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Alma 1–29: a brief theological introduction (The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions, #6) by
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William Bennett
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The section I just read, talking about how Alma 29’s famous “O that I were an angel” speech, commonly interpreted as a celebration of missionary work, was transformative in my understanding of the Book Mormon. Turley’s close reading reveals a perfectly parallel chiastic structure and clues that Alma’s rhetoric is weak from disuse, possibly leaning on his friend Ammon’s language, and redolent of trauma.
— Jun 13, 2024 02:06PM
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