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==Scriptures cited by both works== | ==Scriptures cited by both works== | ||
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− | * Mr. Edwards apprehended this passage of Isaiah might allude to America; "So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west" | + | * Mr. Edwards apprehended this passage of Isaiah might allude to America; "So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west"<ref>This scripture is claimed to be about America, yet if he was borrowing, Joseph Smith omits it. Why?</ref> |
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− | * But now, thus saith the Lord, that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee. | + | * But now, thus saith the Lord, that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee.<ref>Note the complex mix of scriptures on pp. 179–180; some are in the Book of Mormon, but most are not. Why would Joseph pick out Isaiah 11 in the midst of this complex argument, and ignore Isaiah 43 and Isaiah 60, which are a much larger part of Ethan Smith's argument?</ref> |
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− | * Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarnish first, (or a power expert in navigation,) to bring my sons from far." | + | * Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarnish first, (or a power expert in navigation,) to bring my sons from far."<ref> Note that Ethan Smith insists this is about America. Why not in Joseph’s work then, since this would be tailor made for the purpose which some claim motivates Joseph's cribbing?</ref> |
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KJV scripture | VoH Page | BoM Use? | Comments and/or text (as it appears in View of the Hebrews) |
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Isaiah 6:11 |
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Isaiah 11:1 |
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Isaiah 11:11 |
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Isaiah 11:15 |
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Isaiah 14:1 |
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Isaiah 49:18-23 |
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Isaiah 49:18-22 |
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Isaiah 11:12 |
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Isaiah 11:12 |
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Isaiah 11:13 |
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Isaiah 49:21 |
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Isaiah 3:18-21 |
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Isaiah 3:24-25 |
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Isaiah 9:6 |
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Isaiah 11: |
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Isaiah 5:26 |
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Isaiah 7:18 |
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Isaiah 5:13 |
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Isaiah 7:8 |
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Isaiah 10:20-22 |
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Isaiah 49:1,11-13 |
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Isaiah 51:11 |
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Isaiah 11:12 |
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Isaiah 11:13 |
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The Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews have only 30 verses from Isaiah in common, some of which are in Isaiah 11, which entire chapter Ethan Smith references but does not quote. Only ten chapters of Isaiah are mentioned by both works.
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Isaiah 18:2-7 |
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Isaiah 60:1,3,8,9 |
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Isaiah 66:30 |
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Isaiah 65:7 |
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Isaiah 65:8-9 |
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Isaiah 56:8 |
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Isaiah 63:17-18 |
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Isaiah 63:1-6 |
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Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. |
Isaiah 63:1-6 |
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Isaiah 63:16 |
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Isaiah 28:1,3,8 |
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Isaiah 28:5 |
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Isaiah 54:5 |
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Isaiah 59:19 |
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Isaiah 18:8-9 |
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Isaiah 18:7 |
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Isaiah 43:1-2 |
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Isaiah 43:4 |
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Isaiah 43:4 |
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Isaiah 43:16 |
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Isaiah 43:19 |
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Isaiah 60:9 |
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Isaiah 66:18-21, &c. |
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Isaiah 36:19 |
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Isaiah 18:1 |
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Isaiah 26:3 |
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Isaiah 26:19 |
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Isaiah 18:7 |
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Isaiah 18:2 |
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Isaiah 28:2 |
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Isaiah 61:9 |
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Isaiah 65:23 |
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Isaiah 65:3 |
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Isaiah 44:3-4 |
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Isaiah 59:21 |
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Isaiah 40:5 |
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Isaiah 40:1-2 |
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Isaiah 35:1 |
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Isaiah 35:5 |
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Isaiah 43:19-20 |
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Isaiah 51:3 |
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Isaiah 41:14 |
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Isaiah 41:18-20 |
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Nineteen chapters of Isaiah are used in Ethan Smith without being used in the Book of Mormon (almost twice the number of chapters they have in common), with reference to at least 65 verses (more than 68% of the total number of Isaiah verses cited by Ethan Smith). View of the Hebrews also cites the entire chapters of Isaiah 18, 60 (twice), and 63, which would raise the numbers even further.
A few scriptures are alluded to by View of the Hebrews, but it is difficult to see them as actual parallels in the use of scripture, since one is a grammatic example ignored by the Book of Mormon, and one is a reference to John the Baptist. Joseph Smith would be far more likely to know the reference to John the Baptist from the New Testament than he would to crib the idea from Ethan Smith's use of the Old Testament:
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Ethan Smith's volume relies heavily on Isaiah 18—readers of the book will note how important he feels this chapter is, since it applies to America. Ethan Smith focuses heavily on verse one ("ho, land shadowing with wings") as referring specifically to North and South America, with the two "wings" of North America and South America being divided by the Isthmus of Panama. Of course, the Book of Mormon doesn't refer to Isaiah 18 at all, which, though interesting for a book that ostensibly very heavily relied on Ethan Smith, also at its core purports to also represent Israel in the Americas. And yet, the Book of Mormon does not avail itself of this at all.
Members of the Church would later find this type of reasoning persuasive:
If View of the Hebrews was Joseph's source, why didn't he use this vital part of Ethan Smith's argument?
Isaiah scriptures in both | Isaiah in View of Hebrews only | Isaiah in Book of Mormon only |
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TOTAL = 30 verses in common; 31.6% of VoH Isaiah verses and 8.3% of BoM Isaiah verses |
TOTAL = 65 verses only in VoH; 68.4% of VoH Isaiah verses |
TOTAL = 332 verses only in Book of Mormon; 91.7% of BoM Isaiah verses |
An analysis of the use of Isaiah in the Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews does not suggest that the former relies upon the latter, for the following reasons:
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