As one who has read the Book of Mormon a number of times, I
have noticed that Nephi and Jacob quoted Isaiah pretty freely and made much of
his prophecies, but then you don’t hear much about Isaiah again until
Abinadi. And then after that,
Isaiah isn’t incorporated again until Christ’s visit to the Nephites when he
tells them to study Isaiah. I have
wondered why that is. I wondered
if there was any reason for it besides the ostensible difficulty Nephites had
understanding Isaiah’s words.
I stumbled across a post by Nathan at NR called “Joseph Spencer on Isaiah, baptism, and theGodhead in the Book of Mormon” that addresses this very issue.
(And there was much excitement and interest in all the land.)
In a later post, Nathan interviews Spencer
on Spencer’s article “Prolegomena
to Any Future Study of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon.”
In these
articles, Spencer's theory is presented explaining how the doctrinal focus of Nephi’s
use of Isaiah and Abinadi’s use of Isaiah were different and why. I think you’ll find these things
very instructive.
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