Difference between revisions of "1 Nephi"

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Prefatory Contextual Articles

• David R. Seely, John W. Welch, and JoAnn H. Seely (Editors), "Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem (Collection)" (Link)
• David R. Seely, and JoAnn H. Seely, "Josephus's Portrayal of Jeremiah: A Portrait and a Self-Portrait" (Link)
• Wm. Revell Phillips, "Weather Report from the Valley of Lemuel" (Link)
• Stephen L. Carr, "Birds Along Lehi's Trail" (Link)

1 Nephi 1

• 1 Nephi 1:1
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Colophons in the Book of Mormon" (Link)(Link)
  • John Gee, "Four Suggestions on the Origin of the Name Nephi" (Link)
  • Matthew L. Bowen, “Internal Textual Evidence for the Egyptian Origin of Nephi’s Name,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 1:2
  • FAIR entry on "Reformed Egyptian" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 1:4
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick,"Lehi in the Samaria Papyri and on an Ostracon from the Shore of the Red Sea" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 1:7
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick,"An Archaeologist's View" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 1:8
  • John W. Welch, "Textual Consistency" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Lehi's Council Vision and the Mysteries of God" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 1:9-11
  • Brent E. McNeely, "The Book of Mormon and the Heavenly Book Motif" (Link)

1 Nephi 2

• 1 Nephi 2:4-6, 8-9
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick,"An Archaeologist's View" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 2:5
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick, "Sariah in the Elephantine Papyri" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 2:6
  • John A. Tvedtnes, “More on the River Laman,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 2:7
  • S. Kent Brown, “Lehi’s Sacrifices in the Wilderness,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 2:9-10
  • S. Kent Brown, "The Hunt for the Valley of Lemuel" (Link)
  • Daniel B. McKinley, "The Brightening Light on the Journey of Lehi and Sariah" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 2:11
  • Matthew Roper, “Lehi as a Visionary Man,” (Link)

1 Nephi 3

• 1 Nephi 3:19
  • John L. Sorenson, Gordon C. Thomasson, and Robert F. Smith, "Old World Languages in the New World" (Link)

1 Nephi 4

• 1 Nephi 4:2
  • FAIR entry on "Red Sea vs Reed Sea" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 4:2-3
  • David E. Bokovoy, “‘Let Us Be Strong’: Nephi’s Courage in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Military Exhortations,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 4:9
  • William J. Adams Jr., "Nephi's Jerusalem and Laban's Sword" (Link)
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "The Workmanship Thereof Was Exceedingly Fine" (Link)
  • John L. Sorenson, "Steel in Early Metallurgy" (Link)
  • FAIR entry on "metals" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 4:13
  • John W. Welch and Heidi Harkness Parker,"Better that One Man Perish" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Legal Perspectives on the Slaying of Laban" (Link)
  • FAIR entry on "legal codes in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 4:16
  • William J. Hamblin, "Metal Plates and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • William J. Adams Jr., "Lehi's Jerusalem and Writing on Silver Plates" (Link)
  • William J. Adams Jr., "More on the Silver Plates from Lehi's Jerusalem" (Link)

1 Nephi 5

• 1 Nephi 5:4
  • John A. Tvedtnes,"A Visionary Man" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 5:8
  • Ariel E. Bybee, “The Mother’s Role in Teaching Religious Values – Jerusalem, 600 BC,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 5:10-14
  • Allen J. Christensen, “The Popol Vuh and Mormon Studies,” (Link)

1 Nephi 6

1 Nephi 7

• 1 Nephi 7:14
  • FAIR entry on "Jeremiah in prison" (Link)

1 Nephi 8

• 1 Nephi 8:10
  • Martin H. Rasich, "Tree of Life" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 8:19-20
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Rod and Sword as the Word of God" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 8:31
  • Royal Skousen, “Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon,” (Link)
  • John S. Welch, "Straight (Not Strait) and Narrow" (Link)

1 Nephi 9

1 Nephi 10

1 Nephi 11

• Chapter Overview
  • David E. Bokovoy, "“Thou Knowest That I Believe”: Invoking The Spirit of the Lord as Council Witness in 1 Nephi 11" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 11:8
  • FAIR entry on "snow" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 11:9-11
  • Kevin Christensen, “Nephi, Wisdom, and the Deuteronomist Reform” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 11:18, 21, 32
  • FAIR article on textual variant "the son of" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 11:21
  • John W. Welch, ""The Lamb of God" in Pre-Christian Texts" (Link)

