Comparison of the First Book of Nephi to the Bible

Available now is my computed comparison of the First Book of Nephi to the Bible. It consists of 58 pages of side-by-side text comparisons. This is part of the second edition of As One that Hath a Familiar Spirit. Here are some highlights from and observations about this comparison of the First Book of Nephi to the Bible:

1. 1 Nephi 1 sets historical context with repeated allusions to Jeremiah
2. 1 Nephi 5: 8 implicitly compares Sariah and Laban to Peter and Herod in Acts 12: 11
3. 1 Nephi 7 may compare Lehi and Nephi with Samuel and Saul in 1 Samuel 10
4. 1 Nephi 10: 8-9 mashes up descriptions of John the Baptist from John 1: 26-28 with Matthew 3: 3-4, 11 or a synoptic equivalent
5. 1 Nephi 11: 6 describes the “Spirit of the Lord” like Mark 5: 7 describes a “man with an unclean spirit” (fundamentalists, eat your hearts out)
6. 1 Nephi 11-14 repeatedly references eschatological phrases from Ezekiel 34: 6, Revelation 7: 9 and Revelation 21: 14
7. 1 Nephi 17: 26 describes Moses like 2 Kings 2: 8 describes Elijah
8. 1 Nephi 18: 13-21 describes a storm for Nephi’s family like Mark 4: 37-40 describes a storm for Jesus’ disciples
9. 1 Nephi 20-21 closely matches Isaiah 48-49
10. 1 Nephi 22 uses Acts 3: 22-25 rather than Old Testament passages referenced by Acts

Editions of Computed Comparisons of the Book of Mormon to the Bible

I have published multiple editions of my work comparing the text of the Book of Mormon to that of the Bible. The first edition was computer-assisted and published by Brigham Young University in 1998. The second edition was computer-generated in 2006, and ultimately served as the basis for the Discerner project in 2015. Below is a list of articles and websites that provide more information about and access to each of the editions, as well as related comparisons:

• As One that Hath a Familiar Spirit (First Edition) at BYU
• Comparison of the First Book of Nephi to the Bible (Second Edition)
• Comparison of the Second Book of Nephi to the Bible (Second Edition)
• Comparison of the Book of Jacob to the Bible (Second Edition)
• Comparison of the Book of Mosiah to the Bible (Second Edition)
• As One that Hath a Familiar Spirit (Second Edition)
• Comparison of Book of Mormon (LDS 2013) to Bible (KJV 1769) at Discerner
• Comparison of Bible (KJV 1769) to Book of Mormon (LDS 2013) at Discerner
• Self-Comparison of Book of Mormon (LDS 2013) at Discerner
• Self-Comparison of Bible (KJV 1769) at Discerner