FAIR Study Aids/Book of Mormon Resources by chapter and verse/1 Nephi
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Prefatory Contextual Articles and Overview
- Journey of Faith (Video)
- David R. Seely, John W. Welch, and JoAnn H. Seely (Editors), "Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem (Collection)" (Maxwell Institute)
- David R. Seely, and JoAnn H. Seely, "Josephus's Portrayal of Jeremiah: A Portrait and a Self-Portrait" (Maxwell Institute)
- Jeffrey R. Chadwick, "Khirbet Beit Lei and the Book of Mormon: An Archaeologist’s Evaluation" (Religious Educator)
- Wm. Revell Phillips, "Weather Report from the Valley of Lemuel" (Maxwell Institute)
- Stephen L. Carr, "Birds Along Lehi's Trail" (Maxwell Institute)
- Daniel Peterson, "1 Nephi 1-7" (Maxwell Institute)
- Noel B. Reynolds, "Nephi’s Outline" (BYU Studies)
- John W. Welch, "They Came from Jerusalem: Some Old World Perspectives on the Book of Mormon" (Ensign)
- Keith Meservy, "Jerusalem at the Time of Lehi and Jeremiah" (Ensign)
- Neal Rappleye, "Lehi the Smelter: New Light on Lehi's Profession" (Interpreter)
- Robert F. Smith, "Book of Mormon Event Structure: The Ancient Near East" (Maxwell Institute)
- Camille Fronk, "Desert Epiphany: Sariah and the Women in 1 Nephi" (Maxwell Institute)
- Gaye Strathearn, "'He That Hath the Scriptures, Let Him Search Them'" (Religious Educator)
- Rodney Turner, “The Prophet Nephi,” (Religious Educator)
- RoseAnn Benson, "The Book of Mormon: A Primer for Priesthood Leadership" (Religious Educator)
- Tyler J. Griffin, "Nephi: An Ideal Teacher of Less-Than-Ideal Students" (Religious Educator)
- John W. Welch, "The Narrative of Zosimus and the Book of Mormon" (BYU Studies)
- Frederick W. Axelgard, "1 and 2 Nephi: An Inspiring Whole" (BYU Studies)
- Noel B. Reynolds, "The Political Dimension in Nephi's Small Plates" (BYU Studies)
- S. Kent Brown, "The Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon" (BYU Studies)
- Margaret Barker, "Joseph Smith and Preexilic Israelite Religion" (BYU Studies)
- Kevin Christensen, "Prophets and Kings in Lehi’s Jerusalem and Margaret Barker’s Temple Theology" (Interpreter)
- John L. Sorenson, "The Composition of Lehi's Family" (Maxwell Institute)
- Jerusalem in Nephi and Lehi's Time (Video)
- Lehi's Family - Ancient Israel (Video)
- Laman and Lemuel - Ancient Jerusalem Class System (Video)
- Ancient Peoples of Israel (Video)
- Brant Gardner, "Musings on the Making of the Book of Mormon: Nephi as Author" (Interpreter)
Geographic Facets of Lehi's Journey
- S. Kent Brown, "New Light from Arabia on Lehi's Trail" (Maxwell Institute)
- Eugene England, "Through the Arabian Desert to a Bountiful Land: Could Joseph Smith Have Known the Way?" (Religious Educator)
- Noel B. Reynolds, "Lehi's Arabian Journey Updated" (Maxwell Institute)
- Lynn M. Hilton and Hope A. Hilton, "In Search of Lehi’s Trail—Part 1: The Preparation" (Ensign)
- Lynn M. Hilton and Hope A. Hilton, "In Search of Lehi’s Trail—Part 2: The Journey" (Ensign)
