Gospel Study

Read Scriptures

Projects

The Book of Mormon Central Archive is a digital library of thousands of free textual and media resources for the study of the Book of Mormon.

Periodicals

small_PeriodicalLarge.png

thumbnail_PeriodicalLarge.png

PeriodicalLarge.png

Journal Collection | Archive

<p style="text-align: justify;">The brass plates were essential to Lehi&rsquo;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&rsquo;s trove. Alma&rsquo;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&mdash;it is very possible that at least some of the writings were in Hebrew.</p>


The Hebrew Text of Alma 7:11

Title

The Hebrew Text of Alma 7:11

Publication Type

Journal Collection

Year of Publication

2005

Authors

Wayment, Thomas A. (Primary)

Pagination

98-103, 130

Volume

14

Issue

1

URL

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol14/iss1/10

Keywords

Terms of use

Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

Show Full Text

Table of Contents