Week 18 : Great are the Words of Isaiah Handouts Available

" Week 18: Great are the Words of Isaiah" has just posted on the salemzion.org website.  This is a direct link to this second class on Isaiah.

To download the handouts, you need to go to the "Comments" below the video.  

Click on "Show More" and you will find links to Google Drive documents.

Four documents are available there: 

Victor Ludlow's chapter divisions and outline

Old Testament Timeline 1

Old Testament Timeline 2

Ten Keys to Understanding Isaiah

Good Luck!

New Link to Salem Stake Old Testament Institute Classes

 

The link to my Institute classes on my stake website has changed.  

Changes have been made to the Salemzion.org website where my Old Testament Institute classes are posted.

If you have previously bookmarked the page, that URL will no longer work. There is now an 's' after http and that changes everything!

New stake URL is https://www.salemzion.org/stake-institute/old-testament .

The classes are now on a YouTube playlist, with week 1 at the top and the newest class (from October 5, 2022) at the bottom.

All the YouTube options are functional, including Closed Captioning. You also have the option to download all the closed captions as a word document. See the attached photo and comments for directions on how to do that!

Now when you go to the website, there is a playlist.

When you click on any one of the now 17 classes, the video opens up in YouTube.

Look at this screenshot: 

Notice that at the lower right corner there are some options marked in yellow highlighter that YOU can turn on or off.  

One of those is a box with a CC in it: that is what turns the closed captioning on and off.  After the CC are turned on, you can then click on the three dots (. . . ) lower on the right and another box opens.  There if you click on "show transcript," the ENTIRE TRANSCRIPT is shown on the right.  You can then download that as a word document and print it out.  HOWEVER, for a 1 1/2 hour class, that is lots of pages of printout!

I hope this helps!

Old Testament Institute Class starting again

 The Salem Stake Old Testament class is starting up again this Wednesday, October 5, at 10 AM.

We will be meeting in the stake center chapel :

470 East Salem Canal Road

SALEM, Utah 84653

Our topic for the rest of the year will be the books of the Old Testament prophets, starting with Isaiah.

Please be aware that there is significant road construction with many road closings throughout Salem: please check and plan ahead!

Right now, take 400 north east from 198 to 500 east, then drive up 500 E to Salem Canal road where you will see the stake center across the street.

Woodland Hills drive is posted to be closed tomorrow and Salem Canal drive is closed between 200 E and 500 West.

[Art by my friend, Pamela Done]

Ten Keys to Understanding Isaiah

 In the October 1973 Ensign magazine, there is a talk by Elder Bruce R McConkie titled " Ten Keys to Understanding Isaiah."  

To help my students apply these keys and actually start STUDYING Isaiah, I made this handout.  

I recommend taking the time to see how McConkie's suggestions will help you understand Isaiah.  

A better copy of the handout is available with this link to my Google Drive

NEW Translation of Isaiah by Donald Parry : FREE from Book of Mormon Central

 

FREE, online book for studying Isaiah! @bookofmormoncentral and the ScripturePlus app have worked with BYU professor of ancient Hebrew Donald W. Parry to produce a groundbreaking study companion for Latter-day Saints studying Isaiah.

Donald W. Parry has rendered a new translation of the book of Isaiah to help readers better understand and appreciate the writings of Isaiah..

Dr. Parry's translation draws from the doctrines of the Restoration, as well as from the earliest Hebrew manuscripts found in the Dead Sea Scrolls to preserve and illuminate the original meaning of this sacred text..

This books features Speaker Identification, which allows the reader to know whose voice is speaking in every verse of Isaiah. This volume provides a thorough introduction to help readers gain some background and context to Isaiah. And finally, this translation features textual notes which will give insight into the Hebrew behind certain English words, and provide some insights found in the Dead Sea Scrolls..

Donald Parry explains, "The book of Isaiah is an exceptional, one-of-a-kind book—both in its presentation and in its message of the Savior Jesus Christ and His Atonement. Moreover, the book of Isaiah is astoundingly wonderful because it presents the direct speech (the actual words) of the LORD Jesus Christ throughout. In point of fact, the LORD speaks more than two hundred times in Isaiah. Truly, Isaiah is an extraordinary work.".

To download this free book, visit bookofmormoncentral.org and click on our Come Follow Me Isaiah Resource Guide!

https://archive.bookofmormoncentral.org/content/book-isaiah-new-translation-preliminary-edition

Easter All Week

It's that time of year!  Palm Sunday is tomorrow, so today is the perfect time to download and print out the booklet I made years ago with scripture readings for each day of the Passion Week.  

It's a simple, three-page document.  Print it out, cut the scripture references on the bottom and glue those to the back of the day referenced.

Tape the three pages edge to edge and fold where indicated to make an accordian-pleated booklet.

If you have leftover pass-along cards (remember those?), they are the perfect size to glue on the front.

Click this link to download the printable file.      Easter All Week PDF 

More Classes Available Online

Rebecca waters the Camels : Carlo Maratta
 

Week 8: 10 Trials of Abraham

Week 9: Abram/Hagar/Ishmael and Abraham/Sarah/Isaac.

Week 10: The Akedah: Abraham, Isaac and Sarah

Week 11: Isaac and Rebecca : Esau and Jacob

All are available at https://salemzion.org/index.php/resources/adult-institute-old-testament-2022/