- Daniel B. McKinlay, "The Brightening Light on the Journey of Lehi and Sariah" (Maxwell Institute)
- S. Kent Brown, "New Light: "The Place That Was Called Nahom": New Light from Ancient Yemen" (Maxwell Institute)
- Warren P. Aston, "Newly Found Altars from Nahom" (Maxwell Institute)
- Anonymous, "New Light: Nahom and the "Eastward" Turn" (Maxwell Institute)
- Neal Rappleye and Stephen O. Smoot, "Book of Mormon Minimalists and the NHM Inscriptions: A Response to Dan Vogel," (Interpreter)
1 Nephi 1
- Overview
- Brant Gardner, "Musings on the Making of the Book of Mormon: 1 Nephi 1," (Interpreter)
- 1 Nephi 1:1-3
- Neal Rappleye, "Nephi the Good: A Commentary on 1 Nephi 1:1–3," (Interpreter)
- 1 Nephi 1:1
- 1 Nephi 1:2
- FAIR entry on "Reformed Egyptian" (FAIR)
- John A. Tvedtnes, "Hebraisms in the Book of Mormon: A Preliminary Survey" (BYU Studies)
- John A. Tvedtnes, "Since the Book of Mormon is largely the record of a Hebrew people, is the writing characteristic of the Hebrew language?" (Ensign)
- Ben McGuire, " Did Lehi Use Egyptian?" (FAIR)
- Neal Rappleye, "Learning Nephi's Language: Creating a Context for 1 Nephi 1:2" (Interpreter)
- 1 Nephi 1:4
- Donald W. Parry, "Why is the phrase “and it came to pass” so prevalent in the Book of Mormon?" (Ensign)
- Jeffrey R. Chadwick,"Lehi in the Samaria Papyri and on an Ostracon from the Shore of the Red Sea" (Maxwell Institute)
- Jeffrey R. Chadwick, "The Names Lehi and Sariah—Language and Meaning" (Maxwell Institute)
- Dana M. Pike, "Response to Paul Hoskisson's "Lehi and Sariah"" (Maxwell Institute)
- John A. Tvedtnes, "Lehi and Sariah Comments" (Maxwell Institute)
- Paul Y. Hoskisson, "Response to the Comments" (Maxwell Institute)
- H. Donl Peterson, “Father Lehi,(Religious Educator)
- Bible description of some of the many prophets prophesying (lds.org)
- Jeremiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah - Prophets (Video)
- 1 Nephi 1:6
- Donald W. Parry, "Why is the phrase “and it came to pass” so prevalent in the Book of Mormon?" (Ensign)
- Anonymous, ""And It Came to Pass" in Mayan" (Maxwell Institute)
- Paul Y. Hoskisson, John W. Welch, Robert F. Smith, Bruce W. Warren, Roger R. Keller, David Fox, and Deloy Pack, "Words and Phrases" (Maxwell Institute)
- Royal Skousen, "The Original Language of the Book of Mormon: Upstate New York Dialect, King James English, or Hebrew?" (Maxwell Institute)
- 1 Nephi 1:7
- Jeffrey R. Chadwick,"An Archaeologist's View" (Maxwell Institute)
- John W. Welch, "The Calling of Lehi as a Prophet in the World of Jerusalem" (Maxwell Institute)
- Blake T. Ostler, "The Throne-Theophany and Prophetic Commission in 1 Nephi: A Form-Critical Analysis" (BYU Studies)
- Jeffrey R. Chadwick, "Lehi's House at Jerusalem and the Land of His Inheritance" (Maxwell Institute)
- 1 Nephi 1:8
- 1 Nephi 1:8-15
- 1 Nephi 1:9-11
- 1 Nephi 1:13
- Randall P. Spakeman, "'Many' and 'Few' Enter Captivity," (Link)
- 1 Nephi 1:16-17
- 1 Nephi 1:18
