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Who Kept the Records in the Book of Mormon? (Overview)

TitleWho Kept the Records in the Book of Mormon? (Overview)
Publication TypeChart
Year of Publication1999
AuthorsWelch, John W., and Greg Welch
Number2-16
PublisherFoundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
CityProvo, UT
KeywordsRecord
Abstract

Genealogical, historical, legal, and prophetic records of the Nephites were handed down in sacred trust, usually from father to son. Only four Nephite families kept the plates: Lehi's posterity mainly through Jacob, Mosiah's family, Alma and his long line of descendants, and Mormon and his son Moroni. As anthropologist John L. Sorenson has pointed out, the Book of Mormon is structured as a "lineage history."

URLhttps://byustudies.byu.edu/charts/2-16-who-kept-records-book-mormon-overview

Scripture Reference

Mormon 9:30-37