Tag: Alma
A Gift from Biblical Reproductions: Alma the Son of Judah on a Bar Kochba Letter
There’s an interesting business, Biblical Reproductions, selling authorized reproductions of artifacts and documents related to the Bible. One of the products is a reproduction of 5/6Hev 44 Bar Kokhba, a…
Alma Son of Judah: The Ancient Bar Kokhba Letters from Israel Refute a Popular Argument Against the Authenticity of the Book of Mormon
One of the more popular “easy” arguments to dismiss the Book of Mormon is that the name Alma is a woman’s name. Many critics have pointed out that it’s a…
Souls that Expand and Swell: An Intriguing But Not Unique Book of Mormon Concept
One of the Book of Mormon’s many concepts not found in the King James Bible is the notion of a soul that expands. This is found in some sermons of…
A Subtle Book of Mormon Tribute to Single Mothers?
In Alma 53, the 2000 young “stripling warriors” from converted Lamanite families heroically assist the Nephites in a difficult time of war and turn the tide. Their great faith and…
The Valley of Alma and Another Candidate for Janus Parallelism in the Book of Mormon
In my last post, I offered an update to my article at the Interpreter on Janus parallelism in the Book of Mormon, suggesting that there were additional reasons to suspect…
Robert F. Smith and the Preposterous Book of Mormon
Having raised the issue of linguistics and Book of Mormon evidence in my last post, let me point to an intriguing recent presentation with some weighty discoveries relevant to the…
Dusting Off a Famous Chiasmus in the Book of Mormon, Alma 36
Executive Summary In exploring Noel Reynolds’ hypothesis that some material in the Book of Moses may have been present on the brass plates that Nephi used, I wondered if Nephi…
