Its central narrative begins at the time of Jeremiah with a patriarch called Lehi, whose family eventually split into the Nephites and Lamanites, and in this scripture a later generation of Nephites was visited by the resurrected Jesus long after their ancestors reached the Americas.
The sections of this text occur in chronological order, except for the "Words of" its namesake and the section named after Ether, which describes the exploits of a people descended from Jared after the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel. Its central narrative begins at the time of Jeremiah with a patriarch called Lehi, whose family eventually split into the Nephites and Lamanites, and in this scripture a later generation of Nephites was visited by the resurrected Jesus long after their ancestors reached the Americas. For 10 points, name this religious scripture preserved in a New York hillside on golden plates until it was unearthed by Joseph Smith with the help of an angel named Moroni.
The sections of this text occur in chronological order, except for the "Words of" its namesake and the section named after Ether, which describes the exploits of a people descended from Jared after the confusion of tongues at the Tower of Babel.
{The Book of Mormon:} An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi