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Amlicites
According to the Book of Mormon, the Amlicites () were a break-off group of Nephites in the Book of Alma, around 87 B.C. Their leader, Amlici, is not chosen by the people as king, so he and the Amlicites leave the Nephites and join the Lamanites. The Nephites win both of their battles with the Amlicites and Alma kills Amlici in the second battle. The Amlicites also mark themselves on the forehead like the Lamanites, and God marks them with dark skin. Some scholars connect this to a prophecy in Second Nephi about people fighting against the Nephites being cursed with dark skin. Other scholars propose that Amlicites and Amalekites are the same group. Narration In the fifth year of the reign of the judges over the Nephites, a man named Amlici wants to become king. He is described as "cunning and wise as to the things of the world", and is part of the order of Nehor, who taught priestcraft among the Nephites and killed Gideon. He gains many followers, who are later called Amlicite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalekites (Book Of Mormon)
The Amalekites (), in the Book of Mormon, are a group of dissenters from the Nephites around 90 B.C. They are after the order of Nehor and therefore believe that there will not be a Messiah and repentance is unnecessary, so when Nephite missionaries come preach to them, only one Amalekite coverts. They also press the Lamanites to war against the Nephites multiple times and participate in the destruction of Ammonihah. Theories on the origins of the Amalekites vary because they are the only group in the Book of Mormon without an explanation of where they came from. Some scholars suggest that the Amlicites and Amalekites are the same group based on timing and spelling variations in Book of Mormon manuscripts. Narration The Amalekites, a group introduced around chapter 21 in the Book of Alma, are first credited with building the city of Jerusalem along with the Lamanites and the Amulonites. They are described as "more wicked and murderous" than the Lamanites and are part of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nehor
Nehor () is the founder of an apostate sect mentioned in the Book of Mormon around 90 BC in the first year of the reign of the judges. He teaches the Nephites that priests and teachers should be supported by their followers, and that all will be saved in the end (a teaching compared to Christian universalism). Nehor is brought before Alma the Younger for killing Gideon, a Nephite elder who argued with him. Alma accuses him of priestcraft and sentences him to death for enforcing his beliefs with violence. When executed, Nehor admits to teaching against the word of God. Later, people of the order of Nehor elect a man named Amlici as their leader, and ally with the Lamanites in war. The people of Ammonihah who imprison Alma and Amulek and kill or exile their followers are adherents of Nehor, as are the Amalekites and Amulonites who defect to the Lamanite city of Jerusalem and join the Lamanites in another war against the Nephites. According to some scholarly interpretation, the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Sidon
This list is intended as a quick reference for locations mentioned in the Book of Mormon. - See also A * City of Aaron, Alma2's planned destination after rejection in Ammonihah. Later fortified by Moroni1 through the creation of new cities Moroni and Nephihah. * Ablom, east of the Hill of Shim, near the seashore, and a refuge for king Omer and his family as they escaped Akish and his secret combinations. * Plains of Agosh, Jaredite battle site where the wicked king Lib2 fought Coriantumr2 and lost his life. * Aiath (), Biblical city mentioned by Isaiah, as quoted by Nephi1. Also known as Ai or Aija, and likely located in the tribal land of Benjamin, near Jerusalem. The archaeological site associated with ancient Ai is often identified as Et-Tell. * Wilderness of Akish, Jaredite land into which Gilead fled, and battled Coriantumr2. At a later time, the army of Coriantumr2 fled to the same location after losing to Lib2. * Valley of Alma, rest stop for Alma1 and his follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as ''The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi''. The book is one of the earliest and most well-known unique writings of the Latter Day Saint movement. The List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement, denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement typically regard the text primarily as scripture (sometimes as one of standard works, four standard works) and secondarily as a record of God's dealings with ancient inhabitants of the Americas. The majority of Latter Day Saints believe the book to be a record of real-world history, with Latter Day Saint denominations viewing it variously as an inspired record of scripture to the Linchpin#Metaphorical use, linchpin or "Keystone (architecture)#Metaphor, keystone" of their religion. Independent archaeological, historical, and scientific communities have d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IPA For English
English language, English phonology is the system of speech sounds used in spoken English. Like many other languages, English has wide variation in pronunciation, both History of the English language, historically and from List of dialects of the English language, dialect to dialect. In general, however, the regional dialects of English share a largely similar (but not identical) phonological system. Among other things, most dialects have vowel reduction in unstressed syllables and a complex set of phonological features that distinguish fortis and lenis consonants (stop consonant, stops, affricates, and fricatives). Phonological analysis of English often concentrates on prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige or standard language, standard accents, such as Received Pronunciation for England, General American for the United States, and Australian English, General Australian for Australia. Nevertheless, many other dialects of English are spoken, which have developed differently from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nephites
