Book excerpt: Dr. Emily Christensen joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2009. She brings to her study of the Book of Mormon a unique perspective, as a Jungian therapist, as theological scholar, and as a student of Hebrew. Here, Dr. Christensen shares the fruits of that study, offering fresh insight into scriptural characters, language, and doctrine, while always building upon a firm testimony of the atonement of Jesus Christ. PLAIN & PRECIOUS, VOLUME ONE: 1 NEPHI covers the first 22 chapters of the Book of Mormon, an account of a prophet and his family led by God out of Jerusalem in 600 B.C., and their journey to a promised land on the American continent. Dr. Christensen is also the author of the memoir KEEPING KYRIE.