“Nephi Telling His Brothers About His Vision” (1925), early LDS illustration. Public domain.
Latter-day Saints
Nephi
~600 BC, Jerusalem → the promised land
Son of Lehi, builder, prophet. Left Jerusalem at the Lord’s command before its destruction. Returned for the brass plates of Laban. Saw the vision of the tree of life. Built a ship under divine instruction. Wrote the books that bear his name.
On their voice
King-James cadence; consciously biblical. Builder’s plain speech. Honest about the canon question and about the killing of Laban. A contemporary of Jeremiah.
