Avraham Gileadi
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Avraham Gileadi is a Latter-day Saint Old Testament scholar specializing in the Book of Isaiah.
He was born in Holland, went to Rabbinical school in Israel, then moved to the United States and converted to Mormonism. He received his doctorate in Ancient Studies and taught for some time at Brigham Young University. However, some of his writings and analysis were not well received by Church authorities, and he was later excommunicated from the Mormon church for undisclosed reasons. His book on Isaiah and the last days which was published by LDS-owned Deseret Book was later pulled from the shelves.
Gileadi has been re-baptized, and is an active member of the Mormon Church. He has since written "Isaiah Decoded," though this book is not carried by Deseret Book.
[edit] Publications
- The Apocalyptic Book of Isaiah: A New Translation with Interpretative Key (Provo: UT: Hebraeus, 1982), ISBN 0-910511-00-4;
- The Book of Isaiah: A New Translation with Interpretive Keys from the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1988), ISBN 0-87579-076-3;
- The Last Days: Types and Shadows from the Bible and the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1991), ISBN 0-87579-287-1; reprinted in a new edition with foreword by Hugh Nibley (Orem, UT: Book of Mormon Research Foundation, 1998);
- The Literary Message of Isaiah (New York: Hebraeus, 1994), ISBN 0-9626643-1-6;
- The End from the Beginning: The Apocalyptic Vision of Isaiah (Cave Junction, OR: Hebraeus, 1997), ISBN 0-910511-01-2—a simplified presentation of Isaiah’s key themes, literary structures, types, covenant theology, main characters, and patterns of end time prophecy as presented comprehensively in The Literary Message of Isaiah (4 above);
- Analytical Commentary of Isaiah (Escondido, CA: Hebraeus, 2001)—twenty-four cassettes in two folders with study guides, translation, and Gileadi’s verse-by-verse commentary of the book of Isaiah; and
- Isaiah Decoded: Ascending the Ladder to Heaven (Escondido, CA: Hebraeus, 2002), ISBN 0-910511-07-1.
- Studies in the Book of Mormon (2005) ISBN 0-910511-10-1.
In addition, Gileadi edited a Festschrift in honor of his mentor R. K. Harrison, Israel’s Apostasy and Restoration: Essays in Honor of Roland K. Harrison (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1988), ISBN 0-8010-3830-8.
[edit] Notes
- ↑ Seely, David R."Exploring the Isaiah Code: Ascending the Seven Steps on the Stairway to Heaven" Review of Isaiah Decoded: Ascending the Ladder to Heaven by Avraham Gileadi" FARMS Review of Books 16/2 (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2004): pp. 381-394.
