Untangling Alma 13:3

Title

Untangling Alma 13:3

Publication Type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2014

Authors

Berkey, Kimberly M. (Primary)

Journal

Journal of Book of Mormon Studies

Pagination

187-191

Volume

23

URL

https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol23/iss1/11

Abstract

Alma 13:3 is occasionally cited by LDS commentators as evidence for the doctrine of premortal foreordination—an interpretation that unfortunately overlooks a key feature of the organization and terminology of Alma 13. This brief note begins to sort out this and other interpretive complexities by proposing that Alma 13:3b–9 be read as a clarifying expansion of Alma 13:3a.

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Subject Keywords

Premortal Life
Alma the Younger
Foreordination

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