This posting about Isaiah 29 is taken from my exegesis of the Old Testament, the Old Testament being my favorite of the standard works. Isaiah 29 is quoted by Nephi. Not really quoted, though, because he makes emendations that affect the meaning of Isaiah’s writings. This posting is about hermeneutics, how Nephi’s changes and uses what Isaiah said for his, […]
These chapters are sometimes and wrongly described as historical, and many readers are troubled by the skin of blackness that curses the wicked. The chapters are not historical, and the skin of blackness is a typical characterization of the unrighteous at the time. Events carry an important message that must be understood just like the metaphor describing those who do […]
Chapters one and two of 2 Nephi were just one chapter in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon; hence, they are considered together in this posting. This is careful, stylized writing that is better understood if it is reformatted. 2 Nephi 1–ch. 2 These chapters begin Lehi’s blessings and warnings to the emigrants. These first two chapters address, […]
This posting will be unsettling to many, but it should not be. It will be if the reader thinks the following analysis should be found in a lesson manual. It is not. This analysis is mine, and I think it is right. But my opinion is loosely held, so criticize me with comments if you think I am wrong. […]
Most overlook the importance of 1 Nephi 15: it addresses a particular aspect of being spiritual. Nephi thought the teachings in this chapter were so important that he put them in their own chapter, what was chapter IV in the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon and is now chapter fifteen. Nephi says he included in these particular plates […]
This posting continues to track the Come Follow Me lessons. This posting shows the importance of the scriptures to revelation. This is, again, an excerpt from my larger exegesis of he Book of Mormon. Because it is an excerpt, it is not altogether continuous: it is somewhat disconnected in parts. But it would have been unwieldy if I had included […]
This posting in in response to a comment following the post on Isaiah 11. Footnote 21 of that post, which can be found at: https://studyitout.com/isaiah-11-its-meaning/ suggests the possibility of a a scrivener’s error in Section 113 and invited inquiry if a reader was interested in a fuller explanation. This is that explanation. Section 113. This section answers questions about Isaiah […]
1 Nephi 8 These chapters record Nephi’s account of Lehi’s vision. The tree of life device obviously had great meaning to those schooled in the way of the Jews. This explains why Laman and Lemuel were at once confused and then so easily answered when they asked about the interpretation of the vision seen by their father of a tree: […]
These chapters use the return of Lehi’s four oldest sons to obtain the brass plates from Laban as a dramatic and insightful demonstration of the operation of the Spirit. It took three attempts for Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi to get the plates, and most readers focus on what happened instead of the message to be learned from the […]
This posting covers 1 Nephi 1:20–ch. 2. (The chapter division between chapter one and chapter two, unfortunately, breaks a literary unit.) This posting does not include chapters three through five even though the somewhat forced chiasmus outline of 1 Nephi militates in favor of considering chapters two through five together. Chapter is different than chapters three through five, so there […]
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