Alma 30:41 Textual Variants

but behold I have all things as a testimony that these things are true and ye [NULL > also 0|also 1ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST] have all things as a testimony unto you that they are true

In taking down Joseph Smith’s dictation here, Oliver Cowdery initially omitted the also, but almost immediately he supralinearly inserted it (there is no change in the level of ink ﬂow). Throughout this passage, Alma frequently uses also in his arguments against Korihor, especially in conjunctive pairs:

verse 39 if ye deny again that there is a God and also deny the Christ
verse 39 I know there is a God and also that Christ shall come
verse 44 ye have the testimony of all these thy brethren and also all the holy prophets
verse 44 yea and its motion / yea and also all the planets

The critical text will therefore maintain the also here in verse 41.

Summary: Maintain Alma’s characteristic use of also in Alma 30:41 and elsewhere in his debate with Korihor.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 4

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