Difference between revisions of "Alma"
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Return to index [http://en.fairmormon.org/FAIR_Study_Aids/Book_of_Mormon_Resources_by_chapter_and_verse (Link)]
 
Return to index [http://en.fairmormon.org/FAIR_Study_Aids/Book_of_Mormon_Resources_by_chapter_and_verse (Link)]
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===Overview===
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Monte S. Nyman (Editor), "The Book of Mormon: Alma, the Testimony of the Word (Collection)" [http://rsc.byu.edu/out-print/book-mormon-alma-testimony-word (Link)]
 
===Alma 1===
 
===Alma 1===
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*Name "Alma"
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**Matthew L. Bowen, “And He Was a Young Man’: The Literary Preservation of Alma’s Autobiographical Wordplay” [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=30&num=4&id=913 (Link)]
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**Paul Y. Hoskisson, "What's in a Name?" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=7&num=1&id=173 (Link)]
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**Terrence L. Szink, "New Light: Further Evidence of a Semitic Alma" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=8&num=1&id=189&cat_id=454 (Link)]
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**Terry Szink, "The Personal Name 'Alma' at Ebla" [https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/RelEd/article/view/1829 (Link)]
 
*Alma 1:15
 
*Alma 1:15
 
**John A. Tvedtnes, “Confession of Sins before Execution” [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=23&num=5&id=358 (Link)]
 
**John A. Tvedtnes, “Confession of Sins before Execution” [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=23&num=5&id=358 (Link)]
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*Alma 3:1
 
*Alma 3:1
 
**Larry G. Childs, "Epanalepsis in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=812 (Link)]
 
**Larry G. Childs, "Epanalepsis in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=812 (Link)]
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*Alma 3:6
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**John A. Tvedtnes, "The Charge of 'Racism' in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=15&num=2&id=508 (Link)]
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**See related material in FAIR Entry for 2 Nephi 30:6 [http://en.fairmormon.org/FAIR_Study_Aids/Book_of_Mormon_Resources_by_chapter_and_verse/2_Nephi#2_Nephi_30 (Link)]
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===Alma 4===
 
===Alma 4===
 
*Alma 4:6
 
*Alma 4:6
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**Robert F. Smith, "The Land of Jerusalem: The Place of Jesus' Birth" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=814 (Link)]
 
**Robert F. Smith, "The Land of Jerusalem: The Place of Jesus' Birth" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=814 (Link)]
 
**Gordon C. Thomasson, "Revisiting the Land of Jerusalem" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1065 (Link)]
 
**Gordon C. Thomasson, "Revisiting the Land of Jerusalem" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1065 (Link)]
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**John A. Tvedtnes, "Knowledge of Christ to Come" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=5&num=1&id=119 (Link)]
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**John A. Tvedtnes, "Cities and Lands in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=4&num=2&id=109 (Link)]
 
**FAIR entry on "Jerusalem vs Bethlehem" [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Biblical/Jerusalem_vs_Bethlehem (Link)]
 
**FAIR entry on "Jerusalem vs Bethlehem" [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Biblical/Jerusalem_vs_Bethlehem (Link)]
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**D. Kelly Ogden, "Why does the Book of Mormon say that Jesus would be born in Jerusalem?" [https://www.lds.org/ensign/1984/08/i-have-a-question?lang=eng (Ensign)]
  
 
===Alma 8===
 
===Alma 8===
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*Overview Alma 8-14
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**Thomas R. Valletta, "Conflicting Orders: Alma and Amulek in Ammonihah" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=21&chapid=109 (Link)]
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*Alma 8:6-7
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**John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=9&num=1&id=210 (Link)]
 
*Alma 8:22
 
*Alma 8:22
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**Angela M. Crowell and John A. Tvedtnes, "Blessing God after Eating One's Fill"
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**Angela M. Crowell and John A. Tvedtnes, "The Nephite and Jewish Practice of Blessing God after Eating One's Fill" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=6&num=2&id=155 (Link)]
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===Alma 9===
 
===Alma 9===
 
===Alma 10===
 
===Alma 10===
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*Alma 11:2
 
*Alma 11:2
 
**Royal Skousen, “Latest Findings in the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project” [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=26&num=3&id=457 (Link)]
 