- Lehi's Ministry and Departure (Video)
- 1 Nephi 1:20
1 Nephi 2
- 1 Nephi 2-16
- Overview
- Blair G. Van Dyke, "Light or Dark, Freedom or Bondage: Enhancing Book of Mormon themes through Contrasts" (Religious Educator)
- Brant Gardner, "Musings on the Making of the Book of Mormon: 1 Nephi 2" (Interpreter)
- 1 Nephi 2:1-2
- Lehi's Ministry and Departure (Video)
- 1 Nephi 2:2-15
- 1 Nephi 2:4-6, 8-9
- 1 Nephi 2:5
- 1 Nephi 2:6
- 1 Nephi 2:6-7
- 1 Nephi 2:7
- S. Kent Brown, “Lehi’s Sacrifices in the Wilderness,” (Maxwell Institute)
- Anonymous, "Authority to sacrifice among the Nephites?" (Maxwell Institute)
- Paul Y. Hoskisson, "By what authority did Lehi, a non-Levite priest, offer sacrifices?" (Ensign)
- David R. Seely, "Lehi's Altar and Sacrifice in the Wilderness" (Maxwell Institute)
- Temples, Altars, Sacrifice and Worship (Video)
- 1 Nephi 2:9
- FAIR Entry, "River Runs Into a Fountain" (FAIR)
- 1 Nephi 2:9-10
- 1 Nephi 2:11
- 1 Nephi 2:13
- Fred E. Woods, "Why didn’t Jews in Old Testament times believe Jerusalem could be destroyed?" (Ensign)
- 1 Nephi 2:18-22
- Richard Dilworth Rust, "Annual FARMS Lecture: The Book of Mormon, Designed for Our Day," (Maxwell Institute)
- 1 Nephi 2:24
- J.B. Haws, "'To Stir Them Up in the Ways of Remembrance': Lamanites and Memory in the Book of Mormon" (Religious Educator)
1 Nephi 3
- 1 Nephi 3:3
- John L. Sorenson, "The "Brass Plates" and Biblical Scholarship." (Dialogue pdf)
- Sidney B. Sperry, "Some Problems of Interest Relating to the Brass Plates" (Maxwell Institute)
- 1 Nephi 3:19
- John L. Sorenson, Gordon C. Thomasson, and Robert F. Smith, "Old World Languages in the New World" (Maxwell Institute)
1 Nephi 4
- 1 Nephi 4:2
- FAIR entry on "Red Sea vs Reed Sea" (FAIR)
- 1 Nephi 4:2-3
- David E. Bokovoy, “‘Let Us Be Strong’: Nephi’s Courage in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Military Exhortations,” (Maxwell Institute)
- 1 Nephi 4:9
- William J. Adams Jr., "Nephi's Jerusalem and Laban's Sword" (Maxwell Institute)
- John A. Tvedtnes, "The Workmanship Thereof Was Exceedingly Fine" (Maxwell Institute)
- John L. Sorenson, "Steel in Early Metallurgy" (Maxwell Institute)
- Brett L. Holbrook, "The Sword of Laban as a Symbol of Divine Authority and Kingship" (Maxwell Institute)
- Daniel N. Rolph, "Prophets, Kings, and Swords: The Sword of Laban and Its Possible Pre-Laban Origin" (Maxwell Institute)
- William J. Hamblin and A. Brent Merrill, "Swords in the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
- William J. Hamblin, "Steel in the Book of Mormon" (Meridian)
- John A. Tvednes, "The hilt thereof was of pure gold" (Interpreter)
- FAIR entry on "metals" (FAIR)
- Metal and Metallurgy - The Mines of Timna (Video)
- 1 Nephi 4:13
- 1 Nephi 4:16
- 1 Nephi 4:19
- 1 Nephi 4:33,35,37
1 Nephi 5
- 1 Nephi 5:4
- 1 Nephi 5:8
- Ariel E. Bybee, “The Mother’s Role in Teaching Religious Values – Jerusalem, 600 BC,” (Maxwell Institute)
- 1 Nephi 5:9
- 1 Nephi 5:10
- 1 Nephi 5:10-14
