Briefly First Nephi, with Joseph M. Spencer [MIPodcast #98]
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“I, Nephi, having been born of goodly parents...”

So begins the first book in the Book of Mormon. First Nephi. And this is the first episode in a special series of interviews with authors of the Maxwell Institute’s forthcoming “Brief Theological Introductions to the Book of Mormon. Twelve different authors tackle twelve different parts of the book, and Joseph M. Spencer of Brigham Young University was given the task of approaching First Nephi.

Learn more about the Brief Theological Introductions series at mi.byu.edu/brief).

About the Guest

Joseph M. Spencer is an assistant professor in the department of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University and editor of the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. He’s written a number of books on the Book of Mormon such as An Other Testament: On Typology, *For Zion: A Mormon Theology of Hope, *and his latest book, First Nephi: A Brief Theological Introduction.

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