**Royal Skousen, “Latest Findings in the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project” [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=26&num=3&id=457 (Link)]
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*Alma 11:3
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**John W. Welch, "Weighing and Measuring in the Worlds of the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=8&num=2&id=566 (Link)]
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**John L. Sorenson, "Did the Ancient Peoples of Mesoamerica Use a System of Weights and Scales in Measuring Goods and Their Values?" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=8&num=2&id=568 (Link)]
 
*Alma 11:3, 7
 
*Alma 11:3, 7
 
**John W. Welch, "The Laws of Eshnunna and Nephite Economics" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1067 (Link)]
 
**John W. Welch, "The Laws of Eshnunna and Nephite Economics" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1067 (Link)]
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===Alma 12===
 
===Alma 12===
 
===Alma 13===
 
===Alma 13===
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*Overview
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**Dennis A. Wright, ""None Were Greater": A Restoration View of Melchizedek" [https://www.lds.org/ensign/1998/02/none-were-greater-a-restoration-view-of-melchizedek?lang=eng (Ensign)]
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**Kevin Christensen, "The Messiah in Barker's Work and Mormon Scripture" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/papers/?paperID=6&chapterID=52 (Link)]
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*Alma 13:1-9
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**James T. Duke, "The Literary Structure and Doctrinal Significance of Alma 13:1–9" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=5&num=1&id=114 (Link)]
 
*Alma 13:13-19
 
*Alma 13:13-19
 
**John W. Welch, "The Melchizedek Material in Alma 13:13-19" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=6 (Link)]
 
**John W. Welch, "The Melchizedek Material in Alma 13:13-19" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=6 (Link)]
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*Alma 16:1
 
*Alma 16:1
 
**John L. Sorenson, "The Nephite Calendar in Mosiah, Alma, and Helaman" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=815 (Link)]
 
**John L. Sorenson, "The Nephite Calendar in Mosiah, Alma, and Helaman" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=815 (Link)]
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*Alma 16:5
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**A. Brent Merrill, "Nephite Captains and Armies" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=66&chapid=732 (Link)]
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**John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=9&num=1&id=210 (Link)]
 
*Alma 16:9
 
*Alma 16:9
 
**John W. Welch, "The Destruction of Ammonihah and the Law of Apostate Cities" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=816 (Link)]
 
**John W. Welch, "The Destruction of Ammonihah and the Law of Apostate Cities" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=816 (Link)]
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*Chapter Overview
 
*Chapter Overview
 
**Hugh W. Nibley, "Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Lecture 51: Alma 17-19" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=117&chapid=1371 (Link)]
 
**Hugh W. Nibley, "Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Lecture 51: Alma 17-19" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=117&chapid=1371 (Link)]
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*Alma 17:22-23
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**S. Kent Brown, “Sojourn, Dwell, and Stay: Terms of Servitude” [http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/jerusalem-zarahemla-literary-and-historical-studies-book-mormon/sojourn-dwell-and-stay-term (Link)]
 
*Alma 17:26
 
*Alma 17:26
 
**Paul Y. Hoskisson, “What’s in a Name? Sebus,” Insights 32/1 (2012); [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=32&num=1&id=985 (Link)]
 
**Paul Y. Hoskisson, “What’s in a Name? Sebus,” Insights 32/1 (2012); [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=32&num=1&id=985 (Link)]
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*Alma 17:39
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*Alma 17:37, 17:38, 17:39
 
**John M. Lundquist, and John W. Welch, "Ammon and Cutting Off the Arms of Enemies" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=817 (Link)]
 
**John M. Lundquist, and John W. Welch, "Ammon and Cutting Off the Arms of Enemies" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=817 (Link)]
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**Bruce H. Yerman, "Ammon and the Mesoamerican Custom of Smiting off Arms" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=8&num=1&id=183 (Link)]
  
 
===Alma 18===
 
===Alma 18===
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**Robert R Bennett, "Horses in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=129 (Link)]
 
**Robert R Bennett, "Horses in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=129 (Link)]
 
**Out of the Dust (short article on horses) [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=10&num=1&id=246 (Link)]
 
**Out of the Dust (short article on horses) [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=10&num=1&id=246 (Link)]
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**Paul R. Cheesman, "The Wheel in Ancient America" [https://byustudies.byu.edu/showtitle.aspx?title=4829 (Link)]
  
