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Watch: 7 Videos and Tips to Help You Tackle the Isaiah Chapters in 2 Nephi

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Submitted by Scripture Central on February 20, 2020.
1. Read Isaiah as Poetry One of the things that can make Isaiah confusing is its abstract and expressive language. Isaiah was both a prophet and a poet, so one of the things you can do to make his prophecies easier to grasp is to read Isaiah as poetry. BYU Professor Donald W. Parry published a book called Poetic Parallelisms in the Book of Mormon (available to read for free online!)...

Volume 2 of Saints now available

Cover of Saints Volume 2
Submitted by Stephen Smoot on February 12, 2020.
As announced on the official newsroom of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, today marks the publication of volume 2 of Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days , which covers the years 1846–1893 of the history of the Church. A print version of volume 2 is available for purchase from the Church’s online store and other retail stores and a digital...

4 Gospel Truths We Can Learn from Jacob’s Speech

Jacob as the High Priest preaches to the Nephites. Drawing by Jody Livingston.
Submitted by Scripture Central on February 11, 2020.
Reading 2 Nephi means encountering a lot of Isaiah, and Jacob’s speech is no exception. Jacob, as the newly installed high priest, gave a speech to the Nephites ( 2 Nephi 6–10 ) and quoted extensively from Isaiah 49–52 . Jacob explained that Nephi specifically asked him to preach on these passages from Isaiah ( 2 Nephi 6:4 ), meaning that Nephi felt strongly that these specific chapters...

40 Insights and Evidences on the Book of Abraham from Pearl of Great Price Central

Image by Book of Mormon Central. Abraham and the Angels by Aert the Gelder via Wikimedia Commons.
Submitted by Scripture Central on February 7, 2020.
On January 31, 2020, Pearl of Great Price Central published its fortieth Insight related to the Book of Abraham. The publication of Book of Abraham Insight #40 ( “The Relationship Between the Book of Abraham and the Joseph Smith Papyri” ) marks the culmination of an initial run of articles exploring the Book of Abraham from textual, historical, narrative, linguistic, and doctrinal perspectives...

New Archaeological Discovery Sheds Light on Nephi’s Temple

Aerial view of Tel Motza and drawing of Nephi's Temple by Jody Livingston.
Submitted by Stephen Smoot on February 4, 2020.
The Book of Mormon reports that Nephi and his followers built a temple “after the manner of the temple of Solomon save it were not built of so many precious things” upon their arrival in the land of promise ( 2 Nephi 5:16 ). As explored in a past KnoWhy (#31, “Did Ancient Israelites Build Temples Outside of Jerusalem?” ), the Book of Mormon was criticized during Joseph Smith’s lifetime...