I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee: Survivor Witnesses in

Title

I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee: Survivor Witnesses in the Book of Mormon

Publication Type

Report

Year of Publication

1984

Authors

Hawkins, Lisa Bolin (Primary), and Thomasson, Gordon C. (Primary)

Institution

FARMS

City

Provo, UT

Terms of use

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Bibliographic Citation

Abstract

A striking new study has been initiated comparing a subtle, recurring pattern in the Book of Mormon with a particular type of human behavior recently identified in the writings of the “survivors” of Hitler’s and Stalin’s death camps. A link between these testimonies might at first seem unlikely, but upon reflection, however, it is clear that Mormon and Moroni, Lehi and Nephi, Alma and Amulek, Ether and Coriantumr, and others in the Book of Mormon were also witnesses of atrocious deaths and genocide. Did these ancient annihilations and modern holocausts generate similar human reactions from their final survivors?

Warfare

Witnesses

Alma the Younger

Amulek

Nephi (Son of Lehi)

Moroni (Son of Mormon)

Ether (Prophet)

Lehi (Prophet)

Mormon (Prophet)

Coriantumr (Jaredite)