 
===Alma 19===
 
===Alma 19===
 
*Alma 19:12, 30, 36
 
*Alma 19:12, 30, 36
 
**David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=21&num=1&id=637 (Link)]
 
**David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=21&num=1&id=637 (Link)]
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*Alma 19:16
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**John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=9&num=1&id=210 (Link)]
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**Camille Willams and Donna Lee Bowen, "Ordinary People in the Book of Mormon" [https://www.lds.org/ensign/1992/01/ordinary-people-in-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng (Ensign)]
  
 
===Alma 20===
 
===Alma 20===
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*Alma 20:2
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**John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=9&num=1&id=210 (Link)]
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**C. Robert Line, “The Middoni Principle” [http://rsc.byu.edu/es/archived/Volume%201%20Number%201,%202000/middoni-principle (Link)]
 
*Alma 20:6
 
*Alma 20:6
 
**FAIR entry on "horses" [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Animals/Horses (Link)]
 
**FAIR entry on "horses" [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Animals/Horses (Link)]
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**Robert R Bennett, "Horses in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=129 (Link)]
 
**Robert R Bennett, "Horses in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=129 (Link)]
 
**Out of the Dust (short article on horses) [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=10&num=1&id=246 (Link)]
 
**Out of the Dust (short article on horses) [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=10&num=1&id=246 (Link)]
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**Paul R. Cheesman, "The Wheel in Ancient America" [https://byustudies.byu.edu/showtitle.aspx?title=4829 (Link)]
  
 
===Alma 21===
 
===Alma 21===
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===Alma 25===
 
===Alma 25===
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*Overview
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**Grant R. Hardy, "Mormon as Editor" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=72&chapid=856 (Link)]
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**Thomas W. Mackay, "Mormon as Editor: A Study in Colophons, Headers, and Source Indicators" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=2&num=2&id=34 (Link)]
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===Alma 26===
 
===Alma 26===
 
===Alma 27===
 
===Alma 27===
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*Alma 27:22
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**Stephen D. Ricks, and John A. Tvedtnes, "The Hebrew Origin of Some Book of Mormon Place Names" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=6&num=2&id=157 (Link)]
 
*Alma 27:24
 
*Alma 27:24
 
**John W. Welch, "Exemption from Military Duty" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=820 (Link)]
 
**John W. Welch, "Exemption from Military Duty" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=820 (Link)]
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===Alma 28===
 
===Alma 28===
 
===Alma 29===
 
===Alma 29===
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===Alma 30===
 
===Alma 30===
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*Overview
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**Gerald N. Lund, "Countering Korihor’s Philosophy" [https://www.lds.org/ensign/1992/07/countering-korihors-philosophy?lang=eng (Ensign)]
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**Gerald N. Lund, “An Anti-Christ in the Book of Mormon—The Face May Be Strange, but the Voice Is Familiar” [http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/book-mormon-alma-testimony-word/7-anti-christ-book-mormon-face-may-be-strange-voice (Link)]
 
*Alma 30:15
 
*Alma 30:15
 
**Robert E. Clark, "Notes on Korihor and Language" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1068 (Link)]
 
**Robert E. Clark, "Notes on Korihor and Language" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1068 (Link)]
 
*Alma 30:49
 
*Alma 30:49
 
**John W. Welch, "Cursing a Litigant with Speechlessness" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1069 (Link)]
 
**John W. Welch, "Cursing a Litigant with Speechlessness" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1069 (Link)]
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===Alma 31===
 
===Alma 31===
 
*Alma 31:12
 
*Alma 31:12
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===Alma 32===
 
===Alma 32===
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*Overview
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**Joseph Thomas Hepworth, "Watermelons, Alma 32, and the Experimental Method" [https://byustudies.byu.edu/showtitle.aspx?title=5601 (Link)]
 
*Alma 32:7
 
*Alma 32:7
 
**David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=21&num=1&id=637 (Link)]
 
**David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=21&num=1&id=637 (Link)]
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*Alma 34:32-34
 
*Alma 34:32-34
 
**John A. Tvedtnes and Matthew Roper, “Scripture Insight: ‘Do Not Procrastinate the Day of Your Repentance” [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=20&num=10&id=160 (Link)]
 
**John A. Tvedtnes and Matthew Roper, “Scripture Insight: ‘Do Not Procrastinate the Day of Your Repentance” [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=20&num=10&id=160 (Link)]
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*Alma 34:35
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**John Gee, “Book of Mormon Word Usage: ‘Seal You His’,” [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=22&num=1&id=227 (Link)]
  
 
===Alma 35===
 
===Alma 35===
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**John W. Welch, and Gordon C. Thomasson, "The Sons of the Passover" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=822 (Link)]
 
**John W. Welch, and Gordon C. Thomasson, "The Sons of the Passover" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=822 (Link)]
 
===Alma 36===
 
===Alma 36===
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*Alma 36:7-11
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**John A. Tvedtnes, "The Voice of an Angel" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=41&chapid=192 (Link)]
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**John W. Welch, "Three Accounts of Alma's Conversion" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=808 (Link)]
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**S. Kent Brown, "Alma's Conversion: Reminiscences in His Sermons" [http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/book-mormon-treasury/15-alma%E2%80%99s-conversion-reminiscences-his-sermons (Link)]
 
*Alma 36:28
 
*Alma 36:28
 
**FAIR entry on "Red Sea vs Reed Sea" [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Red_sea_versus_reed_sea (Link)]
 
**FAIR entry on "Red Sea vs Reed Sea" [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Red_sea_versus_reed_sea (Link)]
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===Alma 38===
 
===Alma 38===
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*Alma 38:12
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**Bruce C. Hafen, Marie K. Hafen, ""Bridle All Your Passions"" [http://www.lds.org/ensign/1994/02/bridle-all-your-passions?lang=eng (Ensign)]
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===Alma 39===
 
===Alma 39===
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*Overview
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**Terry B. Ball, "Alma 39: A Model for Teaching Morality" [https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/RelEd/article/view/1853 (Link)]
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**Jeffrey R. Holland, "Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments" [http://www.familylifeeducation.org/gilliland/procgroup/Souls.htm (Link)]
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*Alma 39:3
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**John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=9&num=1&id=210 (Link)]
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*Alma 39:9
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**John Gee, "Scripture Insight: Book of Mormon Word Usage: To Cross Oneself" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=21&num=6&id=203 (Link)]
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===Alma 40===
 
===Alma 40===
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*Alma 40:11-12
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**George Q. Cannon. "Alma 40:11-12  Do these verses contradict Luke 23:43?" [http://www.shields-research.org/Scriptures/BoM/40_11-12.html (Link)]
 
*Alma 40:12
 
*Alma 40:12
 
**Philip A. Allred, "Alma's Use of State in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1070 (Link)]
 
**Philip A. Allred, "Alma's Use of State in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1070 (Link)]
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*Alma 40:12-13
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**H. Donl Peterson, "What is the meaning of the Book of Mormon scriptures on eternal hell for the wicked?" [http://www.lds.org/ensign/1986/04/i-have-a-question?lang=eng (Ensign)]
 
===Alma 41===
 
===Alma 41===
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*Philip A. Allred, "Alma's Use of State in the Book of Mormon: Evidence of Multiple Authorship" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=5&num=1&id=116 (Link)]
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===Alma 42===
 
===Alma 42===
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===The War Chapters===
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*FAIR Resource on Main Themes in the Book of Mormon: Warfare [http://en.fairmormon.org/FAIR_Study_Aids/Book_of_Mormon_Resources_by_chapter_and_verse/Introduction,_Title_Page,_Witnesses%27_Testimonies;_Historical_Studies_of_its_Coming_Forth;_and_Miscellaneous_Items_of_Interest#Main_Themes (Link)]
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*R. Douglas Phillips, "Why Is So Much of the Book of Mormon Given Over to Military Accounts?" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=66&chapid=721 (Link)]
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*R. Douglas Phillips, ""Why is so much of the Book of Mormon given over to military accounts? Do we know why this material is supposed to be important to us?"" [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=2&sourceId=74671f26d596b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD (Ensign)]
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*Richard Dilworth Rust, "Purpose of the War Chapters in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=66&chapid=722 (Link)]
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*Richard J. McClendon, "Captain Moroni's Wartime Strategies: An Application for the Spiritual Battles of Our Day" [https://ojs.lib.byu.edu/spc/index.php/RelEd/article/view/1904 (Link)]
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*Hugh W. Nibley, "Warfare and the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=14 (Link)]
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===Alma 43===
 
===Alma 43===
 
*Alma 43:3
 
*Alma 43:3
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*Alma 46:13-16
 
*Alma 46:13-16
 
**FAIR entry on the term "Christian" [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Pre-Christian_Christianity (Link)]
 
