Nephis Shazer: The Fourth Arabian Pillar of the Book of Mormon

Abstract: Many Book of Mormon students are aware that several locations along Lehi's Trail through the Arabian Peninsula now have surprising and impressive evidence of plausibility, including the River Laman, valley of Lemuel, Nahom, and Bountiful. One specific named location that has received much less attention is Shazer, a brief hunting stop mentioned in only two verses. After reviewing the potential etymology of the name, Warren Aston provides new information from discoveries made durin...