- 1 Nephi 5:13
- David R. Seely, and JoAnn H. Seely, "Lehi and Jeremiah: Prophets, Priests, and Patriarchs" (Maxwell Institute)
1 Nephi 6
1 Nephi 7
- 1 Nephi 7:1-2
- Marriage and Family Customs in Ancient Israel (Video)
- 1 Nephi 7:2
- 1 Nephi 7:13-14
- Randall P. Spackman, "Prophecy of Immediate Destruction," (Link)
- 1 Nephi 7:14
- Kent Brown and David Seely, “Jeremiah’s Imprisonment and the Date of Lehi’s Departure” (Religious Educator)
- Randall P. Spackman, "Was Jeremiah Cast into Prison Before Zedekiah's Reign?" (Link)
- Randall P. Spackman, "Was Jeremiah Imprisoned in Zedekiah's Reign?" (Link)
- FAIR entry on "Jeremiah in prison" (FAIR)
1 Nephi 8
- Chapter Overview
- 1 Nephi 8:1
- 1 Nephi 8:2
- 1 Nephi 8:10
- 1 Nephi 8:19-20
- 1 Nephi 8:19, 20, 24, 30
- 1 Nephi 8:26, 33
- 1 Nephi 8:31
- Royal Skousen, “Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon,” (Maxwell Institute)
- John S. Welch, "Straight (Not Strait) and Narrow" (Maxwell Institute)
- Noel B. Reynolds, and Royal Skousen, "Was the Path Nephi Saw "Strait and Narrow" or "Straight and Narrow"" (Maxwell Institute)
- Paul Y. Hoskisson, "Straightening Things Out: The Use of Strait and Straight in the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
1 Nephi 9
- 1 Nephi 9:2-4
- 1 Nephi 9:2-6
1 Nephi 10
- 1 Nephi 10:4
- Randall P. Spackman, "Lehi's 600-Year Prophecy of the Messiah's Birth," (Link)
- FAIR Entry on "Book of Mormon time keeping" (FAIR)
- 1 Nephi 10:14
- FAIR Entry on "Jacob 5" (FAIR)
- 1 Nephi 10:18
1 Nephi 11
- Section Overview 1 Nephi 11-14
- Andrew C. Skinner, "The Foundational Doctrines of 1 Nephi 11-14" (Religious Educator)
- Steven L. Olsen, "The Centrality of Nephi’s Vision" (Religious Educator)
- Robert L. Millet, “Another Testament of Jesus Christ,” (Religious Educator)
- Shon D. Hopkin, "Preparing Students to Receive Revelation: Insights from the Book of Mormon" (Religious Educator)
- Gerald N. Lund, “The Mysteries of God Revealed by the Power of the Holy Ghost,” (Religious Educator)
- Stephen E. Robinson, "Nephi's "Great and Abominable Church"" (Maxwell Institute)
- Stephen E. Robinson, "Early Christianity and 1 Nephi 13–14" (Religious Educator)
- Steven L. Olsen, "Nephi’s Literary Endeavor" (Religious Educator)
- John Hilton III, ""Look! And I Looked": Lessons in Learning and Teaching from Nephi's Vision" (Religious Educator)
- Chapter Overview
- David E. Bokovoy, "“Thou Knowest That I Believe”: Invoking The Spirit of the Lord as Council Witness in 1 Nephi 11" (Interpreter)
- Allen J. Christensen, "The Sacred Tree of the Ancient Maya" (Maxwell Institute)
- C. Wilfred Griggs, "The Book of Mormon as an Ancient Book" (Maxwell Institute)
- 1 Nephi 11:8
- 1 Nephi 11:8, 11:13, 11:15
- 1 Nephi 11:9-11
- 1 Nephi 11:18, 21, 32
- FAIR article on textual variant "the son of" (FAIR)
- 1 Nephi 11:21
- Articles on Izapa Stela number 5 (the so-called "Tree of Life Stone")
- V. Garth Norman, "What is the current status of research concerning the “Tree of Life” carving from Chiapas, Mexico?" (Ensign)
