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Alma 30–31
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Monday
- Scripture: Alma 30:1-8
- KnoWhy: Why Does the Book of Mormon Use So Many Different Terms for “Law”?
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Was This a Year of Jubilee?
- Commentary: Korihor, an Anti-Christ
- Commentary: Alma 30:6-8
- Commentary: Alma 30:1-5
Tuesday
- Scripture: Alma 30:9-29
- Commentary: Alma 30:22-23
- Commentary: Basic Public Nephite Law Described
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Alma 30:24-28
- Commentary: What Doctrine Did Korihor Teach?
- Commentary: Korihor Had No Success in Jershon and Was Cast Out
- Commentary: Korihor Was Tried in Gideon
- Commentary: Alma 30:19-21
- Commentary: Comparing Sherem, Nehor, and Korihor
- Evidence: Synonymous Words
Wednesday
- Scripture: Alma 30:30-42
- Commentary: Was Korihor Really an Atheist?
- Commentary: Alma 30:29-31
- Commentary: Alma 30:32-36
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Additional Study
- Evidence: Korihor’s Trial
- KnoWhy: Was Korihor Really an Atheist?
Thursday
- Scripture: Alma 30:43-60
- Commentary: The Judge Asked Four Questions; Korihor Answered One
- Commentary: Alma 30:44-47
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Additional Study
- Evidence: Talionic Justice
- Evidence: Cursing with Speechlessness
- Commentary: Korihor Demanded a Sign
- Commentary: Korihor Was Struck Dumb
- Commentary: Korihor Confessed His Sins
- Commentary: The Nephites Learn What Happened to Korihor
- Commentary: Korihor Is Killed by the Zoramites
Friday
- Scripture: Alma 31:1-7
- Evidence: Wordplay on Antion
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Additional Study
- Commentary: The Zoramite Defection Is Dangerous Militarily
- Commentary: Alma 31:1-2
- Commentary: Alma 31:3-4
- Commentary: Alma 31:5-7
Saturday
- Scripture: Alma 31:8-23
- Commentary: The Zoramites Perverted the Ways of the Lord
- Evidence: Wordplay on Zoram
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Alma Was Shocked at the Zoramites’ Manner of Prayer
- Commentary: Alma 31:8-11
- Commentary: Alma 31:12-14
- Commentary: Alma 31:15-18
- Commentary: Alma 31:19-23
Sunday
- Scripture: Alma 31:24-38
- Commentary: Alma Prayed for Help in Reconverting the Zoramites
- KnoWhy: Why Did Alma Repeat the Lord’s Name Ten Times While in Prayer?
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Additional Study
- Commentary: Alma 31:24-25
- Commentary: Alma 31:26-30
- Commentary: Alma 31:31-35
- Commentary: Alma 31:36-38
- Evidence: The Narrative Symbolism of Apparel
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- The Nephite Judges
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- Teachings of Korihor
- Missionary Work
- How Do You Say "Law" in Hebrew?
- Legal Cases and Procedures in the Book of Mormon
- Three Diverse Opponents of the Nephites
- A Comparison of Nephite Law Lists
- Nephite Cycles: Years 1–49 of the Reign of the Judges (90–40 B.C.)
- Metals in the Book of Mormon
- Whose Words Are Found in the Book of Mormon?
- Number of Pages in Books of the Book of Mormon
- Average Number of Pages Covering One Nephite Year
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- Names and Concepts Associated with Christ by Major Book of Mormon Authors
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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).