Magazine
Improvement Era 59, no. 10 (October 1956)
McKay, David O.
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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
Smith, Joseph Fielding (Primary)
Number of Pages
702
Date Published
October 1955
Volume
59
Issue Number
10
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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.
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Subject Keywords
Jews
Ephraim (Tribe)
Manasseh (Tribe)
Lehi (Prophet)
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