Monday, May 19, 2014

Alma 63

(May 6, 2014)
I always believed that Alma contained so much military detail because Mormon was fascinated with Moroni (so much so that he named his son after the captain), but reading this chapter made me reconsider that thought.  After all, the writings of Moroni’s wars (and the writings of Alma in general) were written by men with one thing in common – they both were military men.  Alma led his people into war, and Helaman led the Stripling Warriors and others.  Shiblon, Nephi son of Helaman, and other writers did not share that military interest.  Thus it is not surprising that we see less military information in their writings (we write what we know – there is a reason that my journal contains little about war and much about books and video games).

Could it be that Mormon loved Moroni because so much information was available to him about Moroni’s life (because the text was written by a friend and fellow military leader of Moroni in Helaman)?  I think that is likely.

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