The Value Of The Book Of Mormon As An Independent Textual Witness

[tagriffy]

Well, just between you, me, and the gate post, serious non-Mormon scholars seldom give the Book of Mormon a second look (as per cdowis), much less consider any sort of textual criticism of the book. They are completely unaware of the problematic features of the text, so could not be expected to weigh in on any of the few interesting text-critical issues (such as we have discussed). Thus, Mormon text critics are left to themselves, doing analyses based on the broader world of textual criticism, and offering up the results of their inquiries and basic research.

With that proviso, I consider your general statement reasonable enough.

Good enough. If I ever do work on BoM Isaiah, I'll adapt your proviso and incorporate it into something like the summary statement of previous post.

With that, I am satisfied the issue is as resolved as it can be. Unless there is anything important to be added, I want to start a new thread either on Lehi's travels or paradigms.