Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/View of the Hebrews/Analysis of non-Isaiah scripture use

Critics point to the fact that View of the Hebrews cites the biblical book of Isaiah, and claim that this represents an influence upon the Book of Mormon text.

They ignore, however, that View of the Hebrews also uses many other scriptural citations. None of these are referenced in the Book of Mormon. Some such citations come from biblical books written before the Lehites' departure (i.e., Jeremiah and earlier) which would have been available to the Nephites under the Book of Mormon's narrative.

For material which post-dates Lehi's departure, the Book of Mormon manages to introduce such material (e.g., {[b||Matthew|3-5|}} in 3 Nephi 12-14; Malachi 3-4 in 3 Nephi 24-25) by appealing to prophetic revelation of material. So, even with the Book of Mormon narrative as it presently stands, introducing any biblical material would not have required any new techniques for Joseph Smith's supposed forgery.

Despite these two options for including material which Ethan Smith found compelling, the Book of Mormon uses none of it. These lists are not exhaustive, but represent the vast amount of scripture and other reference material which View of the Hebrews uses that the Book of Mormon ignores.

View of the Hebrews also makes reference to Josephus' Wars of the Jews in describing the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. Despite having eyewitnesses in vision (2 Nephi 1꞉4), and as refugees (Omni 1꞉14-15, Helaman 8꞉21) to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, the Book of Mormon does not mine this vivid imagery to describe the city's passing.

There is also an occasion reference to apocryphal books of the Bible (e.g., Esdras, 2 Ezekiel), which also appear no where in the Book of Mormon.

Scripture by page number

Scripture	Pg	Scripture	Pg	Scripture	Pg
Ps 48:2	1	Ps 132:13-14	2	Ps 48:3-5	2
2 Chron 15:2	2	Matt. 24	2	Luke 14:41—44	2
Luke 23:27-30	2	Ps 9:16	16	Ps 2:4-6	16
Matt 24:3	6	Matt 24:1-2	6	Matt 24:4-5	6
Matt 24:6-8	8	Matt 24:7	8	Matt 24:7	9
Matt 24:15-17	12	Matt 24:15	14	1 Thes 2:16	14
Luke 21:26	15	Matt 24:19	16	Prov 19:21	19
Matt 24:21	24	Matt 24	25	Mark 13	25
Mark 15:13-14	5	John 19:6	5	Mark 13:1	6
Luke 19:42-45	5	Luke 21:25	13	Luke 21:26	15
Luke 23:28-29	18	Micah 3:11	18	Jer 7:4	18
Deut 28:56-57	18	John 5:43	7	John 19:12	12
Deut 28:68	22	Prov 27:19	7	2 Thes 2	26
1 Kings 14:16	29	1 Chro 5:26	30	Gen 15:18	31
Deut 11:24	31	Joshua 23:9	32	Psalm 72	32
Gen 17:8	32	31-36	33	Ezekiel 37:11-14, 16	34
Ezek 38:8-12	35	Ezek 39:4	36	Ezek 39	25-29
Jer 16:14-15	38	Zeph 3:10	39	Amos 9:14-15	39
Jer 31:36	40	Jer 31:38, 40	40	Joel 3:1	40
Hosea 1:4	40	Hosea 1:9	41	Rom 9:25	41
Rom 11:25	41	Hosea 3:4-5	41	Hosea 1:10-11	41
Rom 11:15	42	Deut 30:1-3, 5	42	2 Tim 2:16	43
Joel 3:2, 11	43	Zech 8:7-8	43	Jer 3:6-7	49
Jer 3:18	50	Rom 11:26	50	Hosea 4:17	50
2 Ezek 13:40-44	51	2 Ezek 13:43	51	Jer 31:20	51
Esdras	56	Amos 8:11-12	56	Amos 8:2	56
Deut 30:1-5	63	Amos 9:13-15	57	Gen 49:17, 27	81
John 2:18	127	Mark 15:32	127	Numbers 35:18-19	133
Amos 7:9	153	Jer 12:7, 12	153	Eccl 12:1	162
Deut 6:1-9	169	Deut 6:13-21	169	Exo 13: 13:11-16	169
Jeremiah 30:24	178	Jeremiah 31:20	178	Jeremiah 31:20-21	178
Jeremiah 30:3	178	Jeremiah 30:10	178	Jeremiah 31:8	178
Jeremiah 31:9-10	178	Jeremiah 26:14-16	179	Zech 2:6	181
Zech 8:3	181	2 Samuel 23:4	187	Hosea 14:5-6	188