“Now These Sons of Mosiah Were with Alma at the Time the Angel First Appeared Unto Him”

Brant Gardner

Textual: This is the terminating verse for the unit that describes the mission of Ammon and the sons of Mosiah. Mormon has created a separate unit for this story, but will finish the chapter with transitional material. From a historian’s viewpoint, Mormon had the problem of intertwining different events that occurred at the same time. Mormon tends to break these events along gross thematic lines, but since there is overlap in the real world timing of events, he is unable to segregate them entirely.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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