Facts about lehi in the book of mormon anti-nephi-lehi

Tradition, sin, guilt, and reconciliation november 2, 2008 by sam mb after reading the book of mormon again for the first time in a while, i decided to work occasionally on projects of scriptural interpretation that might be useful to latterday saints uninterested in my particular brand of cultural history. Historian dan vogel notes that in the book of mormon, the land of lehinephi was. The term antinephilehi was the name given by the chief king to one of the. The antinephi lehi s were lamanites who had been converted to the gospel the four sons of mosiahthey ended up living in zarahemla, in the land of jershon their name was changed to. This site can be used as a study guide to help understand the book of mormon. Attention activity show the picture of the antinephilehies burying their swords. The book of mormon prophet, lehi, was a contemporary of jeremiah, and it is thus reasonable to assume that the nephites would have been conversant with this legal practice. The fact that these two parties were friendly to each other is thus. Hence the name antinephilehi was the name of the united lands under the rule of the old king antinephilehi. The antinephilehies rejoice in christ and are visited by angels king antinehi lehi alma 24.

Again, what facts you choose, how you tell them, etc. Ask the children if they would want to bury their weapons if they knew they were in danger of attack. Thus adopting the name antinephilehi was a way of symbolizing their own rebellion against traditional lamanite ways, or becoming antilamanite. Ten littleknown facts about the book of mormon meridian. The unusual name antinephilehi has perplexed book of mormon. The phrase people of antinephi lehi appears eight times between alma 23. When the amalekites attacked, the people of antinephi lehi laid down and refused to fight, and 1,005 of them were slain. After the death of the chief king, the people chose to accept the name of the successor king for themselves. Why in the new testament did jesus ask his father why have you forsaken me. While interesting, this etymology does not quite ring true in the book of mormon. Thus, there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest a jewish or middleeastern migration to america. Response to the book of lehi by christopher marc nemelka.

They used a wooden sword, box, popsicle sticks for weapons for each of the children to bury. Finally, the terms antinephi lehi and antinephilehies in book of mormon headings are interesting in two ways. The first is where nephi migrated and is called the land of first inheritance not to be confused with the jaredite land of first inheritance ether 7. To streamline the narrative, the book of mormon text has been very heavily excerpted and rearranged, and some pronouns are replaced with antecedents for clarity. If he knew that all that was going to happen to him.

And the antinephilehies want to help their protectors. Includes every geographical place mentioned in the book of mormon. The book of mormon does indeed have authentic semitic constructions in it, but lds need to tread cautiously in establishing them. In the first book of the book of mormon, first nephi, lehi and nephi lead their family out of jerusalem, and across the sea to the promised land the americas. Any idea where in america the book of mormon could have taken place. That the distinguishing name which he benjamin would give his people would be antinephi lehi.

President nelson grandfathers visit from the other side of the veil and family history work duration. The nephites are becoming exhausted after years of fighting. This suggests that the book of mormon set lehi s departure from jerusalem at 609 b. Hallen, writing in the journal of book of mormon studies, published by farms, the neal a. The antinephi lehi fathers had many sons who had not made the covenant to not fight. The scripture story visual aids are from chapter twentysix of book of mormon stories, and the picture of the dog is from microsoft word clipart. Now the king conferred the kingdom upon his son, and he called his name antinephi lehi. And the king died in that selfsame year that the lamanites began to make preparations for war against the. Lehi was an israelite of the tribe of manasseh, and father to nephi, another prominent prophet in the book of mormon. The antinephilehies and their covenant of peace excerpted from alma 1415 the following could be used as a resource for either individual reflection or group discussion. Book of mormon genealogy chart panel 1 book of mormon. Antinephi lehi jacob a lamanite leader, also a zoramite chief ruler of the lamanites gazelem teancums servant teancum moriantons maid servant morianton founder of city of morianton korihor an antichrist moroni chief commander of the army of the nephites moronihah chief commander of the army of the nephites king of the lamanites lehonti.

The name antinephilehi could indicate the joining together of the descendants. After their conversion, these people, who were also called the. The book of mormon claims that jewish ancestry formed the majority of precolumbian inhabitants of america. Preliminarily, we have to decide whether the nephi and lehi here. They were converted lamanites who swore never to lift the sword again, choosing death instead. Anti nephi lehi burying sword free download as pdf file. Dear senen, no reference is given in the scriptures to the definition of the term antinephi lehi. How the antinephilehies made their conversion permanent. A dictionary of the book of mormonantinephi lehi, people of. Alma also visits the people of antinephilehi with ammon after they.