**FAIR entry on the term "Christian" [http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon/Anachronisms/Pre-Christian_Christianity (Link)]
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*Alma 46:21
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**Terrence L. Szink, "An Oath of Allegiance in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=66&chapid=723 (Link)]
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**Thomas R. Valletta, “The Captain of the Covenant” [http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/book-mormon-alma-testimony-word/14-captain-and-covenant-0 (Link)]
 
*Alma 46:21-23
 
*Alma 46:21-23
 
**Matthew Roper, “Joseph’s Coat and Moroni’s Covenant of Liberty”  [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=22&num=10&id=277 (Link)]
 
**Matthew Roper, “Joseph’s Coat and Moroni’s Covenant of Liberty”  [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/insights/?vol=22&num=10&id=277 (Link)]
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===Alma 49===
 
===Alma 49===
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*Alma 49:13
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**John L. Sorenson, "Fortifications in the Book of Mormon Account Compared with Mesoamerican Fortifications" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=66&chapid=739 (Link)]
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===Alma 50===
 
===Alma 50===
 
*Alma 50:14
 
*Alma 50:14
 
**John A. Tvedtnes, "Cities and Lands in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1071 (Link)]
 
**John A. Tvedtnes, "Cities and Lands in the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1071 (Link)]
 
===Alma 51===
 
===Alma 51===
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===Alma 52===
 
===Alma 52===
 
*Alma 52:1
 
*Alma 52:1
 
**Stephen D. Ricks, and Robert F. Smith, "New Year's Celebrations" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=826 (Link)]
 
**Stephen D. Ricks, and Robert F. Smith, "New Year's Celebrations" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=71&chapid=826 (Link)]
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**Allen J. Christensen, "Maya Harvest Festivals and the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/review/?vol=3&num=1&id=54 (Link)]
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**A. Brent Merrill, "Nephite Captains and Armies" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=66&chapid=732 (Link)]
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===Alma 53===
 
===Alma 53===
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*Alma 53:16
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**John A. Tvedtnes, "What were the ages of Helaman’s “stripling warriors”?" [https://www.lds.org/ensign/1992/09/i-have-a-question?lang=eng (Ensign)]
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===Alma 54===
 
===Alma 54===
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*Alma 54:17
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**Richard L. Bushman, "The Lamanite View of Book of Mormon History" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=109&chapid=1253 (Link)]
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**Noel B. Reynolds, "The Political Dimension in Nephi's Small Plates" [https://byustudies.byu.edu/showtitle.aspx?title=5852 (Link)]
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**Noel B. Reynolds, "Nephi's Political Testament" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=72&chapid=874 (Link)]
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===Alma 55===
 
===Alma 55===
 
===Alma 56===
 
===Alma 56===
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*Alma 63:5, 8
 
*Alma 63:5, 8
 
**John L. Sorenson, "New Technology and Ancient Voyages" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1073 (Link)]
 
**John L. Sorenson, "New Technology and Ancient Voyages" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=98&chapid=1073 (Link)]
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**Jerry K. Loveland, "Hagoth and the Polynesian Tradition" [https://byustudies.byu.edu/showtitle.aspx?title=5266 (Link)]
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**John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=9&num=1&id=210 (Link)]
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**Louis Midgley, "A Maori View of the Book of Mormon" [http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=8&num=1&id=179 (Link)]

Revision as of 13:19, 17 December 2012

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Overview

Monte S. Nyman (Editor), "The Book of Mormon: Alma, the Testimony of the Word (Collection)" (Link)

Alma 1

  • Name "Alma"
    • Matthew L. Bowen, “And He Was a Young Man’: The Literary Preservation of Alma’s Autobiographical Wordplay” (Link)
    • Paul Y. Hoskisson, "What's in a Name?" (Link)
    • Terrence L. Szink, "New Light: Further Evidence of a Semitic Alma" (Link)
    • Terry Szink, "The Personal Name 'Alma' at Ebla" (Link)
  • Alma 1:15
    • John A. Tvedtnes, “Confession of Sins before Execution” (Link)
  • Alma 1:29
    • John L. Sorenson, "Possible "Silk" and "Linen" in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
    • FAIR entry on "silk" (Link)

Alma 2

  • Alma 2:20
    • John L. Sorenson, "Evidence for Tents" (Link)

Alma 3

  • Alma 3:1
    • Larry G. Childs, "Epanalepsis in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Alma 3:6
    • John A. Tvedtnes, "The Charge of 'Racism' in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
    • See related material in FAIR Entry for 2 Nephi 30:6 (Link)

