Article Title

Nephi’s Later Reflections on the Tree of Life Vision

Authors

Michael B. Parker

Keywords

Nephi, Tree of Life, vision, testimony

Abstract

An interesting phenomenon concerning 1 and 2 Nephi is that parts of the latter book draw on the tree of life vision that Nephi and his father shared, as recorded in 1 Nephi 8, 11–15. In an earlier FARMS Update, John A. Tvedtnes demonstrated that Nephi drew on this vision when composing the psalm in 2 Nephi 4. Further study suggests the likelihood that Nephi’s exhortation in 2 Nephi 31 was similarly informed by that sublime vision.

Recommended Citation

Parker, Michael B. (2002) "Nephi’s Later Reflections on the Tree of Life Vision," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 22: No. 5, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol22/iss5/2