Publisher's Synopsis
The presentations in this volume were delivered at a recent BYU Sidney B. Sperry Symposium. The topics focused on the teaching and doctrines found within Alma 36-42 as approached through a variety of academic and theological lenses. The chapters in this volume are organized into four primary sections: (1) doctrine, (2) historical content, (3) parents and children, and 4) literary structure, devices, and techniques. Tad R. Callister, the Sunday School General President, was the keynote speaker. The diversity of academic of this book's contributors provides this book with valuable new contexts to help readers understand Alma's doctrinal expositions. The range of topics covered, and the contrasting perspectives will appeal to a broad audience and speak to many different people at different levels, but in every case, the authors hope it will expand the minds and. understanding of all its readers.