Alma 4

  • Alma 4:6

Alma 5

  • Alma 5
    • Robert A. Rees, "Alma the Younger's Seminal Sermon at Zarahemla" (Link)
  • Alma 5:33-34
    • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Alma 5:40
    • Donald W. Parry, "Antithetical Parallelism in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Alma 6

Alma 7

  • Alma 7:10
    • Robert F. Smith, "The Land of Jerusalem: The Place of Jesus' Birth" (Link)
    • Gordon C. Thomasson, "Revisiting the Land of Jerusalem" (Link)
    • John A. Tvedtnes, "Knowledge of Christ to Come" (Link)
    • John A. Tvedtnes, "Cities and Lands in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
    • FAIR entry on "Jerusalem vs Bethlehem" (Link)
    • D. Kelly Ogden, "Why does the Book of Mormon say that Jesus would be born in Jerusalem?" (Ensign)

Alma 8

  • Overview Alma 8-14
    • Thomas R. Valletta, "Conflicting Orders: Alma and Amulek in Ammonihah" (Link)
  • Alma 8:6-7
    • John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" (Link)
  • Alma 8:22
    • Angela M. Crowell and John A. Tvedtnes, "The Nephite and Jewish Practice of Blessing God after Eating One's Fill" (Link)

Alma 9

Alma 10

  • Alma 10:25
    • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Alma 11

  • Chapter Overview
  • Alma 11:2
    • Royal Skousen, “Latest Findings in the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project” (Link)
  • Alma 11:3
    • John W. Welch, "Weighing and Measuring in the Worlds of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
    • John L. Sorenson, "Did the Ancient Peoples of Mesoamerica Use a System of Weights and Scales in Measuring Goods and Their Values?" (Link)
  • Alma 11:3, 7
    • John W. Welch, "The Laws of Eshnunna and Nephite Economics" (Link)

Alma 12

Alma 13

  • Overview
    • Dennis A. Wright, ""None Were Greater": A Restoration View of Melchizedek" (Ensign)
    • Kevin Christensen, "The Messiah in Barker's Work and Mormon Scripture" (Link)
  • Alma 13:1-9
    • James T. Duke, "The Literary Structure and Doctrinal Significance of Alma 13:1–9" (Link)
  • Alma 13:13-19
    • John W. Welch, "The Melchizedek Material in Alma 13:13-19" (Link)
  • Alma 13:21
    • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Alma 14

  • Alma 14:10
    • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Alma 15

  • Alma 15:5-6
    • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Alma 15:17
    • David E. Bokovoy, “A Place of Deliverance: Altars in the Hebrew Bible and Book of Mormon” (Link)

Alma 16

  • Alma 16:1
    • John L. Sorenson, "The Nephite Calendar in Mosiah, Alma, and Helaman" (Link)
  • Alma 16:5
    • A. Brent Merrill, "Nephite Captains and Armies" (Link)
    • John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" (Link)
  • Alma 16:9
    • John W. Welch, "The Destruction of Ammonihah and the Law of Apostate Cities" (Link)
  • Alma 16:13
    • FAIR entry on "synagogues" (Link)

Alma 17

  • Chapter Overview
    • Hugh W. Nibley, "Teachings of the Book of Mormon, Lecture 51: Alma 17-19" (Link)
  • Alma 17:22-23
    • S. Kent Brown, “Sojourn, Dwell, and Stay: Terms of Servitude” (Link)
  • Alma 17:26
    • Paul Y. Hoskisson, “What’s in a Name? Sebus,” Insights 32/1 (2012); (Link)
  • Alma 17:37, 17:38, 17:39
    • John M. Lundquist, and John W. Welch, "Ammon and Cutting Off the Arms of Enemies" (Link)
    • Bruce H. Yerman, "Ammon and the Mesoamerican Custom of Smiting off Arms" (Link)

Alma 18

  • Alma 18:9-10, 12
    • FAIR entry on "horses" (Link)
    • FAIR entry on "chariots" (Link)
    • Robert R Bennett, "Horses in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
    • Out of the Dust (short article on horses) (Link)
    • Paul R. Cheesman, "The Wheel in Ancient America" (Link)

Alma 19

  • Alma 19:12, 30, 36
    • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Alma 19:16
    • John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" (Link)
    • Camille Willams and Donna Lee Bowen, "Ordinary People in the Book of Mormon" (Ensign)

