A Prophet Like Moses (Deuteronomy 18:1518) in the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and the Dead Sea Scrolls

by David R. Seely

Overview

Abstract: David Seely provides a wide-ranging survey of interpretations of the prophecy in Deuteronomy 18:15–18 concerning "a prophet like unto Moses." He examines relevant passages in the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and the Dead Sea Scrolls and shows how the prophecy has been fulfilled by Jesus Christ and others, continuing with Joseph Smith's role in the Restoration and onward to the present day.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162708483
Publisher:	Interpreter Foundation
Publication date:	12/17/2020
Series:	Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship , #41
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	361 KB

About the Author

David R. Seely is professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University. He received his undergraduate and Masters degree at BYU in ancient Greek and Classics and his PhD from the University of Michigan in Near Eastern studies. Together with Professor Moshe Weinfeld, he published the Barkhi Nafshi hymns from Qumran in the Oxford series Discoveries in the Judean Desert and he co-authored with William Hamblin the book Solomon’s Temple in Myth and History, and with Richard Holzapfel and Dana Pike Jehovah and the World of the Old Testament. In addition, he co-edited with John W. Welch and Jo Ann H. Seely the volume Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem.