Why didn’t Nephi include things “more pleasing unto the world” in his record?

Thomas R. Valletta

“Naturally, some would like to have even more contextual material about the life, times, and culture of the peoples in the Book of Mormon. … No wonder these scriptures fail to please or to impress the world. There are those who prefer details on ancient agriculture to the ‘bread of life,’ who prefer information on the rising of dynasties to insights on the rising of Jesus from the tomb” (Maxwell, But for a Small Moment, 36).

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