“They Have Not Forgotten the Commandment of the Lord”

Brant Gardner

Rhetoric: Jacob pounds home the shocking message that the wicked Lamanites are better than the Nephites. While the Lamanites have loving marital and parental relationships, Nephite men are breaking the hearts of their wives and children. Jacob uses cultural assumptions of superiority to underline the degree of “evil” of the Nephite men.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 2

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