Nephi’s Gethsemane: Seventeen Comparisons from the Literary

Title

Nephi’s Gethsemane: Seventeen Comparisons from the Literary Record

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2021

Authors

Halverson, Taylor (Primary)

Journal

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Pagination

1-14

Volume

46 URL

https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/nephis-gethsemane-seventeen-comparisons-from-the-literary-record/

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Abstract

This note explores a literary comparison between Nephi’s confronting of Laban and shrinking from the act of shedding blood, to Jesus’s experience in the Garden of Gethsemane of shrinking from the act of shedding blood. Comparing these two stories suggests that we can profitably read Nephi’s experience with Laban as Nephi’s personal Gethsemane.

Journal

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 46 (2021)

Jesus Christ

Laban

Adversity

Nephi (Son of Lehi)

Garden of Gethsemane

Nephi’s Gethsemane: Seventeen Comparisons from the Literary Record

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