“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.