Seminaries and Institutes
Fourth Nephi


“Fourth Nephi,” Book of Mormon Teacher Resource Manual (2004), 241–43

“Fourth Nephi,” Book of Mormon Teacher Resource Manual, 241–43

Fourth Nephi

There are four authors of 4 Nephi: Nephi (whose father Nephi was one of the disciples of Jesus Christ); Amos the son of Nephi; Amos the son of Amos; and Ammaron the brother of Amos. (For more information on the authors of the Book of Mormon, see Book of Mormon Student Manual: Religion 121 and 122, p. 155.) Apparently Mormon greatly abridged the writings of these four, since 4 Nephi covers a nearly 300-year period in only forty-nine verses (see 4 Nephi 1:48). After the Savior’s ministry in the Americas, all the people were righteous. Fourth Nephi records their decline over four generations to a state of gross wickedness.