Nephi is one of the central figures described in the Book of Mormon. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he is described as the son of Lehi, a prophet, and the founder of the Nephite people. He is also the author of the first two books of the Book of Mormon, First and Second Nephi.
Still from The Life of Nephi (1915)
Nephi's vision of the young Jesus and Mary
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi.
Book of Mormon
A depiction of Joseph Smith's description of receiving the golden plates from the angel Moroni.
A depiction of Joseph Smith dictating the Book of Mormon through the use of a seer stone placed in a hat to block out light
Smith Patented Improved Press (no relation to Joseph Smith family) used by E. B. Grandin to print the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon