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I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee: Survivor Witnesses in the Book of Mormon

TitleI Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee: Survivor Witnesses in the Book of Mormon
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication1984
AuthorsHawkins, Lisa Bolin, and Gordon C. Thomasson
InstitutionFARMS
CityProvo, UT
KeywordsAlma the Younger; Amulek; Coriantumr (Jaredite); Ether (Prophet); Lehi (Prophet); Mormon (Prophet); Moroni (Son of Mormon); Nephi (Son of Lehi); Warfare; Witnesses
Abstract

A striking new study has been initiated comparing a subtle, recurring pattern in the Book of Mormon with a particular type of human behavior recently identified in the writings of the “survivors” of Hitler’s and Stalin’s death camps. A link between these testimonies might at first seem unlikely, but upon reflection, however, it is clear that Mormon and Moroni, Lehi and Nephi, Alma and Amulek, Ether and Coriantumr, and others in the Book of Mormon were also witnesses of atrocious deaths and genocide. Did these ancient annihilations and modern holocausts generate similar human reactions from their final survivors?

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