Keywords
Book of Mormon, Nephi's Vision, American Revolutionary War, West Point Chain
Abstract
Chapter 14 of the 2011 BYU Sperry Symposium volume, "'Delivered by the Power of God:' Nephi's Vision of America's Birth" by Dr. Kenneth L. Alford discusses evidence of God's hand andintervention in the American Revolutionary War. This essay specifically looks at 1 Nephi 13, Washington and the founding fathers, wartime weather, and the West Point chain.
Original Publication Citation
Kenneth L. Alford, “‘Delivered by the Power of God’: Nephi’s Vision of America’s Birth,” in The Things Which My Father Saw: Approaches to Lehi’s Dream and Nephi’s Vision (2011 Sperry Symposium), ed. Daniel L. Belnap, Gaye Strathearn, and Stanley A. Johnson (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2011), 264–81.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Alford, Kenneth L. Ph.D., ""Delivered by the Power of God": Nephi's Vision of America's Birth" (2011). Faculty Publications. 1641.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1641
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2011-10
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/3592
Publisher
Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book
Language
English
College
Religious Education
Department
Church History and Doctrine
Copyright Status
The Brigham Young University Religious Studies Center granted permission for this chapter to be posted on ScholarsArchive on 29 April 2016.
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