi did in the book of mormon. The deuteroisaiah verses the book of mormon would probably cause me heartburn if i accepted at face value the consensus of scholars that isaiah had multiple authors, including at least one author who came after nephi obtained the brass plates a.

In the book of mormon, there are many chapters of isaiah directly incorporated from the king james version kjv of the bible, complete with translation errors that were obviously not possible to have been recorded on the gold plates since the kjv was not available until thousands of years later. This theory claims that there were three individual authors, whose works were later compiled together under the name of the first author isaiah referred to as proto isaiah. Book of mormon prophets and the resurrected lord jesus christ refer to the prophet isaiah many times. Several parts of the book of mormon are highly influenced by the text of deutero isaiah. His essay, isaiah in the book of mormon appears in the new 2016 publication a reason for faith. In other words, the most important evidence jackson can produce to counter the scholarly consensus concerning deuteroisaiah is the book of mormon itself. He riffs on it, expands on it, and comments on it, in ways that suggest that if another author was responsible for its inclusion, then its hard to say at what point it makes sense to talk about nephi as the author of that sermon, especially when the book of mormon indicates that nephis work was. Recent studies of isaiah are turning toward looking at the book as a whole and in terms of the larger and later editorial concerns that have formed it for example, see h. It is identified by a superscription as the words of the 8thcentury bce prophet isaiah ben amoz, but there is extensive evidence that much of it was composed during the babylonian. The isaiah passages in the book of mormon a non aligned text the above title and link refers to a 2001 masters thesis. Ostler, who has sought to identify anachronisms in the book of mormon the book of mormon as a modern expansion of an ancient source, dialogue.

However, i feel that the book of mormon can not only withstand the challenge, but the issue can actually be used to illuminate the nature of isaiah and shed light on why this is. I will share a couple of brief notes below that i think are worthy of note to take into consideration to what extent the nt influenced the bm. Bible scholars use tools of textual analysis to identify backdated prophecies. Overview of the deuteroisaiah problem in the book of mormon. Then he uses those same tools on the book of mormon. The traditional problem here is that deuteroisaiah chapters 4055 are usually considered to be written fairly late usually dated to during the exile in babylon. The book of mormon as a witness of the old testament. Because god flashed it onto joseph smiths magic8ball rockinahat the same way that god flashed the kjv deuteroisaiah onto smiths magic rock. Jackson follows those who went before him in discussing the composition of the book of isaiah by pointing out a few of the arguments that scholars have made for the.

However, it is thought that deuteroisaiah was an adaptation of. First, deuteroisaiah was indeed written in postexilic times, as most modern scholars agree. How deuteroisaiah ended up in the book of mormon according to. Book of mormon and the king james version support the authenticity and literary. Deuteroisaiah in book of mormon general discussions. I am curious as to how mormons deal with fact that the book of mormon contains chapters of deuteroisaiah e. The book of mormon that is, ensconced helaman thus resolves, with deft plainness, a weighty and longstanding difficulty about quotations from what many consider a deuteroisaiah. A scientific analysis of isaiah authorship religious. Specifically this theory claims that there were three individual authors. Deuteroisaiah and the book of mormon students of the book of mormon bmhave recognized the problem of having explicit and lengthy quotations of isaiah chapters 4055 since at least the days of b. Nearly all academics, even some in the church, doubt that book of isaiah comes from one prophet and maybe not even from god. In part 1, after discussing the book of mormons clever use of isaiah 52 in the context of several ancient hebrew motifs, i turn to the deuteroisaiah problem. The late nineteenth century saw a division of isaiah into three parts by critics, who. What about the isaiah problem in the book of mormon.

The deuteroisaiah theory is the claim that parts of isaiah were written later than others. In terms of literary style, theme, and vocabulary, the book of isaiah falls into three neat sections. Is deuteroisaiah the death nail to book of mormon truth. The deuteroisaiah chapters in 1st and 2nd nephi are an uncomfortable presence, but not an inexplicable one, for, as hardy affirms, accepting a divine provenance for the book of mormon provides the theological basis to resolve difficult historical issues. Many nonlds scholars claim that the second half of the book of isaiah was written after the time lehi left jerusalem, yet the book of mormon contains material. But he leaves a myriad of anachronisms unaddressed, for instance the boms deuteroisaiah problem, or the boms reliance on the 1769 version of the king james edition of the bible identified by the 1769 versions errors being included in the bom. The book of mormon not only quotes extensively from those chapters 4055 called deuteroisaiah, but also from portions of first isaiah which are regarded by. Book of isaiah, one of the major prophetical writings of the old.

For deuteroisaiah in the book of mormon and a host of other issues, we can think of the problem like a light switch. Because this prophets real name is unknown and his work has been preserved in the collection of writings that include the prophecies of the earlier isaiah, he is usually designated as deuteroisaiah. The primary isaiah passages found in the book of mormon are illustrated in the following table. As discussed above, the inclusion of deuteroisaiah in the book of mormon is an anachronism as there is no way that these passages could have been included on the gold plates since they were written after the exodus from jerusalem. Rfm points out several examples in isaiah, daniel and the new testament. One can easily object to the influence of isaiah 52, noted above, as source for dustrelated imagery and language in the book of mormon. First, people believe that isaiah wrote the whole book because the book bears his name. And the book of isaiah was included in the septuagint lxx, the earliest version of the old testament scriptures, translated at least 300 years earlier. One of the points i made in a previous post was that, besides deuteroisaiah, malachi, and other postexilic judean writings, the new testament nt was also heavily used all throughout the book of mormon bm. Deuteroisaiah is a problem if you want to use the book of mormon as objective history. They date the last third of the book of isaiah to the 6th century bc nearly 200 years after isaiahs death and after lehis family left jerusalem with the brass platesthat is the isaiah problem, as it is called, in the book of mormon. As you can read here, the deuteroisaiah problem can easily be explained away. Most church members see the book of mormon as evidence of unity in.

The deutero isaiah chapters in 1st and 2nd nephi are an uncomfortable presence, but not an inexplicable one, for, as hardy affirms, accepting a divine provenance for the book of mormon provides the theological basis to resolve difficult historical issues. For more information on this, see the forthcoming knowhy from book of mormon central, why are children so prominent in 3 nephi 3 nephi 26. The book was put together by laura hales, an lds mom seeking answers for her children. Plagiarism the book of mormon narrative says that the jews who left jerusalem for the new world had with them the scriptures written up until that point 600 b. A case for the book of mormon audio cd march 4, 2019. In the book of mormon, there are many chapters of isaiah directly incorporated from the king james version kjv of the bible, complete with translation errors that were obviously not possible to have been recorded on the gold plates since the kjv was not available until thousands of years. Kjv isaiah in the book of mormon why the lds church is.