“The Record Which I Make is True”

Joseph F. McConkie, Robert L. Millet
Here Nephi testified of the truth of his record and of its literal nature. The Book of Mormon is not fable or myth, finding meaning, like a Shakespearean play, in the wisdom of lines spoken by actors of fictitious character. It is the history of an actual people—the events it records, historical realities.

Doctrinal Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 1

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