The antinephilehies from beyond the farthest hills. In fact, the text all but rules out a separate missionary undertaking by these. A dictionary of the book of mormonantinephilehi, people. See more ideas about book of mormon, scripture study and lds scriptures. You will, however, find two books with the titles the book of nephi, the son of nephi, which was the son of helaman and the book of nephi, which was the son of nephi, one of the disciples of jesus christ. Antinephilehies archives teaching children the gospel. There seems to be a lot of head scratching over the converted lamanites suddenly taking the name antinephilehies in the book of mormon. The book of mormon has multiple examples of this ancient literary structuretechnique. Mosiah sends expedition to find those who had returned to land of lehi nephi, mosiah 7. In the book of mormon, a name given to the lamanites who were converted by the sons of mosiah. The term antinephi lehi was the name given by the chief king to one of the regional kings brother to king lamoni prior to the conversion of a large group of lamanites. Why did converted lamanites call themselves antinephi. Historian dan vogel notes that in the book of mormon, the land of lehinephi was a region where limhis people had been kept captive before rebelling and escaping.

Book of mormon menu page click here to return to the main menu page. Preparation print the story visuals and cut each page in half, except for the last page. And thus cometh about the salvation and the redemption of men, and also their destruction and misery. Lehi left jerusalem in the first year of the reign of zedekiah, which is now dated by scholars as 596 or 597 b. Somebody has added a reference to the mormon anti nephi lehi in the early nonviolent resistance section. Antinephi lehi s came to reject lamanite version of history, and accept the nephite. Anti was likely one of the early patriarchs, perhaps a son of nephi or laman, who founded a colony, whose people named the land after him. Jershon true book of mormon geography lands western. Abinadi literally means the messenger of the father and the son.

As the book of mosiah opens, we are told that there was no more contention in the land of zarahemla and king benjamin had continual. The nephites on the other hand justified their defense of their families and liberties on the ground that it was the will of god that these things be. Serious study of the book of mormon by latterday saints is flourishing today as never before. Its like some new convert coming to love the book of mormon so she decides to name her son antimormon. Maxwell institute for religious scholarship of byu further states. Five clear steps to permanent change used by the antinephilehies are outlined in the record. Antinephi lehi s to hear ammons story and then bury weapons. The story of the antinephilehies, as recorded in the book of alma, is one that doesnt.

In all twelve cases, the 1830 compositor set it as antinephi lehi, with hyphens. Evidence of the truthfulness of the book of mormon lds. Peterson has pointed out that when book of mormon authors narrated the flights of their people, they often compared them to the biblical exodus. A complete description of the book of mormon geography bomgeography, including an internal map model, external map model i. What were the antinephilehies against and why does it matter. Criticism of mormonismbooksthe book of lehi fairmormon. The people of antinephi lehi knew their enemies were planning to kill them, but they had made a solemn covenant with heavenly father that they would not fight. Jg it has also been suggested, without attestation, that antaanti, is an old indian word, a mountain region in the land of nephi in the land of lehi cbm, iii, 366. From wikisource lehi, but when they removed to the lands of the nephites they were called ammonites. The name anti in the book of mormon book of mormon. Antinephilehies the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Anti nephilehi a brother of lamoni, king over converted lamanites. Lehi nephi, a chief city in the land of the same name also called the land of nephi, it was first settled in the sixth century b.

Perhaps from such considerations, it has been suggested that the significance of antinephilehi is those who imitate the teachings of the descendants of nephi and lehi ludlow, a companion to your study of the book of mormon, 210. The title antinephi lehi is a name, and anti in this case, is not a prefix and has no connotation of opposition. Given the fact that in the ancient near east a word equivalent to the word anti could. As far as i know, the book of mormon, published in the 19th century, is the only source for the existence of these people, and nonmormons do not generally believe they existed. Lehinephi, city of true book of mormon geography lands.

Anti nephi lehi burying sword nephi, lehi, book of. Joseph smith simply would not have known this in the late 1820s. Jershon, for instance, designates a place that was given to the people of antinephi lehi as a land for an inheritance. You know that nephi lehi means a combination of nephi and lehi, and anti means combination, facetoface, meeting. Antinephi lehi shows up twelve times in the text including the plural entry, next, and in every instance it is spelled as one word and without any hypens in o where it is extant and p. Mormon where they wrote their testimony on plates gold poster paper.

We get it in the book of mormon a good dealantiomno and things like that. Jershon, for instance, designates a place that was given to the people of antinephi lehi as a land for an inheritance alma 27. According to the book of mormon, the antinephilehies were an ethnic group of lamanites. Note king benjamins tower in the image, above right. Taken as a translation, and separating the group nephi lehi, it might mean descendants of lehi opposed to nephi. As a result, over a thousand joined the people of antinephi lehi lehi1 and forsook their warring lifestylemore than were lost in the attack. Why did converted lamanites call themselves antinephilehies. Antinephilehies, the miracle lamanites book of mormon.

The land of jershon was not heard of prior to it being given to the people of antinephi lehi, otherwise called the people of ammon. Anti is found many times in the book of mormon used as a name. The unusual name antinephilehi has perplexed book of mormon readers, especially in trying to make sense of the presence of anti in this name. But a man named helaman who becomes the leader of this band of young men and others persuade them against this idea.

The lord said, behold, i, god, have suffered these things for all, that they. Anti nephilehi was the name given to the son of the chief lamanite king in. The unrepentant lamanites, especially those who were nephite apostates or their seed, would not recognize the rule of antinephi lehi, but rebelled against him. Number the back of the scripture story pages to help keep them in order.