In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites () are one of four groups (along with the Lamanites, Jaredites, and Mulekites) said to have settled in the ancient Americas. The term is used throughout the Book of Mormon to describe the religious, political, and cultural traditions of the group of settlers. The Nephites are described as a group of people that descended from or were associated with Nephi, a son of the prophet Lehi, who left Jerusalem at the urging of God in about 600 BC and traveled with his family to the Western Hemisphere and arrived to the Americas in about 589 BC. The Book of Mormon notes them as initially righteous people who eventually "had fallen into a state of unbelief and awful wickedness" and were destroyed by the Lamanites in about AD 385. Some Mormon scholars have suggested that the Nephites settled somewhere in present-day Central America. However, non-Mormon scholars and, notably, the Smithsonian Institution, have stated that they have see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Alma
The Book of Alma: The Son of Alma (), 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 *Alma the Younger *Gideon *Nephihah * Sons of Mosiah **Ammon ** Aaron3 **Omner ** Himni *Amulek *Zoram2 *Ammon *Melek * Lehonti *Helaman *Shiblon *Corianton * Captain Moroni * Two thousand stripling warriors *Teancum * Laman4 * Gid * Teomner *Pahoran * Moronihah *Nehor * Amli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamanites
In the Book of Mormon, the Lamanites () are one of the four peoples (along with the Jaredites, the Mulekites, and the Nephites) described as having settled in the ancient Americas. The Lamanites also play a role in the prophecies and revelations of the Doctrine and Covenants, another sacred text in the Latter Day Saint movement. In the Book of Mormon's narrative, the Lamanites begin as wicked rivals to the more righteous Nephites, but when the Nephite civilization became decadent, it lost divine favor and was destroyed by the Lamanites. Latter Day Saints have historically associated Lamanites with present-day Native American cultures. Book of Mormon narrative According to the Book of Mormon, the family of Lehi, described as a wealthy Hebrew prophet, the family of Ishmael, and Zoram traveled from the Middle East to the Americas by boat in around 600 BC. In his dying blessings to his children, Lehi assigns tribes to his descendants, usually named after the son whose fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Christopher Thomas
John Christopher Thomas (born c. 1955) is a theologian within the Pentecostal movement and the Clarence J. Abbott Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary. Thomas received the B.A. degree from Lee College in 1976, his M.A. from the Church of God School of Theology in 1977, the M.Div. from Ashland Theological Seminary in 1978, a Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1979 and a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield in 1990. Thomas has been a member of the full-time faculty of thPentecostal Theological Seminarysince 1982. Professor Thomas has been honored for his work in New Testament scholarship by election into membership of the '' Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas'' and his appointment as the Clarence J. Abbott Professor of Biblical Studies at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary. As a New Testament scholar, Thomas' work has been published in the journals ''New Testament Studies'', ''Novum Testamentum'', ''Zeitschrift fur die neutesta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Community Of Christ
Community of Christ, known legally and from 1872 to 2001 as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS), is an American-based international church, and is the second-largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. The church reports approximately 250,000 members in 1,100 congregations in 59 countries. The church traces its origins to Joseph Smith's establishment of the Church of Christ on April 6, 1830. His eldest son, Joseph Smith III, formally accepted leadership of the church on April 6, 1860, in the aftermath of the 1844 death of Joseph Smith. Community of Christ is a Restorationist faith expression. Still, various practices and beliefs are congruent with mainline Protestant Christianity. While it generally rejects the term ''Mormon'' to describe its members, the church abides by a number of theological distinctions unusual outside Mormonism, including but not limited to: ongoing prophetic leadership, a priesthood polity, the use of the Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Restorationism, restorationist Christianity, Christian Christian denomination, denomination and the largest List of denominations in the Latter Day Saint movement, denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. Founded during the Second Great Awakening, the church is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has established congregations and built Temple (LDS Church), temples worldwide. According to the church, , it has over 17.5 million The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics, members, of which Membership statistics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (United States), over 6.8 million live in the U.S. The church also reports over 109,000 Missionary (LDS Church), volunteer missionaries and 202 dedicated List of temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, temples. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Conkling
Jon Christopher Conkling (born March 31, 1949) is an American writer. He is best known as the co-writer of the screenplay for the animated version of '' Lord of the Rings'', directed by Ralph Bakshi and produced by Saul Zaentz. He has also published articles in ''BYU Studies'', the ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'' and the ''Ensign'', and wrote the 1979 book ''A Joseph Smith Chronology'' and an award-winning article on Melville's "Bartleby The Scrivener." Education Conkling studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dartmouth College, Brigham Young University,California State University, Dominguez Hills, and California State University, Northridge from which he received his teaching credentials. Career He wrote six complete scripts in an attempt to find the right approach for Bakshi's version of ''Lord of the Rings''—one covered only a third of the epic, one tried to fit the entire saga into a single film, one tried to cut it in half; one version even focused on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
