The Rise and Fall of Korihor, a Zoramite: A New Look at the Failed Mission of an Agent of Zoram

Abstract: The accounts of the Anti-Christ, Korihor and of Alma's mission to the Zoramites raise a variety of apparently unanswered questions. These involve Korihor's origins, the reason for the similarity of his beliefs to those of the Zoramites, and why he switched so quickly from an atheistic attack to an agnostic plea. Another intriguing question is whether it was actually the devil himself who taught him what to say and sent him on a mission to the land of Zarahemla — or was it a surrog...