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Come Follow Me 2024: Alma 8–12
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Alma 8–12

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Bibliography

Alma 8

Brown, S. Kent “Ammonihah: Measuring Moron’s Purposes.” In A Witness for the Restoration: Essays in Honor of Robert J. Matthews, 165–175. Edited by Kent P. Jackson and Andrew C. Skinner. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2007.

Stenson, Matthew Scott. “Answering for His Order: Alma’s Clash with the Nehors.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 2 (2016): 127–153.

Valetta, Thomas R. “Conflicting Orders: Alma and Amulek in Ammonihah.” In The Temple in Time and Eternity. Edited by Donald W. Parry and Stephen D. Ricks. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.

Swift, Charles. “When Less is More: The Reticent Narrator in the Story of Alma and Amulek.” Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 13, no. 1 (2012): 88–101.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “The Law of Apostate Cities.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 126.

Alma 8:6–7

(Ammonihah) Tvedtnes, John A., John Gee, and Matthew Roper. “Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 40–51, 78–79.

Alma 8:9–10

Lindsay, Jeff. “The Possibility of Janus Parallelism in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 28 (2018): 1–20.

Alma 8:14–18

Uchtdorf, Dieter F. “Learn from Alma and Amulek.” In The One-Hundredth and Eighty-Sixth Semiannual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2016.

Alma 8:22

Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Alma Bless and Thank God After Eating? (Alma 8:22),” KnoWhy 115 (June 6, 2016).

Bokovoy, David E., and John A. Tvedtnes. “Blessing God After Eating One's Fill.” In Testaments: Links between the Book of Mormon and the Hebrew Bible, 161–165. Toelle, UT: Heritage Press, 2003.

Crowell, Angela M., and John A. Tvedtnes. “Blessing God after Eating One’s Fill.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 142–146. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.

Alma 9

Stenson, Matthew Scott. “Answering for His Order: Alma’s Clash with the Nehors.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 2 (2016): 127–153.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “The Law of Apostate Cities.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 126.

Alma 9:9–10

S. Kent Brown. “Sojourn, Dwell, and Stay: Terms of Servitude.” In From Jerusalem to Zarahemla: Literary and Historical Studies of the Book of Mormon, 55–74. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1998.

Alma 9:13

Book of Mormon Central. “What does it Mean to “Prosper in the Land”? (Alma 9:13).” KnoWhy 116 (June 7, 2016).

Alma 10

Stenson, Matthew Scott. “Answering for His Order: Alma’s Clash with the Nehors.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 2 (2016): 127–153.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “The Law of Apostate Cities.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 126.

Alma 10:2–3

Bradley, Don. “Piercing the Veil: Temple Worship in the Lost 116 Pages.” In 2012 FAIR Conference. Sandy, UT: FairMormon, 2012.

Alma 10:7

Book of Mormon Central. “Why is Amulek’s Household Significant? (Alma 10:7).” KnoWhy 117 (June 8, 2016).

Alma 10:25

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 11

Stenson, Matthew Scott. “Answering for His Order: Alma’s Clash with the Nehors.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 2 (2016): 127–153.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “The Law of Apostate Cities.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 126.

Alma 11:1–11

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “King Mosiah's Monetary System.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 110.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “The Utility of the Onti and Limnah.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 112.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “The Utility of the Gold Antion.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 111.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Grain Measurement.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 113.

Alma 11:1

Welch, John W. “The Law of Mosiah.” In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 158–161. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.

Alma 11:2

Skousen, Royal. “Latest Findings in the Book of Mormon Critical Text Project.” Insights: A Window on the Ancient World 26, no. 3 (2006): 1, 4–5.

Alma 11:3

Welch, John W. “Weighing and Measuring in the Worlds of the Book of Mormon.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2 (1999): 36–45, 86.

Smith, Robert F. “Table of Relative Values.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2 (1999): 46.

Sorenson, John L. “A Mesoamerican System of Weights and Measures? Did the ancient peoples of Mesoamerica use a system of weights and scales in measuring goods and their values?Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 2 (1999): 47, 86–87.

Alma 11:3,7

Welch, John W. “The Laws of Eshnunna and Nephite Economics.” In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 147–149. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.

Book of Mormon Central. “Why You Should Care About the Nephite Weights and Measures System (Alma 11:7).” KnoWhy 322 (June 5, 2017).

Alma 11:21

Ricks, Stephen D. “A Nickname and a Slam Dunk: Notes on the Book of Mormon Names Zeezrom and Jershon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 8 (2014): 191–194.

Alma 11:22

Book of Mormon Central. “Why Would Zeezrom Attempt to Bribe Amulek? (Alma 11:22).” KnoWhy 118 (June 9, 2016).

Alma 11:39–41

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “Consistent Elements in Nephite Declarations of Faith.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 43.

Alma 11:40–45

Smith, Joseph F. “Editor's Table: Redemption Beyond the Grave.” Improvement Era 5, no. 2 (1901): 145–147.

Thompson, A. Keith. “The Doctrine of Resurrection in the Book of Mormon.” Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 16 (2015): 101–129.

Alma 12

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. “Alma 12, The Universal Pattern of Apostasy.” In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 538–540. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. “Alma 12, Review of the Feast of Tabernacles Drama.” In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 556–558. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Stenson, Matthew Scott. “Answering for His Order: Alma’s Clash with the Nehors.” BYU Studies Quarterly 55, no. 2 (2016): 127–153.

Matthews, Robert J. “The Probationary Nature of Mortality.” In The Book of Mormon: Alma, The Testimony of the Word, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 47–60. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1992.

Matthews, Robert J. “The Atonement of Jesus Christ: 2 Nephi 9.” In The Book of Mormon: Second Nephi, The Doctrinal Structure, edited by Monte S. Nyman and Charles D. Tate, Jr., 177–199. Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 1989.

Welch, John W., and Greg Welch. “The Law of Apostate Cities.” In Charting the Book of Mormon: Visual Aids for Personal Study and Teaching. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999, chart 126.

Alma 12:3

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. “Alma 12:3, ‘But Thou Hast Lied unto God.’” In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 541–543. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Alma 12:5–6

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. “Alma 12:5-6, The Power of an Embrace.” In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 544–546. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Alma 12:7–8

Baker, LeGrand L., and Stephen D. Ricks. “Alma 12:7-8, Zeezrom’s Response.” In Who Shall Ascend into the Hill of the Lord?: The Psalms in Israel’s Temple Worship in the Old Testament and in the Book of Mormon, 546–555. 2nd ed. Salt Lake City: Eborn Books, 2011.

Alma 12:30

Book of Mormon Central. “Why Did Alma Teach His Opponents about the Temple? (Alma 12:30),” KnoWhy 119 (June 10, 2016).