Alma 14:6 Textual Variants

and his soul began to be harrowed up under [a 1ABCDEFGIJLMNOPQRST| HK] consciousness of his own guilt

The 1874 RLDS edition omitted the indefinite article a in the phrase “under a consciousness of his own guilt”. The 1908 RLDS edition restored the a to the RLDS text. The Book of Mormon consistently uses the a in the expression “under a consciousness of one’s guilt”:

Alma 12:1 he began to tremble under a consciousness of his guilt
Mormon 9:3 do ye suppose that ye shall dwell with him under a consciousness of your guilt
Mormon 9:3 when your souls are racked with a consciousness of your guilt

The critical text will follow the consistent reading with the a.

Summary: Maintain in Alma 14:6 the use of a in “under a consciousness of his own guilt”; all other instances in the text of this expression have the a.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 3

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