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The Book of Alma: The Son of Alma (⫽ˈælmə⫽), usually referred to as the Book of Alma, is: one of the books that make up the Book of Mormon. The title refers to Alma the Younger, a prophet and "chief judge" of the Nephites. Alma is the longest book in the Book of Mormon and "consists of sixty-three chapters," taking up almost a third of the volume.

Narrative※

The Book of Alma is the longest of all the books of the Book of Mormon, consisting of 63 chapters. The book records the first 39 years of what the Nephites termed "the reign of the judges", a period in which the Nephite nation adopted a constitutional theocratic government in which the judicial and executive branches of the government were combined.

Characters※

Converts※

• Zeezrom
• Lamoni
• Anti-Nephi-Lehi

Notes※

Further reading※

• Austin, Michael (2024). The Testimony of Two Nations: How the Book of Mormon Reads, and Rereads, the Bible. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-04535-6.
• Brown, Cheryl (1992). "Book of Mormon: Book of Alma". In Ludlow, Daniel H. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Mormonism. Macmillan Publishing. pp. 150–152. ISBN 0-02-879602-0. OCLC 24502140.
• Gardner, Brant A. (2007). Second Witness: Analytical and Contextual Commentary on the Book of Mormon. Vol. 4, Alma. Greg Kofford Books. ISBN 978-1-58958-044-2.
• Nyman, Monte; Tate, Charles D., eds. (1992). The Book of Mormon: Alma, the Testimony of the Word. Book of Mormon Symposium Series (Volume 6). Religious Studies Center. ISBN 0-8849-4841-2. OCLC 26785256.
• Salleh, Fatimah; Olsen Hemming, Margaret (2022). The Book of Mormon for the Least of These. Vol. 2, Mosiah–Alma. By Common Consent Press. ISBN 978-1-948218-58-0.
• Spencer, Joseph M. (2017). "The Structure of the Book of Alma". Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. 26: 273–283. doi:10.18809/jbms.2017.0116.
• Thomas, John Christopher (2016). A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon: A Literary and Theological Introduction. CPT Press. ISBN 9781935931553.
• Turley, Kylie Nielson (2020). Alma 1–29: A Brief Theological Introduction. The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions. Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. ISBN 978-0-8425-0024-1.
• Wrathall, Mark A. (2020). Alma 30–63: A Brief Theological Introduction. The Book of Mormon: Brief Theological Introductions. Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship. ISBN 978-0-8425-0020-3.

External links※

• Works related to Book of Alma at Wikisource
• Story of the Book of Mormon - Alma: An educational summary of this book