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1 Enoch
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Matthew L. Bowen, and Ryan Dahle. "Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 181-242.
Abinadi (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Encircled About Eternally in the Arms of His Love”: The Divine Embrace as a Thematic Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 109-134.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Alma — Young Man, Hidden Prophet." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 343-353.
Abish
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Father is a Man: The Remarkable Mention of the name Abish in Alma 19:16 and Its Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 77-93.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Abish, Theophanies, and the First Lamanite Restoration." Religious Educator 19, no. 1 (2018): 59-81.
Abraham (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Lord God Will Proceed”: Nephi’s Wordplay in 1 Nephi 22:8–12 and the Abrahamic Covenant." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 51-70.
Abrahamic Covenant
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They Might Come Again unto the Remnant of the House of Jacob”: Onomastic Allusions to Joseph in 3 Nephi 26:8–10 and 4 Nephi 1:49." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): 279-296.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Lord God Will Proceed”: Nephi’s Wordplay in 1 Nephi 22:8–12 and the Abrahamic Covenant." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 51-70.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They May Once Again Be a Delightsome People”: The Concept of Again Becoming the Seed of Joseph (Words of Mormon 1:8 and Mormon 7:4–5)." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 165-190.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Might Have Enjoyed Our Possessions and the Land of Our Inheritance”: Hebrew yrš and 1 Nephi 17:21." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 123-144.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""They Shall Be Scattered Again": Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 107-128.
Allegory of the Olive Tree
Bowen, Matthew L.. ‘I Have Done According to My Will’: Reading Jacob 5 as a Temple Text. The Interpreter Foundation, 2014.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“God Hath Taken Away His Plainness”: Some Notes on Jacob 4:14, Revelation, Canon, Covenant, and Law." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 81-102.
Alma the Elder
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Alma — Young Man, Hidden Prophet." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 343-353.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the Literary Use of Alma’s Name." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 197-212.
Alma the Younger
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up”: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109-143.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Encircled About Eternally in the Arms of His Love”: The Divine Embrace as a Thematic Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 109-134.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 255-273.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the Literary Use of Alma’s Name." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 197-212.
Amalekites (Nephite Apostate Group)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 157-189.
Aminadab (Nephite Dissenter)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“My People Are Willing”: The Mention of Aminadab in the Narrative Context of Helaman 5-6." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 83-107.
Amlicites
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 157-189.
Ammon (Nephite Explorer)
Sharp, Daniel B., and Matthew L. Bowen. "“For This Cause Did King Benjamin Keep Them”: King Benjamin or King Mosiah?" Religious Educator 18, no. 1 (2017): 80-87.
Ammon (Son of King Mosiah)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Faithfulness of Ammon." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 15, no. 2 (2014): 64-89.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I Will Deliver Thy Sons”: An Onomastic Approach to Three Iterations of an Oracle to Mosiah II (Mosiah 28:7; Alma 17:35, 19:23)." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2021): 241-256.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Behold, He Was a Man Like unto Ammon”: Mormon’s Use of 'mn-related Terminology in Praise of Moroni in Alma 48." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 223-242.
Amulek
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Encircled About Eternally in the Arms of His Love”: The Divine Embrace as a Thematic Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 109-134.
Angels
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111-138.
Anti-Nephi-Lehi (Lamanite King)
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. "“Our Great God Has in Goodness Sent These”: Notes on the Goodness of God, the Didactic Good of Nephi’s Small Plates, and Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s Renaming." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 97-134.
Antisemitism
Bowen, Matthew L.. "What Thank They The Jews?"., 2017.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""What Thank They the Jews"? (2 Nephi 29:4): A Note on the Name "Judah" and Antisemitism." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 12 (2014): 111-125.
Apostasy
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 39-45.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up”: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109-143.
Atonement
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I Kneeled Down Before My Maker”: Allusions to Esau in the Book of Enos." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 29-56.
Baptism
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That Which They Most Desired”: The Waters of Mormon, Baptism, the Love of God, and the Bitter Fountain." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 261-298.
Blessing
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 157-189.
Book of Giants
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Matthew L. Bowen, and Ryan Dahle. "Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 181-242.
Book of Moses
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Matthew L. Bowen, and Ryan Dahle. "Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 181-242.
Book of Mosiah
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Men and Women of Understanding: Wordplay on Benjamin— An Addendum." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 36 (2020): 239-280.
Cain
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Getting Cain and Gain." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 115-141.
Canon
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“God Hath Taken Away His Plainness”: Some Notes on Jacob 4:14, Revelation, Canon, Covenant, and Law." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 81-102.
Captain Moroni
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Are a Remnant of the Seed of Joseph”: Moroni’s Interpretive Use of Joseph’s Coat and the Martial nēs-Imagery of Isaiah 11:11–12." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 169-192.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 39-45.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Can You Suppose That the Lord Will Spare You?”: Moroni’s Charged Rhetoric in Alma 60:30–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 199-210.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Behold, He Was a Man Like unto Ammon”: Mormon’s Use of 'mn-related Terminology in Praise of Moroni in Alma 48." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 223-242.
