Avraham Gileadi is a Latter-day Saint Old Testament scholar specializing in the Book of Isaiah. A Latter-day Saint is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ... NOTE: Judaism commonly uses the term Tanakh, but not Old Testament, because it does not recognize the New Testament as a continuation or completion of the Jewish bible. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

He was born in Israel and taught for some time at Brigham Young University. However, some of his writings were not well received by Church authorities, and he was let go. His book on Isaiah and the last days which was published by LDS-owned Deseret Book was later pulled from the shelves. He was excommunicated from the Church for undisclosed reasons. Brigham Young University, often referred to as BYU or, incorrectly, as BYU-Provo, is the flagship university of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). ... Deseret Book is the largest Latter-day Saint book publisher and also owns a chain of LDS bookstores in the western United States. ...

Gileadi has been re-baptized, and is an active member of the Church. He has since written Isaiah Decoded, a book now carried by Deseret Book.

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.^[1] Hugh Winder Nibley (March 27, 1910-February 24, 2005) was born in Portland, Oregon and was one of Mormonisms most celebrated scholars. ...

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