Introduction to 1 Nephi

Journey of Faith (Video)

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Reynolds, Noel B.. "Lehi’s Dream, Nephi’s Blueprint: How Nephi Uses the Vision of the Tree of Life as an Outline for 1 and 2 Nephi." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 52 (2022): 231-278.

Reynolds, Noel B.. "The Nephite Metaphor of Life as a Probation: Rethinking Nephi's Portrayal of Laman and Lemuel." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 231-280.

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Smith, Robert F.. "Poesy and Prosody in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 41-76.

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1 Nephi 1

Overview

Brant Gardner, "Musings on the Making of the Book of Mormon: 1 Nephi 1," Interpreter Foundation Blog (July 18, 2013). 

Bradley, Don. "A Passover Setting for Lehi’s Exodus." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 119-142.

1 Nephi 1:1-3

Neal Rappleye, "Nephi the Good: A Commentary on 1 Nephi 1:1–3," Interpreter Foundation Blog (Jan 3, 2014). 

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1 Nephi 1:1

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Matthew L. Bowen, “Nephi’s Good Inclusio,” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 17 (2016): 181–195.

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Reynolds, Noel B.. "Lehi and Nephi as Trained Manassite Scribes." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 161-216.

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1 Nephi 1:2

Ben McGuire, "Did Lehi Use Egyptian? Examining Jewish-Egyptian Relations in the Seventh Century B.C." FairMormon (2002). 

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Tvedtnes, John A.. "Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon: A Preliminary Survey." BYU Studies Quarterly 11, no. 1 (1970): 50-58.

John A. Tvedtnes, “I Have a Question: Since the Book of Mormon is largely the record of a Hebrew people, is the writing characteristic of the Hebrew language?” Ensign (October 1986): 64–66.

1 Nephi 1:4

Chadwick, Jeffrey R.. "Lehi in the Samaria Papyri and on an Ostracon from the Shore of the Red Sea." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 19, no. 1 (2010): 14-21.

Chadwick, Jeffrey R.. "The Names Lehi and Sariah—Language and Meaning." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 32-34, 77.

Chadwick, Jeffery R. "Khirbet Beit Lei and the Lehi of Samson: Old Testament and Book of Mormon Considerations, and a Newly Identified Site for Biblical Leḥi and En-hakkore," Religious Educator 23, no. 3 (2022): 64–85.

Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "Response to the Comments." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 38-39, 77-78. 

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1 Nephi 1:6

Paul Y. Hoskisson, John W. Welch, Robert F. Smith, Bruce W. Warren, Roger R. Keller, David Fox, and Deloy Pack, "Words and Phrases," in Reexploring the Book of Mormon. Edited by John W. Welch. Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah: FARMS and Deseret Book, 1992, 282–285. 

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1 Nephi 1:7

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John W. Welch, “The Calling of Lehi as a Prophet in the World of Jerusalem,” in Glimpses of Lehi’s Jerusalem. Edited by John W. Welch, David Rolph Seely, and Jo Ann H. Seely. Provo, UT: FARMS, 2004, 421–448. 

1 Nephi 1:8

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1 Nephi 1:8-15

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1 Nephi 1:9-11

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1 Nephi 1:13

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1 Nephi 1:14

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1 Nephi 1:16-17

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1 Nephi 1:18

Lehi's Ministry and Departure (Video)

1 Nephi 1:20

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1 Nephi 2

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1 Nephi 2:1-3

Spendlove, Loren Blake. "The Word of the Lord as a Metonym for Christ." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 49 (2021): 137-166.

1 Nephi 2:2–15

LeFevre, David A.. "“We Did Again Take Our Journey”." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15, no. 2 (2006): 58-67, 120-122.

1 Nephi 2:4-6, 8-9

Chadwick, Jeffrey R.. "An Archaeologist’s View." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 15, no. 2 (2006): 68-77, 122-124.

1 Nephi 2:5

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1 Nephi 2:7

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1 Nephi 2:9-10

S. Kent Brown. "The Hunt for the Valley of Lemuel." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 17, no. 1 (2007): 64-73, 86-88.

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1 Nephi 2:9-13

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1 Nephi 2:11

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1 Nephi 2:13

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1 Nephi 2:16-18

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1 Nephi 2:16

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1 Nephi 2:18-22

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1 Nephi 2:20

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1 Nephi 2:23

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1 Nephi 2:24

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1 Nephi 3

1 Nephi 3:3

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1 Nephi 3:7

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1 Nephi 3:9

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1 Nephi 3:10

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1 Nephi 3:16

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1 Nephi 3:30–31

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1 Nephi 3:31

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1 Nephi 4

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1 Nephi 4:2

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1 Nephi 4:2–3

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1 Nephi 4:4-27

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1 Nephi 4:7

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1 Nephi 4:9

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1 Nephi 4:13

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1 Nephi 4:14

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1 Nephi 4:16

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1 Nephi 4:35

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1 Nephi 4:33,35,37

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1 Nephi 5

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1 Nephi 5:1

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Women in the Book of Mormon.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.

Camille Fronk, "Desert Epiphany: Sariah and the Women in 1 Nephi," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 2 (2000): 5–15, 80. 

1 Nephi 5:4

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