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The existence of the Nephites is part of the Mormon belief system. [ 6 ] The Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS) , part of Brigham Young University , has performed extensive archaeological research on this subject, and publications on the subject and other historical topics are issued regularly by FARMS. [ 7 ]
In the early 1950s, M. Wells Jakeman of the BYU Department of Archaeology suggested that a complicated scene carved on Stela 5 in Izapa was a depiction of a Book of Mormon event called "Lehi's dream", which features a vision of the tree of life. [167] This interpretation is disputed by other Mormon and non-Mormon scholars. [168]
When the Nephite king Mosiah [c] leads a group of Nephite refugees, in response to divine direction, out from the land of Nephi and into the land of Zarahemla, encountering the people of Zarahemla, they and the Nephites unite their societies, and Mosiah becomes king of them all. [12] Zarahemla becomes the second capital city of the Nephites. [13]
According to the text, the Nephites and the Lamanites initially spoke Hebrew (600 BC) and might have spoken a modified Semitic language until at least 400 AD, when the Book of Mormon ends. [40] The non-canonized introductory paragraph to the LDS Church 1981 edition of the Book of Mormon stated that the Lamanites were the "principal ancestors of ...
The Three Nephites tale fits into this story type, and it was not uncommon of early church members to share their own experiences, or those of others, of appearances of the Three Nephites. [12] In these modern sighting stories, one or more of the Nephites appear to aid those in need before miraculously disappearing.
At a later time, groups of Nephites, including Zeniff, attempted to reverse that journey to regain the land of their inheritance. [75] Likely same wilderness where Zeniff hid women and children before going to battle against Lamanites. [76] The sons of Mosiah 2 again reversed that journey to go preach to the Lamanites. [77]
The Nephites become arrogant with these victories and decide they will avenge their fallen people and destroy their enemies. As a result of this, Mormon washes his hands of the mantle of the Nephite armies, and distances himself from them, especially after the Lord tells him that if the Nephites do not repent, it is they who will be destroyed ...
The principal nation of the second race [the Nephites] fell in battle towards the close of the fourth century. The remnant are the Indians that now inhabit this country. An inclusion in History of the Church proclaims the ruins were likely Nephite or belonging to "the ancient inhabitants of America treated of in the Book of Mormon".