The Books of Nephi
The Book of Mormon has four books with the names Nephi in them. The first two are named “The First Book of Nephi His Reign and Ministry” and “The Second Book of Nephi.” Both of these have a kind of subheading that summarizes what is in the book. The first summarizes well the major events of the book including Lehi’s preaching in Jerusalem, their journey in the wilderness, and their crossing of the ocean. The second, on the other hand, really only summarizes what is now in 2 Nephi 4-5: “An account of the death of Lehi. Nephi’s brethren rebel against him. The Lord warns Nephi to depart into the wilderness. His journeyings in the wilderness, and so forth.” The rest of the book after that is mostly quotations from Isaiah and the teachings of Nephi without much detail on the things that happened to the people. One odd thing is the extra phrase in the title of the first book: “his reign and ministry.” That presumably is referring to the reign of Nephi as a king which didn’t happen until 2 Ne...