Gazelem the Jaredite

Alma refers to Gazelem in his instructions to his son Helaman in Alma 37:23. This article proposes and explores the concept of identifying Gazelem as a Jaredite seer. Other theories of the identity of Gazelem are addressed in this article but not explored in depth. It discusses the full context of Alma's words, the Jaredite secret combinations and their oaths, Gazelem's seer stone, and the Nephite interpreters. Additionally, it proposes a possible timeline that Gazelem lived among the Jared...