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According to the Book of Mormon, the Anti-Nephi-Lehies (〔(LDS.org: "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide" ) (retrieved 2012-02-25), IPA-ified from «ăn´tī—nē´fī—lē´hī»〕) were a group of people who, after a significant religious conversion, made a covenant that they would not participate in war, and buried their weapons.〔(Alma 24 )〕〔(Alma 26:32 )〕 The plural form of the name, Anti-Nephi-Lehies, was taken on by Lamanite Christian converts. Later, they were called Ammonites to honor the primary missionary of their conversion. Anti-Nephi-Lehies differed from other Book of Mormon people in that they were pacifists as a reaction to their previous extreme warlike behavior. Anti-Nephi-Lehies preferred death over killing in self-defense. Anti-Nephi-Lehi, who succeeded his father as king of all the Lamanite lands except the land of Ishmael, was also one of the converted Lamanites, and a brother to Lamoni. The term "anti" has perplexed readers as the Lamanites made a covenant to serve the Lord and thus align themselves with the Nephites. These readers assume the Latin/Greek meaning of the prefix "anti", which means "opposing" or "against". However, the Book of Mormon record states that it was written in reformed Egyptian,〔(Mormon 9:32 )〕〔(1 Nephi 1:2 )〕 so a Greek or Latin meaning is unlikely. "Anti" may be a reflex of the Egyptian "nty:", ''he of, the one of.'' Thus, rather than having the sense "against", it may have the meaning "the one of Nephi and Lehi".〔Hugh Nibley, Quoted in Eldin Ricks, Book of Mormon Study Guide, p. 63. as cited in Ludlow, A Companion to Your Study of the Book of Mormon, 209-210〕 There is, perhaps, a plausible explanation of "anti" as meaning "not". The challenge they faced was distinguishing themselves as a body of Lamanite converts without using the term "Laman", hence, "The Lehies not of Nephi", or "The not-Nephite Lehies." Another possibility can be found in Alma 21:11 where a village is named Ani-Anti. Perhaps the name Anti was derived from this village and it is merely a name. ==See also== *Ammonites (Book of Mormon) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anti-Nephi-Lehi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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