And Now I Speak Concerning That Which I Have Written

Alan C. Miner

John and Gregory Welch note that Mormon, the chief abridger and editor of the full Book of Mormon, also added comments of his own to many of the books in that record, besides writing two books within the Book of Mormon that also bear his name (the Words of Mormon and the book of Mormon. The chart below demonstrates his editorial commentaries, skillfully woven into the text of the primary authors. [John W. Welch and J. Gregory Welch, Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching, F.A.R.M.S., commentary for Chart 20]

Words of Mormon 1:3 And now I speak concerning that which I have written (Illustration): Chart: Writings of Mormon. [Adapted from John W. Welch and J. Gregory Welch, Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching, F.A.R.M.S., Chart 20]

Writings of Mormon

Reference

Description of Text

A.D. Date

W of M 1:1-2

on delivering plates to Moroni

385

W of M 1:3-11

on abridging the plates of Nephi

385

W of M 1:12-18

account of Benjamin

385

Alma 22:27-35

geography

363-->

Helaman 3:13-17

on record keeping

363-->

Helaman 12

on human nature

363-->

3 Nephi 5:8-26

on record keeping

363-->

3 Nephi 10:11-19

on searching the scriptures

363-->

3 Nephi 26:8-21

on Christ’s visit to the Nephites

363-->

3 Nephi 28:24--30:2

on the Three Nephites & the gathering of Israel

363-->

4 Nephi

four generations of history

363-->

Mormon 1:1-6

autobiography

380-385

Mormon 6:16-7:10

lament over people and testimony to remnant

385-400

Moroni 7

sermon on good works

363-375

Moroni 8

epistle on baptism

375-376

Moroni 9

farewell epistle to Moroni

375-376

Words of Mormon 1:3 After I had made an abridgment from the plates of Nephi ([Illustration] Mormon Abridging the Plates. [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gospel Art, #306]

Step by Step Through the Book of Mormon: A Cultural Commentary

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