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How Was Lehi a Descendant of the Jews?
Title | How Was Lehi a Descendant of the Jews? |
Publication Type | Magazine Article |
Year of Publication | 1955 |
Authors | Smith, Joseph Fielding |
Magazine | Improvement Era |
Volume | 59 |
Issue Number | 10 |
Pagination | 702 |
Date Published | October 1955 |
Keywords | Ephraim (Tribe); Jews; Lehi (Prophet); Manasseh (Tribe) |
Abstract | This article discusses how Lehi and the Nephites are referred to as “Jews” in several Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants passages (2 Nephi 30:4; D&C 19:27; D&C 57:4), even though they were literal descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh (Alma 10:3). They were Jews not so much by actual descent as by citizenship, having lived in Jerusalem in the kingdom of Judah, or through intermarriage. |
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How Was Lehi a Descendant of the Jews?" Improvement Era 59, no. 10 (1955): 702. "
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