- Alan K. Parrish, “Stela S. Izapa: A Layman’s Consideration of the Tree of Life Stone,” (Religious Educator)
- Stewart W. Brewer, "The History of an Idea: The Scene on Stela 5 from Izapa, Mexico, as a Representation of Lehi's Vision of the Tree of Life" (Maxwell Institute)
- John E. Clark, "A New Artistic Rendering of Izapa Stela 5: A Step toward Improved Interpretation" (Maxwell Institute)
- 1 Nephi 11:34-36
- Allen J. Christenson, "Annual FARMS Lecture: Maya Harvest Festivals and the Book of Mormon," (Maxwell Institute)
1 Nephi 12
1 Nephi 13
- 1 Nephi 13-14
- 1 Nephi 13 (Chapter Overview)
- 1 Nephi 13:12
- 1 Nephi 13:26
- 1 Nephi 13:28
- 1 Nephi 13:40
1 Nephi 14
1 Nephi 15
Overview (1 Nephi 15-16)
- Tyler J. Griffin, "Nephi: An Ideal Teacher of Less-Than-Ideal Students," (Religious Educator)
- 1 Nephi 15:23-24
- 1 Nephi 15:20
- FAIR Entry: "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon" (FAIR)
1 Nephi 16
- Overview
- FAIR Entry on "Geographical Facets of Lehi's Journey" (FAIR)
- Lehi in the Desert (Video)
- Tents and Camels (Video)
- 1 Nephi 16:9-14
- 1 Nephi 16:10
- Robert L. Bunker, "The Design of the Liahona and the Purpose of the Second Spindle" (Maxwell Institute)
- 1 Nephi 16:13-14
- 1 Nephi 16:14
- 1 Nephi 16:14-35
- 1 Nephi 16:18
- 1 Nephi 16:23
- 1 Nephi 16:28
- 1 Nephi 16:31
- Hunting and Food on the Trail (Video)
- 1 Nephi 16:34
- Warren P. Aston, and Michaela J. Aston, "Lehi's Trail and Nahom Revisited" (Maxwell Institute)
- James Gee, "The Nahom Maps" (Maxwell Institute)
- Stephen D. Ricks, "On Lehi's Trail: Nahom, Ishmael's Burial Place" (Maxwell Institute)
- Stephen D. Ricks, "Some Notes on Book of Mormon Names" (Interpreter)
- Daniel B. McKinlay, "The Brightening Light on the Journey of Lehi and Sariah" (Maxwell Institute)
- Jeffrey R. Chadwick,"An Archaeologist's View" (Maxwell Institute)
- S. Kent Brown, "New Light: "The Place That Was Called Nahom": New Light from Ancient Yemen" (Maxwell Institute)
- Warren P. Aston, "Newly Found Altars from Nahom" (Maxwell Institute)
- Neal Rappleye and Stephen O. Smoot, "Book of Mormon Minimalists and the NHM Inscriptions: A Response to Dan Vogel," (Interpreter)
- FAIR Entry: "Nahom" (FAIR)
- Ishmael's Death (Video)
- Nahom (Video)
- 1 Nephi 16:34-39
1 Nephi 17
- 1 Nephi 17:1
- 1 Nephi 17:1-6
- 1 Nephi 17:1-5, 12, 17-49
- 1 Nephi 17:4
- 1 Nephi 17:5
- Daniel B. McKinlay, "The Brightening Light on the Journey of Lehi and Sariah" (Maxwell Institute)
- Wm. Revell Phillips, "Mughsayl: Another Candidate for Land Bountiful" (Maxwell Institute)
- William D. Glanzman, "South Arabian Pottery in Khor Mughsayl, Oman: An Early Settlement Connection" (Maxwell Institute)
- Warren P. Aston, "The Arabian Bountiful Discovered? Evidence for Nephi's Bountiful" (Maxwell Institute)
- Warren P. Aston, "Identifying Our Best Candidate for Nephi's Bountiful" (Maxwell Institute)
- Terry B. Ball, "Letter to Editor [on the Arabian Bountiful]" (Maxwell Institute)