1 Nephi 12

• 1 Nephi 12:9
  • Kevin L. Barney, "Further Light on Enallage," (Link)

1 Nephi 13

• 1 Nephi 13:12
  • Grant Hardy, "Columbus: By Faith or Reason?" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 13:26
  • John W. Welch, "The Plain and Precious Parts" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 13:28
  • John W. Welch, “Fasting in Earliest Christianity,” (Link)

1 Nephi 14

• 1 Nephi 14:29
  • John W. Welch, "Connections between the Visions of Lehi and Nephi" (Link)

1 Nephi 15

• 1 Nephi 15:23-24
  • Matthew L. Bowen, “‘What Meaneth the Rod of Iron’?,” (Link)

1 Nephi 16

• 1 Nephi 16:13-14
  • Daniel B. McKinlay, "The Brightening Light on the Journey of Lehi and Sariah" (Link)
  • FAIR Entry: "Shazer" (Link)
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick,"An Archaeologist's View" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 16:18
  • John L. Sorenson, "Steel in Early Metallurgy" (Link)
  • FAIR entry on "metals" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 16:23
  • William J. Hamblin, "Nephi's Bows and Arrows" (Link)
  • Daniel B. McKinlay, "The Brightening Light on the Journey of Lehi and Sariah" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 16:28
  • Robert F. Smith, "Lodestone and the Liahona" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 16:34
  • Warren P. Aston, and Michaela J. Aston, "Lehi's Trail and Nahom Revisited" (Link)
  • James Gee, "The Nahom Maps" (Link)
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "On Lehi's Trail: Nahom, Ishmael's Burial Place" (Link)
  • Daniel B. McKinlay, "The Brightening Light on the Journey of Lehi and Sariah" (Link)
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick,"An Archaeologist's View" (Link)
  • FAIR Entry: "Nahom" (Link)

1 Nephi 17

• 1 Nephi 17:1-5, 12, 17-49
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick,"An Archaeologist's View" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 17:5
  • Daniel B. McKinlay, "The Brightening Light on the Journey of Lehi and Sariah" (Link)
  • Wm. Revell Phillips, "Mughsayl: Another Candidate for Land Bountiful" (Link)
  • Warren P. Aston, "Identifying Our Best Candidate for Nephi's Bountiful" (Link)
  • Terry B. Ball, "Letter to Editor [on the Arabian Bountiful]" (Link)
  • FAIR Entry: "Bountiful" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 17:9-10
  • Ronald A. Harris, Eugene E. Clark, Jeffrey D. Keith, and Wm. Revell Phillips, “Iron Ore Occurrences in Oman,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 17:24, 44
  • Mark J. Johnson, "Exodus of Lehi Revisited" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 17:26, 27
  • FAIR entry on "Red Sea vs Reed Sea" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 17:53-55
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

1 Nephi 18

• 1 Nephi 18:1, 6, 7
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick,"An Archaeologist's View" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 18:12, 21
  • FAIR entry on "compass" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 18:23
  • John L. Sorenson, "Winds and Currents: A Look at Nephi's Ocean Crossing" (Link)
  • John L. Sorenson, “Scholar Reviews Future Directions in Book of Mormon Research,” (Link)
  • Warren P. Aston, “El Nino and Lehi’s Voyage Revisited,” (Link)
  • Frederick G. Williams, "Did Lehi Land in Chile?" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 18:25
  • FAIR entry on horses (Link)
  • FAIR entry on cattle and cows (Link)
  • Robert R Bennett, "Horses in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Out of the Dust (short article on horses) (Link)

1 Nephi 19

• 1 Nephi 19:1
  • David E. Sloan, "The Book of Lehi and the Plates of Lehi" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 19:10-17
  • Daniel J. Ludlow, "Zenos" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 19:23
  • Cory Daniel Crawford, “Ancient Exegesis and the Study of Scripture,” (Link)

1 Nephi 20

• • FAIR entry on "deutero-Isaiah" (Link)
  • 1 Nephi 20:1
• FAIR entry on textual variant "out of the waters of baptism" (Link)

1 Nephi 21

1 Nephi 22

• 1 Nephi 22:20
  • John A. Tvedtnes and E. Jan Wilson, “The Prophet Like Moses,” (Link)