Chiasmus
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Shazer: An Etymological Proposal in Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 1-12.
Children
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Men and Women of Understanding: Wordplay on Benjamin— An Addendum." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 36 (2020): 239-280.
Christology
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messenger of Salvation”: The Messenger-Message Christology of D&C 93:8 and Its Implications for Latter-day Saint Missionary Work and Temple Worship." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 1-28.
Church Organization
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the Literary Use of Alma’s Name." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 197-212.
Clarke, Adam
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Matthew L. Bowen, and Ryan Dahle. "Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 181-242.
Conversion
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“My People Are Willing”: The Mention of Aminadab in the Narrative Context of Helaman 5-6." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 83-107.
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. "“Our Great God Has in Goodness Sent These”: Notes on the Goodness of God, the Didactic Good of Nephi’s Small Plates, and Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s Renaming." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 97-134.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Abish, Theophanies, and the First Lamanite Restoration." Religious Educator 19, no. 1 (2018): 59-81.
Covenant
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“God Hath Taken Away His Plainness”: Some Notes on Jacob 4:14, Revelation, Canon, Covenant, and Law." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 81-102.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111-138.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Behold, He Was a Man Like unto Ammon”: Mormon’s Use of 'mn-related Terminology in Praise of Moroni in Alma 48." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 223-242.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messenger of Salvation”: The Messenger-Message Christology of D&C 93:8 and Its Implications for Latter-day Saint Missionary Work and Temple Worship." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 1-28.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand: King Benjamin’s Rhetorical Wordplay on His Own Name." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 2-13.
Covenant Identity
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They May Once Again Be a Delightsome People”: The Concept of Again Becoming the Seed of Joseph (Words of Mormon 1:8 and Mormon 7:4–5)." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 165-190.
Dead Sea Scrolls
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Matthew L. Bowen, and Ryan Dahle. "Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 181-242.
Deuteronomist Reforms
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Putting Down the Priests: A Note on Royal Evaluations, (wĕ)hišbît, and Priestly Purges in 2 Kings 23:5 and Mosiah 11:5." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 105-114.
Dissenter
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“My People Are Willing”: The Mention of Aminadab in the Narrative Context of Helaman 5-6." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 83-107.
Dream
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Father is a Man: The Remarkable Mention of the name Abish in Alma 19:16 and Its Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 77-93.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Abish, Theophanies, and the First Lamanite Restoration." Religious Educator 19, no. 1 (2018): 59-81.
Egypt
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Their Anger Did Increase Against Me”: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 115-136.
Egyptian
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 155-170.
Enoch (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“This Son Shall Comfort Us”: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 263-298.
Enos (Son of Jacob)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Encircled About Eternally in the Arms of His Love”: The Divine Embrace as a Thematic Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 109-134.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I Kneeled Down Before My Maker”: Allusions to Esau in the Book of Enos." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 29-56.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""And There Wrestled a Man with Him" (Genesis 32:24): Enos’s Adaptations of the Onomastic Wordplay of Genesis." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 10 (2014): 151-159.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Jacob's Protector." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 229-256.
Ephraim (Son of Joseph)
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. "“Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 273-298.
Ephraim (Tribe)
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. "“Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 273-298.
Esau (Son of Isaac)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I Kneeled Down Before My Maker”: Allusions to Esau in the Book of Enos." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 29-56.
Ether
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Getting Cain and Gain." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 115-141.
Ether (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 91-104.
Etiology
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Getting Cain and Gain." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 115-141.
Etymology
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. "Place of Crushing: The Literary Function of Heshlon in Ether 13:25-31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 227-239.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up”: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109-143.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Laman and Nephi as Key-Words: An Etymological, Narratological, and Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Lamanites and Nephites as Religious, Political, and Cultural Descriptors." In 2019 FairMormon Conference. Provo, UT: FAIR, 2019.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Shazer: An Etymological Proposal in Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 1-12.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Behold, He Was a Man Like unto Ammon”: Mormon’s Use of 'mn-related Terminology in Praise of Moroni in Alma 48." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 223-242.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "He Knows My Affliction: The Hill Onidah as Narrative Counterpart to the Rameumptom." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 195-220.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Father is a Man: The Remarkable Mention of the name Abish in Alma 19:16 and Its Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 77-93.
Exegesis
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 255-273.
Faith
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Faithfulness of Ammon." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 15, no. 2 (2014): 64-89.
Gadianton Robbers
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Coming Down and Bringing Down: Pejorative Onomastic Allusions to the Jaredites in Helaman 6:25, 6:38, and Ether 2:11." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 397-410.
Gathering of Israel
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""They Shall Be Scattered Again": Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 107-128.
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. "“Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 273-298.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They Might Come Again unto the Remnant of the House of Jacob”: Onomastic Allusions to Joseph in 3 Nephi 26:8–10 and 4 Nephi 1:49." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): 279-296.
Giddianhi
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 155-170.
Hearkening
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 157-189.
