Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship:

Nephi’s Gethsemane: Seventeen Comparisons from the Literary Record

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Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship
Published:
6/25/2021
Specs:
Digest / 5.25" x 8.25"
20 pages Saddle-stitched
Category:
Religion
Tags:
church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, Gethsemane, Jesus, Laban, lds, Mormonism, Nephi

Abstract: This note explores a literary comparison between Nephi’s confronting of Laban and shrinking from the act of shedding blood, to Jesus’s experience in the Garden of Gethsemane of shrinking from the act of shedding blood. Comparing these two stories suggests that we can profitably read Nephi’s experience with Laban as Nephi’s personal Gethsemane.

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