What Is The Book of Mormon?
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... The Book of Mormon is essentially the narration of a group of Israelites who migrate to the New World [around] 600 B.C.,
led by a prophet figure called Lehi. It chronicles God's dealings with them; it chronicles the fragmentation of that people into two primary races,
the Lamanites and the Nephites. In many ways it's a morality tale, as it chronicles the
adversities they face when they are wicked, the blessings that are accrued through righteousness.
Terryl Givens, Professor of Litterature and Religion at the University of Richmond - PBS.org interview
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The Book of Mormon, as its modern subtitle states, stands with the Bible as “Another Testament of Jesus Christ.”
Its main purposes are summarized on its title page: to show the remnants of the Book of Mormon people
what great things God did for their forefathers, to make known the covenants of the Lord, and to convince
“Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ, the Eternal God, manifesting himself unto all nations.”
Monte S. Nyman and Lisa Bolin Hawkins, BYU Religious Center
Book of Mormon Commentaries
