How Was Lehi a Descendant of the Jews?

Title

How Was Lehi a Descendant of the Jews?

Magazine

Improvement Era

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Year of Publication

1955

Authors

Number of Pages

702

Date Published

October 1955

Volume

59

Issue Number

10

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Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

This article discusses how Lehi and the Nephites are referred to as “Jews” in several Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants passages (2 Nephi 30:4; D&C 19:27; D&C 57:4), even though they were literal descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh (Alma 10:3). They were Jews not so much by actual descent as by citizenship, having lived in Jerusalem in the kingdom of Judah, or through intermarriage.

Jews
Ephraim (Tribe)
Manasseh (Tribe)
Lehi (Prophet)

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