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Nephi's killing of Laban:Could Satan deceive Nephi?
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Contents
Criticism
(found in 1 Nephi 4꞉5-18)
Source(s) of the criticism
- MADB thread
Answer
Endnotes
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
The killing of Laban in the Book of Mormon
Jump to Subtopic:
- Jeffery R. Holland: "It is wrong to assume that Nephi in any way wished to take Laban’s life"
- Question: Did Nephi commit "cold blooded murder" when he killed Laban?
- Question: Could Satan have deceived Nephi into killing Laban?
- Question: Could the angel which came to Nephi have been a demonic "angel of light" sent to deceive him?
- Question: Was Nephi simply listening to "a voice in his head" telling him to kill Laban as the result of a psychosis or delusion?
- Question: Why didn't God simply preserve Nephi's life using divine power instead of requiring him to kill Laban?
- Question: Do the legal concepts in the Book of Mormon better match Joseph Smith's day, or the ancient world?
- Question: Since Nephi beheaded Laban, wouldn't there be a large amount of blood afterward?
- Question: Is the story of Nephi killing Laban and then putting on his clothes believable?
FAIR web site
| Slaying Laban FairMormon articles on-line |
- Allen Wyatt, "The Krakauer Journal" FAIR link
External links
| Slaying Laban on-line articles |
- Jeffrey R. Holland, "How can I explain Nephi's killing Laban to my nonmember friends? Some really reject it as scriptural," Ensign (September 1976): 83.off-site
- Val Larsen, "Killing Laban: The Birth of Sovereignty in the Nephite Constitutional Order," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 16/1 (2007). [26–41] link
- Ben McGuire, "Nephi and Goliath: A Case Study of Literary Allusion in the Book of Mormon," Journal of Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 18/1 (2009). [16–31] link
- Rodney Turner, "Why did the Lord command Nephi to slay Laban, when to do so was contrary to the commandment, 'Thou shalt not kill'?," Ensign (February 1996): 62.off-site
- John W. Welch, "Legal Perspectives on the Slaying of Laban," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1/1 (1992). [119–141] link
Printed material
| Slaying Laban printed works |