large plates of Nephi
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The large plates of Nephi were a primary Nephite historical record in the Book of Mormon, containing the secular and political history of the Nephite people from which later abridgments were made.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Book of Mormon record
ⓘ
Nephite record ⓘ religious text artifact ⓘ |
| abridgedBy | Mormon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| abridgedInto | Book of Mormon large-plate narrative NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| accessibility | not extant to modern readers except through Mormon's abridgment ⓘ |
| contains |
genealogical information
ⓘ
political events among the Nephites ⓘ reigns of Nephite kings ⓘ wars and contentions of the Nephites ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | small plates of Nephi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Nephi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentLocation | unknown ⓘ |
| describedIn | Book of Mormon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | small plates of Nephi spiritual record ⓘ |
| finalCustodian | Mormon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | reformed Egyptian ⓘ |
| materialForm | metal plates ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Jacob
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mormon NERFINISHED ⓘ Moroni NERFINISHED ⓘ Nephi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Nephi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originLocation | ancient Americas ⓘ |
| peopleDescribed |
Lamanites
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nephites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryContentType |
political history
ⓘ
secular history ⓘ |
| purpose |
to keep the more part of the history of the Nephites
ⓘ
to preserve secular and political records ⓘ |
| recordKeeper |
Nephi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
kings of the Nephites ⓘ successive Nephite record keepers ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
plates of Ether
ⓘ
plates of Mormon NERFINISHED ⓘ small plates of Nephi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Latter-day Saint movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptureStatus | not directly available in modern scripture ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
3 Nephi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
4 Nephi NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Alma NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Ether editorial framework ⓘ Book of Helaman NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Mormon account of Mormon ⓘ Book of Mosiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInLDSTheology | part of the underlying source records of the Book of Mormon ⓘ |
| timeSpan | from Nephi to Mormon ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.