“If My Days Could Have Been in Those Days”

Brant Gardner

Redaction: I have argued that the shift in the balance of power was rapid, but that the shift in popular opinion occurred gradually. Nevertheless, it serves Mormon’s editorial purposes to portray a rapid descent into apostasy, which he uses to introduce Nephi’s lament (v. 7).

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 5

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