Alma 20

  • Alma 20:2
    • John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" (Link)
    • C. Robert Line, “The Middoni Principle” (Link)
  • Alma 20:6
    • FAIR entry on "horses" (Link)
    • FAIR entry on "chariots" (Link)
    • Robert R Bennett, "Horses in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
    • Out of the Dust (short article on horses) (Link)
    • Paul R. Cheesman, "The Wheel in Ancient America" (Link)

Alma 21

Alma 22

  • Alma 22:27
    • William J. Hamblin, "Directions in Hebrew, Egyptian, and Nephite Language" (Link)
  • Alma 22:32
    • Matthew Roper, “Travel Across the ‘Narrow Neck of Land’” (Link)
    • John L. Sorenson, ""A Day and a Half's Journey for a Nephite"" (Link)

Alma 23

Alma 24

  • Alma 24:6-18
    • Duane Boyce, "Were the Ammonites Pacifists?" (Link)
  • Alma 24:12
    • Kevin L. Barney and David Linn, “Let Us Stain Our Swords No More,” (Link)

Alma 25

  • Overview
    • Grant R. Hardy, "Mormon as Editor" (Link)
    • Thomas W. Mackay, "Mormon as Editor: A Study in Colophons, Headers, and Source Indicators" (Link)

Alma 26

Alma 27

  • Alma 27:22
    • Stephen D. Ricks, and John A. Tvedtnes, "The Hebrew Origin of Some Book of Mormon Place Names" (Link)
  • Alma 27:24
    • John W. Welch, "Exemption from Military Duty" (Link)

Alma 28

Alma 29

  • Alma 29:10
    • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Alma 30

  • Overview
    • Gerald N. Lund, "Countering Korihor’s Philosophy" (Ensign)
    • Gerald N. Lund, “An Anti-Christ in the Book of Mormon—The Face May Be Strange, but the Voice Is Familiar” (Link)
  • Alma 30:15
    • Robert E. Clark, "Notes on Korihor and Language" (Link)
  • Alma 30:49
    • John W. Welch, "Cursing a Litigant with Speechlessness" (Link)

Alma 31

  • Alma 31:12
    • John W. Welch, "Synagogues in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Alma 31:14
    • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Alma 32

  • Overview
    • Joseph Thomas Hepworth, "Watermelons, Alma 32, and the Experimental Method" (Link)
  • Alma 32:7
    • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Alma 32:30
    • FAIR entry on textual variant (Link)

Alma 33

  • Alma 33:3
    • Paul Y. Hoskisson, “Jeremiah’s Game” (Link)
  • Alma 33:3-11, 13, 15
    • Daniel J. Ludlow, "Zenos" (Link)
  • Alma 33:20
    • Kristen S. Heal, “Look to God and Live” (Link)
  • Alma 33:21
    • Royal Skousen, “Book of Mormon Critical Text Project Continues with New Volume” (Link)

Alma 34

  • Alma 34:16
    • David Calabro, ""Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy": Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Alma 34:32-34
    • John A. Tvedtnes and Matthew Roper, “Scripture Insight: ‘Do Not Procrastinate the Day of Your Repentance” (Link)
  • Alma 34:35
    • John Gee, “Book of Mormon Word Usage: ‘Seal You His’,” (Link)

Alma 35

  • Alma 35:16
    • John W. Welch, and Gordon C. Thomasson, "The Sons of the Passover" (Link)

Alma 36

  • Alma 36:7-11
    • John A. Tvedtnes, "The Voice of an Angel" (Link)
    • John W. Welch, "Three Accounts of Alma's Conversion" (Link)
    • S. Kent Brown, "Alma's Conversion: Reminiscences in His Sermons" (Link)
  • Alma 36:28
    • FAIR entry on "Red Sea vs Reed Sea" (Link)

Alma 37

  • Alma 37:23, 25
    • Matthew Roper, “Teraphim and the Urim and Thummim” (Link)
  • Alma 37:38, 43, 44
    • Jonathan Curci, "Liahona: "The Direction of the Lord": An Etymological Explanation" (Link)
    • FAIR entry on "compass"(Link)

Alma 38

  • Alma 38:12
    • Bruce C. Hafen, Marie K. Hafen, ""Bridle All Your Passions"" (Ensign)

