Tag: Parallels in Alma 5-13 and Alma 36-42
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Alma-2 and Past/Present/Future Symbolism
As mentioned in my post yesterday, many Book of Mormon prophets testify that the words of the scriptures will endure, retain their brightness, go forth to all the earth, and stand as a testament at the day of judgment. How we approach the scriptures is no small matter. As is often the case with Book…
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"Light and knowledge" in Alma 9 and Alma 39
Here is even more evidence that the description of Alma-2\’s missionary work among the Nephites intentionally parallels his words to his sons. According to the theory (proposed by Grant Hardy in this presentation), Alma 9-13 should parallel Alma 39-42. The expression \”light and knowledge\” is found three times in the entire Book of Mormon (Alma…
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Similarities between Alma 11 and Alma 40 — Describing the resurrection
I\’ve spent the past few days searching for connections between Alma\’s missionary labors described in Alma 5-13 and his words to his sons found in Alma 36-42. There are many examples. Consider Alma\’s description of Amulek\’s teaching concerning the resurrection while among the people of Ammonihah: 42 Now, there is a death which is called…
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Similarities between Alma 7 and Alma 38 — "I trust that I shall have joy over/in you"
Here is more evidence that the similarities we find in Alma 5-13 and Alma 36-42 are intentional and not coincidental. In this post, I pointed out that the word \”temperate\” only shows up twice in the entire Book of Mormon — once in Alma 7 and once in Alma 38. There is another unique expression…
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Similarities between Alma 7 and Alma 38 — "Temperate"
I\’m looking into Grant Hardy\’s theory that Alma\’s words to his sons intentionally parallel the descriptions of his missionary labors among the Nephites. I have to say there is quite a bit of compelling evidence to support this theory. Consider the word \”temperate\” as an example. This word shows up 7 times in all of…
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Intentional similarity between Alma-2's missionary work in Ammonihah and his words to his son Corianton
A few days I posted about Grant Hardy’s theory that Mormon set up intentional parallels between the description of Alma-2’s missionary work in three Nephite cities and his instructions to each of his sons. Today, I’ll go into a little bit more depth about one of those pairs. This theory makes sense to me because…
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Intentional parallels between Alma 5-13 and Alma 36-42
Grant Hardy has a very interesting theory about the layout of Alma. You can watch his entire presentation here. In short, he finds numerous parallels between the chapters describing Alma\’s missionary efforts among three Nephite cities (found in Alma 5-13) and his instructions to his sons (found in Alma 36-42). He offers several lines of…
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