Item Detail
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English
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Alma's Cry for Salvation
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Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel
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2023
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24
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2
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Provo, UT
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Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University
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41-49
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"In this short study, I endeavor to show that the language of Alma's cry for help [in Alma 36:17-18] consciously resembles similar cries for help in the Psalms and, in particular, the cry for help in Psalm 18:4-6 [MT 5-7]. A comparison of Alma's language in Alma 36:17-18 with the language used in Psalm 18:4-6 suggests that Alma understands the name 'Jesus' (Hebrew yehosua or yesua) as being synonymous with divine salvation. In other words, Alma 'cries' for salvation from his sins by invoking the name that denotes divine salvation by using a paronomasia-- a wordplay involving terms from similar-sounding but unrelated roots. The paronomasia emphasizes Jesus as the source of salvation that comes in response to Alma's cry for divine help. Using language that echoes the Psalms, Jonah's Psalm (Jonah 2), and Lehi's dream, Alma helps his sons and modern readers fathom the depths of his spiritual agony, his need for the salvation from sin that only comes through Jesus Christ, and the relief that comes from crying to the Lord in faith." [Author]
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