Book of Alma explained

The Book of Alma: The Son of Alma,^[1] usually referred to as the Book of Alma, is one of the books that make up the Book of Mormon. The title refers to Alma the Younger, a prophet and "chief judge" of the Nephites. Alma is the longest book in the Book of Mormon and consists of sixty-three chapters, taking up almost a third of the volume.

Narrative

The Book of Alma is the longest of all the books of the Book of Mormon, consisting of 63 chapters. The book records the first 39 years of what the Nephites termed "the reign of the judges", a period in which the Nephite nation adopted a constitutional theocratic government in which the judicial and executive branches of the government were combined.

Characters

• Alma the Younger
• Gideon
• Nephihah
• Sons of Mosiah
  • Ammon
  • Aaron³
  • Omner
  • Himni
• Amulek
• Zoram²
• Ammon
• Melek
• Lehonti
• Helaman
• Shiblon
• Corianton
• Captain Moroni
• Two thousand stripling warriors
• Teancum
• Laman⁴
• Gid
• Teomner
• Pahoran
• Moronihah

• Nehor
• Amlici
• Zoram
• Zerahemnah
• Amalickiah
• Morianton
• Ammoron
• King-men
• Gidoni

Converts

• Zeezrom
• Lamoni
• Anti-Nephi-Lehi

Further reading

• Book: Austin, Michael . The Testimony of Two Nations: How the Book of Mormon Reads, and Rereads, the Bible . University of Illinois Press . 2024 . 978-0-252-04535-6 . en.
• Book: Brown, Cheryl . Book of Mormon: Book of Alma . http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/5531 . 150–152 . Ludlow . Daniel H. . Daniel H. Ludlow . Encyclopedia of Mormonism . . 1992 . 0-02-879602-0 . 24502140.
• Book:
• Book: Nyman . Monte . Monte S. Nyman . Tate . Charles D. . The Book of Mormon: Alma, the Testimony of the Word . Book of Mormon Symposium Series (Volume 6) . Religious Studies Center . 1992 . 0-8849-4841-2 . 26785256.
• Book: Salleh . Fatimah . The Book of Mormon for the Least of These . Olsen Hemming . Margaret . By Common Consent Press . 2022 . 978-1-948218-58-0 . 2, Mosiah–Alma.
• Spencer . Joseph M. . 2017 . The Structure of the Book of Alma . Journal of Book of Mormon Studies . 26 . 273–283 . 10.18809/jbms.2017.0116.
• Book: Thomas, John Christopher . A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon: A Literary and Theological Introduction . CPT Press . 2016 . 9781935931553.
• Book: Turley, Kylie Nielson . Alma 1–29: A Brief Theological Introduction . Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship . 2020 . 978-0-8425-0024-1 . The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions . en.
• Book: Wrathall, Mark A. . Alma 30–63: A Brief Theological Introduction . Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship . 2020 . 978-0-8425-0020-3 . The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions . en.

External links

• • Story of the Book of Mormon - Alma: An educational summary of this book

Notes and References

1. https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/say-now-shibboleth-or-maybe-cumorah/ "Book of Mormon Pronunciation Guide"