“They Began to Prosper by Degrees in the Land”

Brant Gardner

Redaction: Mormon concludes his lengthy flashback. He resolves the literary problem of picking up the story where he left Ammon at the end of chapter 8 by simply repeating the Ammon/Limhi meeting. Thus, the story is told twice, once from Ammon’s perspective, and once from Limhi’s.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 3

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