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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)]
**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)]
**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===

Revision as of 23:37, 29 November 2012

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)
  • 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

  • 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 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)
  • 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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