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This was a primarily scholarly book that looked at how the Book of Mormon used Isaiah, focusing on Nephi, Abinadi and Jesus Christ, and how these interpretations compare to how Jewish and Christian readers have interpreted Isaiah.
I think you also have another one coming out called A Word in Season, which the University of Illinois Press did about Isaiah's reception in the Book of Mormon.
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Episode: 2 Nephi 26-30 Part 1 • Dr. Joseph Spencer • Mar 11...
This was a primarily scholarly book that looked at how the Book of Mormon used Isaiah, focusing on Nephi, Abinadi and Jesus Christ, and how these interpretations compare to how Jewish and Christian readers have interpreted Isaiah.
I think you also have another one coming out called A Word in Season, which the University of Illinois Press did about Isaiah's reception in the Book of Mormon.
What I'm trying to do in that book is look at not just what does the Book of Mormon do with Isaiah? How does Nephi read Isaiah? How does Abinadi read Isaiah? How does Jesus Christ himself read Isaiah? But also try to put that in conversation with the long history of how Jews and Christians of various types have read Isaiah.
Where Abinadi is reading Isaiah 53, does he read it in a way that's totally unique? Does it sound like other Christians? Trying to put it in a big, broad context and ask how the Book of Mormon sounds in the conversation.
Episode: 2 Corinthians 8-13 Part 1 • Dr. Joseph Spencer • S...
It was discussed briefly by the author, focusing on Isaiah's reception within the Book of Mormon, specifically asking how unique the Book of Mormon's approach to Isaiah is in comparison to Jewish and Christian traditions.
His latest book is called A Word in Season, and the subtitle is Isaiah's Reception in the Book of Mormon. And that will be published in November.
Yeah, I mean, the question I'm trying to sort out in the book is just how unique is the Book of Mormon's handling of Isaiah, if you put it in conversation with the larger history of Christians and Jews and reading Isaiah and making sense of it.