1 Nephi

1 Nephi 1

• 1 Nephi 1:1
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Colophons in the Book of Mormon" (Link)(Link)
  • John Gee, "Four Suggestions on the Origin of the Name Nephi" (Link)
  • Matthew L. Bowen, “Internal Textual Evidence for the Egyptian Origin of Nephi’s Name,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 1:8
  • John W. Welch, "Textual Consistency" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Lehi's Council Vision and the Mysteries of God" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 1:9-11
  • Brent E. McNeely, "The Book of Mormon and the Heavenly Book Motif" (Link)

1 Nephi 2

• 1 Nephi 2:5
  • Jeffrey R. Chadwick, "Sariah in the Elephantine Papyri" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 2:6
  • John A. Tvedtnes, “More on the River Laman,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 2:7
  • S. Kent Brown, “Lehi’s Sacrifices in the Wilderness,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 2:11
  • Matthew Roper, “Lehi as a Visionary Man,” (Link)

1 Nephi 3

• 1 Nephi 3:19
  • John L. Sorenson, Gordon C. Thomasson, and Robert F. Smith, "Old World Languages in the New World" (Link)

1 Nephi 4

• 1 Nephi 4:2-3
  • David E. Bokovoy, “‘Let Us Be Strong’: Nephi’s Courage in the Context of Ancient Near Eastern Military Exhortations,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 4:9
  • William J. Adams Jr., "Nephi's Jerusalem and Laban's Sword" (Link)
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "The Workmanship Thereof Was Exceedingly Fine" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 4:13
  • John W. Welch and Heidi Harkness Parker,"Better that One Man Perish" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 4:16
  • William J. Hamblin, "Metal Plates and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • William J. Adams Jr., "Lehi's Jerusalem and Writing on Silver Plates" (Link)
  • William J. Adams Jr., "More on the Silver Plates from Lehi's Jerusalem" (Link)

1 Nephi 5

• 1 Nephi 5:4
  • John A. Tvedtnes,"A Visionary Man" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 5:8
  • Ariel E. Bybee, “The Mother’s Role in Teaching Religious Values – Jerusalem, 600 BC,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 5:10-14
  • Allen J. Christensen, “The Popol Vuh and Mormon Studies,” (Link)

1 Nephi 8

• 1 Nephi 8:19-20
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Rod and Sword as the Word of God" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 8:31
  • Royal Skousen, “Restoring the Original Text of the Book of Mormon,” (Link)

1 Nephi 11

• 1 Nephi 11:9-11
  • Kevin Christensen, “Nephi, Wisdom, and the Deuteronomist Reform,” (Link)
• 1 Nephi 11:21
  • John W. Welch, ""The Lamb of God" in Pre-Christian Texts" (Link)

1 Nephi 12

• 1 Nephi 12:9
  • Kevin L. Barney, "Further Light on Enallage," (Link)

1 Nephi 13

• 1 Nephi 13:12
  • Grant Hardy, "Columbus: By Faith or Reason?" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 13:26
  • John W. Welch, "The Plain and Precious Parts" (Link)
• 1 Nephi 13:28
  • John W. Welch, “Fasting in Earliest Christianity,” [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=21&num=9&id=217 (Link)

1 Nephi 15

• 1 Nephi 15:23-24
  • Matthew L. Bowen, “‘What Meaneth the Rod of Iron’?,” (Link)