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English
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Christ's Interpretation of Isaiah 52's "My servant" in 3 Nephi
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Journal of Book of Mormon and Other Restoration
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Provo, UT
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Neal A. Maxwell Institute; BYU
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Many interpretations exist about who the "suffering servant" in many of Isaiah's writings might be. Interpretations for this figure include Isaiah himself, the people of Israel, Joseph Smith, and Jesus Christ. Without arguing against these understandings of the servant, this paper claims that Christ, in 3 Nephi 20-23, personifies the servant as the Book of Mormon. Both the servant and the Book of Mormon are portrayed as filling the same "great and marvelous" works in the gathering of Israel, reminding the Jews of their covenants with God, and bringing the Gentiles to Christ. [Publisher]