ISAIAH IN THE BOOK OF MORMON AND OLD TESTAMENT: A COMPARISON IN LANGUAGE USAGE

Authors

John Larsen, Brigham Young University
Dr. Allen Manning, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Isaiah, Book of Mormon, Bible studies, Mormon studies, language usage

College

Humanities

Department

Linguistics and English Language

Abstract

The similarities between the Bible and the Book of Mormon have often been pointed out by Scholars and critics alike. My research was to compare language similarities in the two texts linguistically. For twelve chapters in the Book of Mormon the text runs almost exactly parallel to that in the book of Isaiah. I intended to isolate directly the differences in the two texts and attempt to classify them linguistically. Through this classification I hoped to discover possible explanation and any symmetry or system to the changes. The changes would also be analyzed in terms of period language usage to see if change was motivated by dialectical change in English usage.

Recommended Citation

Larsen, John and Manning, Dr. Allen (2013) "ISAIAH IN THE BOOK OF MORMON AND OLD TESTAMENT: A COMPARISON IN LANGUAGE USAGE," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 900.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/900