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“All Things Denote There Is a God (Alma and Korihor),” by Walter Rane
Come Follow Me 2024: Alma 30–31

Alma 30–31

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Bibliography

Alma 30

Hansen, Jr., Gerald. “The Book of Alma as a Prototype for Teaching the Word of God.” In The Book of Mormon: Alma, The Testimony of the Word, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 263–280. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.

Lund, Gerald N. “Countering Korihor’s Philosophy.” Ensign 22, no. 7 (1992): 16–21.

Lund, Gerald N.. “An Anti-Christ in the Book of Mormon - The Face May Be Strange, but the Voice Is Familiar.” In The Book of Mormon: Alma, The Testimony of the Word, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 107–128. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.

Welch, John W. “The Trial of Korihor.” In The Legal Cases in the Book of Mormon, 273–300. Provo, UT: BYU Press/Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2008.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Teachings of Korihor.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 78.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Three Diverse Opponents of the Nephites.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 122.

Alma 30:3

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “How Do You Say 'Law' in Hebrew?.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 119.

Alma 30:10

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “A Comparison of Nephite Law Lists.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 127.

Alma 30:13–15

Clark, Robert E. “Notes on Korihor and Language.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 150–153. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.

Wright, Mark Alan, and Brant A. Gardner. “The Cultural Context of Nephite Apostasy.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 1 (2012): 25–55.

Alma 30:37–38

Book of Mormon Central. “Was Korihor Really an Atheist? (Alma 30:37–38).” KnoWhy 532 (September 19, 2019).

Alma 30:24–26

Wright, David P. “Wade Brown, The God-Inspired Language of the Book of Mormon: Structuring and Commentary.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1, no. 1 (1989): 10–17.

Alma 30:41–44

Boyce, Duane. “Jacob Did Not Make a False Prediction.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 161–174.

Roundy, Bruce A. and Robert J. Norman. “’All Things Denote There is a God’: Seeing Christ in the Creation.” in Religious Educator 6, no. 2 (2005): 51–62.

Alma 30:47

Welch, John W., and Heidi Harkness Parker. “Better That One Man Perish.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 17–19. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.

Wright, David P. “Wade Brown, The God-Inspired Language of the Book of Mormon: Structuring and Commentary.” Review of Books on the Book of Mormon 1, no. 1 (1989): 10–17.

Alma 30:49

Welch, John W. “Cursing a Litigant with Speechlessness.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 154–156. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.

Alma 30:50

Book of Mormon Central. “Why Was Korihor Cursed with Speechlessness? (Alma 30:50).” KnoWhy 138 (July 7, 2016).

Alma 31

Andersen, Joe V. Book of Mormon Objective Geographic Standard No. 2: Relationships of City Bountiful, Mulek, the East Sea, and Zarahemla., 2015.

Bowen, Matthew L. “’See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up’: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109–143.

Hansen, Jr., Gerald. “The Book of Alma as a Prototype for Teaching the Word of God.” In The Book of Mormon: Alma, The Testimony of the Word, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 263–280. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.

Richins, David. “Alma’s Song of Lamentation: How Long, O Lord?” The Lunch is Free, 2016.

Thompson, A. Keith. “Apostate Religion in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 191–226.

Thompson, A. Keith. “Nephite Insights into Israelite Worship Practices before the Babylonian Captivity.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 3 (2013): 155–195.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Missionary Work.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 109.

Alma 31:5

Perry, Michael F. “The Supremacy of the Word: Alma’s Mission to the Zoramites and the Conversion of the Lamanites.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 24 (2015): 119–137.

Alma 31:12

Welch, John W. “Synagogues in the Book of Mormon.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 193–195. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.

Alma 31:14

Calabro, David. “’Stretch Forth Thy Hand and Prophesy’: Hand Gestures in the Book of Mormon.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 1 (2012): 46–59.

Alma 31:24–25

Book of Mormon Central. “How is the Name Zoram Connected with Pride? (Alma 31:25).” KnoWhy 458 (August 14, 2018).

Brady, Parrish, and Shon D. Hopkin. “The Zoramites and Costly Apparel: Symbolism and Irony.” Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 22, no. 1 (2013): 40–53.

Alma 31:26

Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Alma Repeat the Lord’s Name Ten Times While in Prayer? (Alma 31:26).” KnoWhy 139 (July 8, 2016).

Alma 31:28

Book of Mormon Central. “Why did Mormon Emphasize the Zoramites’ Costly Apparel? (Alma 31:28).” KnoWhy 283 (March 6, 2017).