Alma 39

  • Overview
    • Terry B. Ball, "Alma 39: A Model for Teaching Morality" (Link)
    • Jeffrey R. Holland, "Of Souls, Symbols, and Sacraments" (Link)
  • Alma 39:3
    • John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" (Link)
  • Alma 39:9
    • John Gee, "Scripture Insight: Book of Mormon Word Usage: To Cross Oneself" (Link)

Alma 40

  • Alma 40:11-12
    • George Q. Cannon. "Alma 40:11-12 Do these verses contradict Luke 23:43?" (Link)
  • Alma 40:12
    • Philip A. Allred, "Alma's Use of State in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Alma 40:12-13
    • H. Donl Peterson, "What is the meaning of the Book of Mormon scriptures on eternal hell for the wicked?" (Ensign)

Alma 41

  • Philip A. Allred, "Alma's Use of State in the Book of Mormon: Evidence of Multiple Authorship" (Link)

Alma 42

The War Chapters

  • FAIR Resource on Main Themes in the Book of Mormon: Warfare (Link)
  • R. Douglas Phillips, "Why Is So Much of the Book of Mormon Given Over to Military Accounts?" (Link)
  • R. Douglas Phillips, ""Why is so much of the Book of Mormon given over to military accounts? Do we know why this material is supposed to be important to us?"" (Ensign)
  • Richard Dilworth Rust, "Purpose of the War Chapters in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
  • Richard J. McClendon, "Captain Moroni's Wartime Strategies: An Application for the Spiritual Battles of Our Day" (Link)
  • Hugh W. Nibley, "Warfare and the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Alma 43

  • Alma 43:3
    • Proceedings: "Conference on Warfare in the Book of Mormon" (link)
  • Alma43:13-14
    • Royal Skousen, “Book Excerpt: Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon” (Link)

Alma 44

Alma 45

Alma 46

  • Alma 46:13-16
    • FAIR entry on the term "Christian" (Link)
  • Alma 46:21
    • Terrence L. Szink, "An Oath of Allegiance in the Book of Mormon" (Link)
    • Thomas R. Valletta, “The Captain of the Covenant” (Link)
  • Alma 46:21-23
    • Matthew Roper, “Joseph’s Coat and Moroni’s Covenant of Liberty” (Link)
  • Alma 46:22
    • Donald W. Parry, "Symbolic Action as Prophetic Curse" (Link)
    • Stephen D. Ricks, ""Holy War" in the Book of Mormon and the Ancient Near East" (Link)
  • Alma 46:23-24, 27
    • John A. Tvedtnes, “The Remnant of Joseph,” Insights 20/8 (2000); (Link)

Alma 47

Alma 48

  • Alma 48:10
    • FAIR entry on the term "Christian" (Link)

Alma 49

  • Alma 49:13
    • John L. Sorenson, "Fortifications in the Book of Mormon Account Compared with Mesoamerican Fortifications" (Link)

Alma 50

  • Alma 50:14
    • John A. Tvedtnes, "Cities and Lands in the Book of Mormon" (Link)

Alma 51

Alma 52

  • Alma 52:1
    • Stephen D. Ricks, and Robert F. Smith, "New Year's Celebrations" (Link)
    • Allen J. Christensen, "Maya Harvest Festivals and the Book of Mormon" (Link)
    • A. Brent Merrill, "Nephite Captains and Armies" (Link)

Alma 53

  • Alma 53:16
    • John A. Tvedtnes, "What were the ages of Helaman’s “stripling warriors”?" (Ensign)

Alma 54

  • Alma 54:17
    • Richard L. Bushman, "The Lamanite View of Book of Mormon History" (Link)
    • Noel B. Reynolds, "The Political Dimension in Nephi's Small Plates" (Link)
    • Noel B. Reynolds, "Nephi's Political Testament" (Link)

Alma 55

Alma 56

Alma 57

Alma 58

Alma 59

Alma 60

Alma 61

Alma 62

  • Alma 62:5
    • Matthew Roper, "Eyewitness Descriptions of Mesoamerican Swords" (Link)

Alma 63

  • Alma 63:5, 8
    • John L. Sorenson, "New Technology and Ancient Voyages" (Link)
    • Jerry K. Loveland, "Hagoth and the Polynesian Tradition" (Link)
    • John Gee, John A. Tvedtnes, and Matthew Roper, "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions" (Link)
    • Louis Midgley, "A Maori View of the Book of Mormon" (Link)
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