- FAIR Entry: "Bountiful" (FAIR)
- John Gee, Paul Y. Hoskisson, and Brian M. Hauglid, "What's in a Name? Irreantum" (Maxwell Institute)
- Bountiful (Video)
- Land of Honey (Video)
- 1 Nephi 17:6
- 1 Nephi 17:7
- 1 Nephi 17:8
- 1 Nephi 17:9-10
- Ronald A. Harris, Eugene E. Clark, Jeffrey D. Keith, and Wm. Revell Phillips, “Iron Ore Occurrences in Oman,” (Maxwell Institute)
- Iron Ore (Video)
- 1 Nephi 17:9, 10, 16
- Metal and Metallurgy - The Mines of Timna (Video)
- 1 Nephi 17:24, 44
- 1 Nephi 17:26, 27
- FAIR entry on "Red Sea vs Reed Sea" (FAIR)
- 1 Nephi 17:41
- Wallace E. Hunt Jr., "Moses' Brazen Serpent as It Relates to Serpent Worship in Mesoamerica" (Maxwell Institute)
- Diane E. Wirth, "Quetzalcoatl, the Maya Maize God, and Jesus Christ" (Maxwell Institute)
- Andrew C. Skinner, "Serpent Symbols and Salvation in the Ancient Near East and the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
- Andrew C. Skinner, "Savior, Satan, and Serpent: The Duality of a Symbol in the Scriptures" (Maxwell Institute)
- 1 Nephi 17:53-55
- David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
1 Nephi 18
- 1 Nephi 18:1-2
- 1 Nephi 18:1, 6, 7
- 1 Nephi 18:2
- 1 Nephi 18:6
- 1 Nephi 18:8
- 1 Nephi 18:12, 21
- FAIR entry on "compass" (FAIR)
- 1 Nephi 18:21
- 1 Nephi 18:23
- John L. Sorenson, "Winds and Currents: A Look at Nephi's Ocean Crossing" (Maxwell Institute)
- John L. Sorenson, “Scholar Reviews Future Directions in Book of Mormon Research,” (Maxwell Institute)
- Warren P. Aston, “El Nino and Lehi’s Voyage Revisited,” (Maxwell Institute)
- David L. Clark, "Lehi and El Niño: A Method of Migration" (BYU Studies)
- Frederick G. Williams, "Did Lehi Land in Chile?" (Maxwell Institute)
- John L. Sorenson, "When Lehi's Party Arrived in the Land, Did They Find Others There?" (Maxwell Institute)
- Brant Gardner, "The Other Stuff: Reading the Book of Mormon for Cultural Information" (Maxwell Institute)
- Matthew Roper, "Nephi's Neighbors: Book of Mormon Peoples and Pre-Columbian Populations" (Maxwell Institute)
- Brant Gardner, "A Social History of the Early Nephites" (FAIR)
- William J. Hamblin, "Basic Methodological Problems with the Anti-Mormon Approach to the Geography and Archaeology of the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
- The Promised Land (Video)
- 1 Nephi 18:25
1 Nephi 19
- 1 Nephi 19:1
- 1 Nephi 19:7-9
- Randall P. Spackman, "Lehi's 600-Year Prophecy of the Messiah's Birth," (Link)
- 1 Nephi 19:10-17
- 1 Nephi 19:23
1 Nephi 20
- Overview
- S. Kent Brown, "What Is Isaiah Doing in First Nephi? Or, How Did Lehi's Family Fare so Far from Home?" (Religious Educator)
- Garold N. Davis, "Pattern and Purpose of the Isaiah Commentaries in the Book of Mormon" (Maxwell Institute)
- FAIR Entry on "deutero-Isaiah" (FAIR)
- FAIR Entry on "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon" (FAIR)
- 1 Nephi 20:1
- FAIR entry on textual variant "out of the waters of baptism" (FAIR)
1 Nephi 21
1 Nephi 22