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English
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The Prophet's Remnant Theology : A Latter-day Saint Perspective
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Prophets & Prophecies of the Old Testament (46th Annual BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium)
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Provo, UT
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Religious Studies Center/BYU Deseret Book Company
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205-230
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"My purpose in this essay is to outline the remnant theology the Nephites seem to have found in the Old Testament, albeit without giving direct attention to how the Book of Mormon interprets particular passages. Because the Book of Mormon, in its development of the remnant theme, draws primarily on the books of Micah and Isaiah (see, of course, "the Isaiah chapters" of 2 Nephi 11-24, but also the uses of Micah in 3 Nephi 20-21), I will focus on them, as well as on the book of Amos, which interpreters have generally taken to provide a major source for Micah and Isaiah. Further and by way of preparation, I will look briefly at references to the remnant idea in the books Israel produced to explain its history and its prehistory. Seeing how this theme is developed in key places in the Hebrew Bible's prophetic books should help Latter-day Saints see how the Book of Mormon is part of a long history of prophetic reflection on the idea of the remnant." [AUTHOR]