The Hebrew Text of Alma 7:11

Title

The Hebrew Text of Alma 7:11

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2005

Authors

Journal

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Pagination

98-103, 130

Volume

14

Issue

1

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Abstract

The brass plates were essential to Lehi’s posterity since they contained the teachings that would lead them to righteousness; there are quotations from the brass plates throughout the Book of Mormon. We do not know what language or languages were used on the plates that came from Laban’s trove. Alma’s rendering of an unattributed Isaiah quotation is closer to the Hebrew text than are the versions found in the Septuagint and King James Bible. But when this same quotation appears a second time in the Book of Mormon and is attributed to Isaiah, it follows the KJV rendering. This curiosity offers a clue to the riddle of the language of the brass plates—it is very possible that at least some of the writings were in Hebrew.

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Isaiah
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Brass Plates
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