“Amulek Had Caught Him in His Lying and Deceiving”

Brant Gardner

Text: This new chapter follows one of the most regular of Mormon’s chapter break indicators. (See Mosiah, Part 1: Context, Chapter 2, “Mormon’s Structural Editing of the Book of Mormon: Chapters and Books.”) In changing to a different person’s discourse, he begins a new chapter with a brief introductory text. Like Mormon’s other interjections, it is apparently Mormon’s interpretation of Alma’s reasons rather than material specifically mentioned in his source material.

Second Witness: Analytical & Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon, Vol. 4

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