The Book of Mormon

Week 18: The Lamanite mission of the sons of Mosiah₂

Alma 17–29

22 February 2024

Lesson Materials

Notes

arbm18_notes.pdf

Slides

arbm18_presentation.pdf

Lesson video

Additional reading and links

Cutting off the arms of one’s enemies (as seen in Alma 17:37–39) is an ancient practice around the world; see:

The presence of horses in the promised land is mentioned eight times in the Book of Mormon (1 Nephi 18:25; Enos 1:21; Alma 18:9–12; 20:6; 3 Nephi 3:22; 4:4; 6:1; Ether 9:19). Archaeological evidence for the presence of the horse in the pre-Columbian Americas is scant and inconclusive. The following articles explore the possibilities that horses survived to Book of Mormon times or that the Lehites called a similar animal by a familiar name:

Duane Boyce explored the views of the people of Ammon toward war in “Were the Ammonites Pacifists?”, Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 18, no. 1 (2009): 32–47.

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