The Book of Helaman is one of the books that make up the Book of Mormon

Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon is a sacred text of the Latter Day Saint movement that adherents believe contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from approximately 2600 BC to AD 421. It was first published in March 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr...

. The book continues the history of the Nephite

Nephite

According to the Book of Mormon, a Nephite is a member of one of the four main groups of settlers of the ancient Americas. The other three groups are the Lamanites, Jaredites and Mulekites. In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites were a group of people descended from or associated with Nephi, the...

s and the Lamanites "according to the records of Helaman

Helaman, son of Helaman

According to the Book of Mormon, Helaman, son of Helaman, was a Nephite prophet who lived around 30 BC. His father was Helaman, son of Alma, who was also a prophet and military commander. The younger of Helaman's sons include the missionaries Nephi and Lehi.-Family tree:...

, who was the son of Helaman

Helaman

According to the Book of Mormon, Helaman was a Nephite prophet and soldier who lived around the 1st century BC. He is perhaps best known in LDS theology for leading into battle an army of two thousand young warriors, which he referred to as his two thousand sons...

, and also according to the records of his sons, even down to the coming of Christ

Christ

Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...

" (The Book of Helaman, preface). According to footnotes, the book covers the time period between ca 52 BC and 1 BC.

External links

• Book of Helaman by Paul R. Cheesman
  Paul R. Cheesman
  Paul Robert Cheesman was an American archeologist and a professor of religion at Brigham Young University .-Biography:...
  
  
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