How many Book of Mormon verses and chapters are copied directly from Isaiah and Mathew ?Or what percentage of the BOM is comprised of versus directly from the Bible?

according to wikipedia 30% of Isaiah is quoted in the BOM. A great scholar who has done research into this extensively is Sandra Tanner, She explains a lot of early mormonism in her book "Changing World of Mormonism."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Mormon_and_the_King_James_Bible

From the Encyclopedia of Mormonism:


Book of Mormon = Isaiah
1 Ne. 20-21 = 48-49
1 Ne. 22:6 = 49:22
1 Ne. 22:8 = 49:22-23; 29:14
1 Ne. 22:10-11 = 52:10
2 Ne. 6:6b-7 = 49:22-23
2 Ne. 6:15 = 29:6
2 Ne. 6:16-8:25 = 49:24-52:2
2 Ne. 9:50-51 = 55:1-2
2 Ne. 12- 24 = 2- 14
2 Ne. 25:17 (mixed)11:11 and 29:14
2 Ne. 26:15-16, 18 = 29:3-5
2 Ne. 26:25 = 55:1
2 Ne. 27:2-5 = 29:6-10
2 Ne. 27:6-9 = 29:4, 11
2 Ne. 27:15-19 = 29:11-12
2 Ne. 27:25-35 = 29:13-24
2 Ne. 28:9b = 29:15
2 Ne. 28:14b = 29:13b
2 Ne. 28:16a = 29:21
2 Ne. 28:30a = 28:10, 13
2 Ne. 28:3 = 29:12-13
2 Ne. 29:1 = 29:14, 11:11
2 Ne. 30:9, 12-15 = 11:4-9
Mosiah 12:21-24 = 52:7-10
Mosiah 14 = 53
Mosiah 15:10 = 53:10
Mosiah 15:14-18 = 52:7
Mosiah 15:29-31 = 52:8-10
3 Ne. 16:18-20 = 52:8-10
3 Ne. 20:32-35 = 52:8-10
3 Ne. 20:36-46 = 52:1-3, 6-7, 11-15
3 Ne. 21:8b = 52:15b
3 Ne. 21:29 = 52:12
3 Ne. 22 = 54
Moro. 10:31 = 52:1-2; 54:2

Isaiah = BoM

2 - 14 = 2 Ne. 12- 24
11:4-9 = 2 Ne. 30:9, 12-15
11:11 = 2 Ne. 25:17 (mixed)
28:10, 13 = 2 Ne. 28:30a
29:3-5 = 2 Ne. 26:15-16, 18
29:4, 11 = 2 Ne. 27:6-9
29:6-10 = 2 Ne. 27:2-5
29:6 = 2 Ne. 6:1529:11-12 = 2 Ne. 27:15-19
29:12-13 = 2 Ne. 28:3
29:13-24 = 2 Ne. 27:25-35
29:13b = 2 Ne. 28:14b
29:14 = 2 Ne. 25:17 (mixed)
29:14, 11:11 = 2 Ne. 29:1
29:15 = 2 Ne. 28:9b
29:21 = 2 Ne. 28:16a
48-49 = 1 Ne. 20-21
49:22-23 = 2 Ne. 6:6b-7
49:22-23; 29:14 = 1 Ne. 22:8
49:22 = 1 Ne. 22:6
49:24-52:2 = 2 Ne. 6:16-8:25
52:1-3, 6-7, 11-15 = 3 Ne. 20:36-46
52:1-2; 54:2 = Moro. 10:31
52:7-10 = Mosiah 12:21-24
52:7 = Mosiah 15:14-18
52:8-10 = 3 Ne. 16:18-20
52:8-10 = 3 Ne. 20:32-35
52:8-10 = Mosiah 15:29-31
52:10 = 1 Ne. 22:10-11
52:12 = 3 Ne. 21:29
52:15b = 3 Ne. 21:8b
53 = Mosiah 14
53:10 = Mosiah 15:10
54 = 3 Ne. 22
54:2 = Moro. 10:31
55:1-2 = 2 Ne. 9:50-51
55:1 = 2 Ne. 26:25


Notice that all the passages in Isaiah from ch 40 on are from the part of Isaiah which Bible scholars believe were not part of Isaiah until after the Babylonian Captivity (i.e., after Lehi had left Jerusalem). So they could not possibly have been in the Brass Plates.

NLI,

Do you own a portable format of “encyclopedia of Mormonism”?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/11/2020 12:14PM by ravilatterdaysaint.

ravilatterdaysaint Wrote:
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> NLI,
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> Do you own a portable format of “encyclopedia of
> Mormonism”?

Yes, I have it on a CD-ROM disc, copyright 1996, published by Infobases, which is now defunct (sfaik).

Would you mind sending me a copy ?

ravilatterdaysaint Wrote:
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> Would you mind sending me a copy ?

It is copyrighted material, forbidden to duplicate. And I would not send you the original.

I don't understand why you don't follow the suggestions given you on your original thread, and search it online. And I don't understand why word frequency in this reference work would provide any interesting conclusions.

*cough* plagiarism *cough*