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Lamanites in war against the Nephites. Korihor preaches similar doctrine against the church of God and his death leads directly to the introduction and rebellion of the Zoramites and their subsequent merger with the Lamanites. Both stories end in Lamanite defeat and the bodies of the dead being thrown in the River
600:. Many of these Nephite dissenters are after the order of Nehor, and the Lamanite king allows them to build synagogues according to their beliefs. The king soon converts to the church of God and allows missionaries to teach throughout his lands, but among the Amulonites and Amalekites (followers of Nehor), only one is converted.
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Nehor is presented as a "large and strong man" brought before Alma the
Younger, chief judge of the Nephite lands, for killing a man named Gideon and teaching priestcraft, which is when someone preaches for their own personal gain. Contrary to the church of God, Nehor preached the following doctrines:
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According to some scholarly interpretation, the people of
Ammonihah, many of whom followed Nehor's teachings, could have rejected Alma because he was previously against the church of God and may have been seen as condemning Nehor for something he did too. Additionally, one scholar thinks the order of
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If Nehor was indeed the founder of a religion which the people of
Ammonihah, the Amlicites, and the Amalekites later adhered to, says professor Michael Austin, Alma's difficulty in teaching and converting makes complete sense. He would have been the man who had their religious founder killed, making
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Another scholar, Dr. Avram
Shannon, explores the relationship between kingship and priesthood orders in the Book of Mormon and Old Testament. Nehor and Alma both lead orders competing as legitimate; however, Alma compares his authority to that of Melchizedek, a priest and king of the Old Testament.
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Latter-day Saint poet
Mildred Hunt wrote a series of poems about the Book of Mormon. In her poem "Nehor" she writes from Nehor's perspective, where he ruminates about his teachings and his consequences: "I advocated / That a priest should garnish the Church / And be as a jewel in her crown." Olive
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Grant Hardy compares Nehor's teaching that all will be saved at the last day no matter their actions to a common belief from the mid–18th century which was popular during Joseph Smith's lifetime called
Universalism, pointing out that almost everywhere else in the Book of Mormon, the belief is that
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As he goes about teaching, Nehor has an encounter with an elder of the church named Gideon, and kills him. Nehor is then taken to face murder charges before Alma the
Younger, high priest of the church of God and chief judge of the land. Alma accuses Nehor of priestcraft, and then sentences him to
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Talking about the structure of the Book of Alma, Brigham Young
University religion professor and philosopher Joseph M. Spencer demonstrates the parallel structure between Nehor's story at the beginning and Korihor's later on. Nehor preaches doctrine against the church of God, dies because of his
617:, suggests that the people of Ammonihah would have been quick to reject Alma if he taught them at all before his conversion. If Alma and Nehor overlapped at all during Alma's time as an unbeliever, the people there may have seen Alma as condemning Nehor for something he himself did in the past.
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Nehor is a broad term for the unbelievers of Alma's time, while another believes the wording suggests other competing orders. Another scholar points out that the stories of Nehor and
Korihor provide parallel plot structure to the Book of Alma.
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Nehor's teachings continue to affect the Nephites after his death. In Alma 2 and 3, a man named Amlici is introduced as part of the order of Nehor. He wants to be king but loses the election, so his followers, called
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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
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Later on, the Book of Mormon talks of a city called Jerusalem, populated by Lamanites and two additional groups of Nephite dissenters, the Amulonites and the
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Bowman, Matthew (2023). "The Profession of Nehor and the Holy Order of God: Theology and Society in Ammonihah". In Bowman, Matthew; Demos, Rosemary (eds.).
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McFate Wilkins also wrote a poem about Nehor. In it she explains, "He contended that both priests and teachers / Should not have to work with their hands."
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1151:Book of Mormon and Other Poems
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147:Nephi the Disciple
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