Saints Unscripted

Martin Evans joins us today to share some incredible findings on the second book of Nephi in the Book of Mormon. He talks about the legal conventions found in 2 Nephi and how these findings have impacted him. 0:00 - Introduction 0:30 - Martin’s Biography 1:47 - Studying more about the characteristics of Nephi 2:30 - 2 Nephi 6:1 3:25 - Scriptures following legal conventions 4:32 - Importance of sealing the record in a legal context 7:45 - The law of witnesses 9:35 - The 10 commandment tablets are a witness of God 10:50 - Legal evidence that the Savior lives 13:19 - Is Nephi is obsessive? Or is he purposely building a case? 14:26 - Validating/notarizing the deposition 18:15 - Plaintiff statements 21:00 - Words can mean reality 22:55 - The job of the scribes of the Dead Sea Scrolls 25:50 - Why is Nephi acting as a copiest in certain places? 27:50 - Harmonizing the text 30:15 - Nephi makes an oath 32:00 - How has this impacted you? 32:40 - 2 Nephi is a book of prophecy 34:55 - 2 Nephi shows ho