FAIR Study Aids/Book of Mormon Resources by chapter and verse/2 Nephi

2 Nephi 1

• 2 Nephi 1:12
  • Louis Midgley, "The Ways of Remembrance" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 1:14
  • Paul Y. Hoskisson, John W. Welch, Robert F. Smith, Bruce W. Warren, Roger R. Keller, David Fox, and Deloy Pack, "Words and Phrases" (Link)

• 2 Nephi 1:15
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

2 Nephi 2

• Overview
  • Bruce M. Pritchett Jr., "Lehi's Theology of the Fall in Its Preexilic/Exilic Context" (Link)
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "The Influence of Lehi's Admonitions on the Teachings of His Son Jacob" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 2:1
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "'My First-Born in the Wilderness'" (Link)
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "Firstborn in the Wilderness" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 2:11
  • Carl W. Griffin, “Early Christianity and the Question of Evil” (Link)
• 2 Nephi 2:15
  • David E. Bokovoy, “Inverted Quotations in the Book of Mormon” (Link)
• 2 Nephi 2:11
  • Carl W. Griffin, “Early Christianity and the Question of Evil” (Link)
• 2 Nephi 2:15
  • David E. Bokovoy, “Inverted Quotations in the Book of Mormon” (Link)
• 2 Nephi 2:25
  • Stephen D. Ricks, "Adam's Fall in the Book of Mormon, Second Temple Judaism, and Early Christianity" (Link)

2 Nephi 3

• 2 Nephi 3:9-10
  • John A. Tvedtnes, “Joseph’s Prophecy of Moses and Aaron” (Link)

2 Nephi 4

• 2 Nephi 4:3
  • Grant Hardy, “Of Punctuation and Parentage” (Link)
• 2 Nephi 4:11
  • Ken Haubrock, "Sam: A Just and Holy Man" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 4:12'
  • John W. Welch, "The Psalm of Nephi as a Post-Lehi Document" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 4:15
  • Beverly J. Norton, "Record Keeping" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 4: 16-35
  • John A. Tvedtnes, “Reflections of Nephi’s Vision in His Psalm” (Link)
  • Steven P. Sondrup, "The Psalm of Nephi: A Lyric Reading" (Link)
  • Matthew Nickerson, "Nephi's Psalm: 2 Nephi 4:16–35 in the Light of Form-Critical Analysis" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 4:35
  • Kevin L. Barney, "Enallage in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Kevin Barney, "Divine Discourse Directed at a Prophet's Posterity in the Plural: Further Light on Enallage" (Link)

2 Nephi 5

• 2 Nephi 5:10
  • John W. Welch, "Statutes, Judgments, Ordinances, and Commandments" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 5:12
  • FAIR entry on "compass" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 5:13
  • FAIR Resource on "Population Demographics and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 5:15
  • John L. Sorenson, "Steel in Early Metallurgy" (Link)
  • FAIR entry on "metals" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 5:16
  • John M. Lundquist, and John W. Welch, "Kingship and Temple in 2 Nephi 5-10" (Link)
  • Jared W. Ludlow, "A Tale of Three Communities: Jerusalem, Elephantine, and Lehi-Nephi" (Link)
  • FAIR entry on the "temple in the new world" (Link)
  • Anonymous, "Insights: An Ancient Window {on the temple}" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 5:18
  • Noel B. Reynolds, "Nephite Kingship Reconsidered" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 5:21
  • John A. Tvedtnes, "The Charge of 'Racism' in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 5:30
  • John W. Welch, "Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: The Political Dimension" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "Why Nephi Wrote the Small Plates: Serving Practical Needs" (Link)
  • John W. Welch, "When Did Nephi Write the Small Plates?" (Link)

2 Nephi 6

• Chapter Overview
  • Daniel Belnap, "The Divine Warrior in Jacob's Speech of 2 Nephi 6-10" (Link)
  • FAIR Resource "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

2 Nephi 7

• Chapter Overview
  • FAIR Resource "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 7:11
  • FAIR entry on "compass" (Link)

2 Nephi 8

• • FAIR Resource "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

2 Nephi 9

• 2 Nephi 9:9
  • Daniel C. Peterson, ""Secret Combinations" Revisited" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 9:27
  • John W. Welch, "Jacob's Ten Commandments" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 9:41
  • John Gee, "The Keeper of the Gate" (Link)

2 Nephi 10

• 2 Nephi 10:23
  • Mack C. Sterling, "The Way of Life and the Way of Death in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

2 Nephi 11

• 2 Nephi 11:2–8
  • David E. Sloan, "Nephi's Convincing of Christ through Chiasmus: Plain and Precious Persuading from a Prophet of God" (Link)

2 Nephi 12

• 2 Nephi Chapters 12-25
  • Sidney B. Sperry, "The Isaiah Quotation: 2 Nephi 12-24" (Link)
  • FAIR Resource "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

2 Nephi 16

• 2 Nephi 16
  • Paul Y. Hoskisson, "A Latter-day Saint Reading of Isaiah: The Example of Isaiah 6" (Link)

2 Nephi 23

• 2 Nephi 23:21
  • Stephen Ricks, "How do we explain the mention of “satyrs,” commonly regarded as mythical creatures, in 2 Nephi 23:21 and Isaiah 13:21 and 34:14?" (Link)

2 Nephi 25

• 2 Nephi 25:1-6, 25:14-16, 25:18-19, 25:19-20, 25:24-27
  • David E. Sloan, "Nephi's Convincing of Christ through Chiasmus: Plain and Precious Persuading from a Prophet of God" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 25:17
  • Matthew L. Bowen, “‘He Shall Add’: Wordplay on the Name Joseph and an Early Instance of Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon” (Link)

2 Nephi 26

• 2 Nephi 26:1-9, 26:12
  • David E. Sloan, "Nephi's Convincing of Christ through Chiasmus: Plain and Precious Persuading from a Prophet of God" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 26:16
  • Paul Y. Hoskisson, “The ‘Familiar Spirit’ in 2 Nephi 26:16” (Link)
  • William Sheffield, "Voice From the Dust" (Link)
  • FAIR Entry: "Familiar Spirit" (Link)
• 2 Nephi 26:15-16
  • Grant Hardy, “2 Nephi 26 and 27 as Midrash” (Link)
• 2 Nephi 26:22
  • Paul Mouritsen, “Bound with Flaxen Cords” (Link)
• 2 Nephi 26:26
  • FAIR Entry: "Synagogues" (Link)

2 Nephi 27

• 2 Nephi 27:8, 15
  • John W. Welch, “Doubled, Sealed, and Witnesses Documents” (Link)
• 2 Nephi 27:14
  • Robert F. Smith, "Textual Criticism of the Book of Mormon," (Link)

2 Nephi 28

• 2 Nephi 28:32
  • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

2 Nephi 30

• 2 Nephi 30:6
  • Royal Skousen, “Textual Analysis of Book of Mormon Continues” (Link)
  • FAIR entry, "White or pure" (Link)
  • Douglas Campbell, "'White' or 'Pure': Five Vignettes" (Link)

2 Nephi 31

• 2 Nephi 31:2
  • Michael B. Parker, “Nephi’s Later Reflections on the Tree of Life Vision” (Link) (URL for article doesn’t work; open PDF file)
• 2 Nephi 31:3
  • Allen J. Christensen, John L. Sorenson, and Angela M. Crowell, "Parallelism, Merismus, and Difrasismo" (Link)