Grant Hardy Understanding the Book of Mormon

The Agony of Nephi

By Jana Riess — June 26, 2013
When I started reading the Book of Mormon, I had a hard time relating to Nephi. As the opening character—and crucial first narrator—in the Book of Mormon, he comes across as somewhat self-important. He caricatures his older brothers, the comical complainers Laman and Lemuel, who almost never appear as individual characters in his narrative. He […]
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