Heshlon
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. "Place of Crushing: The Literary Function of Heshlon in Ether 13:25-31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 227-239.
Hill Onidah
Bowen, Matthew L.. "He Knows My Affliction: The Hill Onidah as Narrative Counterpart to the Rameumptom." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 195-220.
Idiom
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“But That Thou Wouldst Clear My Way Before Me”: A Note on the Personal and Emotional Rendering of an Ancient Idiom in 2 Nephi 4:33." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 31-36.
Idolatry
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Putting Down the Priests: A Note on Royal Evaluations, (wĕ)hišbît, and Priestly Purges in 2 Kings 23:5 and Mosiah 11:5." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 105-114.
Imagery
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Are a Remnant of the Seed of Joseph”: Moroni’s Interpretive Use of Joseph’s Coat and the Martial nēs-Imagery of Isaiah 11:11–12." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 169-192.
Inclusio
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. "“Our Great God Has in Goodness Sent These”: Notes on the Goodness of God, the Didactic Good of Nephi’s Small Plates, and Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s Renaming." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 97-134.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“For Their Good Have I Written Them”: The Onomastic Allusivity and Literary Function of 2 Nephi 25:8." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 77-90.
Intertextuality
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Faithfulness of Ammon." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 15, no. 2 (2014): 64-89.
Irony
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""Possess the Land in Peace": Zeniff's Ironic Wordplay on Shilom." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 115-120.
Isaiah (Book)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Are a Remnant of the Seed of Joseph”: Moroni’s Interpretive Use of Joseph’s Coat and the Martial nēs-Imagery of Isaiah 11:11–12." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 169-192.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“For Their Good Have I Written Them”: The Onomastic Allusivity and Literary Function of 2 Nephi 25:8." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 77-90.
Isaiah (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Is God; and He Is with Them”: Helaman 8:21–23 and Isaiah’s Immanuel Prophecy as a Thematic Scriptural Concept." BYU Studies 62, no. 1 (2023): 135-168.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messiah Will Set Himself Again”: Jacob’s Use of Isaiah 11:11 in 2 Nephi 6:14 and Jacob 6:2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 287-306.
Ishmael (Ephraimite)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 157-189.
Israel
Bowen, Matthew L.. "What Thank They The Jews?"., 2017.
Jacob (Son of Isaac)
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""And There Wrestled a Man with Him" (Genesis 32:24): Enos’s Adaptations of the Onomastic Wordplay of Genesis." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 10 (2014): 151-159.
Jacob (Son of Lehi)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“God Hath Taken Away His Plainness”: Some Notes on Jacob 4:14, Revelation, Canon, Covenant, and Law." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 81-102.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Jacob's Protector." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 229-256.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Encircled About Eternally in the Arms of His Love”: The Divine Embrace as a Thematic Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 109-134.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messiah Will Set Himself Again”: Jacob’s Use of Isaiah 11:11 in 2 Nephi 6:14 and Jacob 6:2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 287-306.
Jacob/Israel (Son of Isaac)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Encircled About Eternally in the Arms of His Love”: The Divine Embrace as a Thematic Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 109-134.
Jaredite
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Coming Down and Bringing Down: Pejorative Onomastic Allusions to the Jaredites in Helaman 6:25, 6:38, and Ether 2:11." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 397-410.
Jaredite Gold Plates
Sharp, Daniel B., and Matthew L. Bowen. "“For This Cause Did King Benjamin Keep Them”: King Benjamin or King Mosiah?" Religious Educator 18, no. 1 (2017): 80-87.
Jaredites
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Getting Cain and Gain." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 115-141.
Jershon (Land of)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Might Have Enjoyed Our Possessions and the Land of Our Inheritance”: Hebrew yrš and 1 Nephi 17:21." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 123-144.
Jershon (Polity)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Were Moved with Compassion” (Alma 27:4; 53:13): Toponymic Wordplay on Zarahemla and Jershon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 233-253.
Jerusalem (Old World)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 91-104.
Jesus Christ
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messiah Will Set Himself Again”: Jacob’s Use of Isaiah 11:11 in 2 Nephi 6:14 and Jacob 6:2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 287-306.
Jesus Christ, Prophecies about
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Is God; and He Is with Them”: Helaman 8:21–23 and Isaiah’s Immanuel Prophecy as a Thematic Scriptural Concept." BYU Studies 62, no. 1 (2023): 135-168.
Jesus Christ—Immanuel
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Is God; and He Is with Them”: Helaman 8:21–23 and Isaiah’s Immanuel Prophecy as a Thematic Scriptural Concept." BYU Studies 62, no. 1 (2023): 135-168.
Jews
Bowen, Matthew L.. "What Thank They The Jews?"., 2017.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""What Thank They the Jews"? (2 Nephi 29:4): A Note on the Name "Judah" and Antisemitism." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 12 (2014): 111-125.
Joseph (of Egypt)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Their Anger Did Increase Against Me”: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 115-136.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Are a Remnant of the Seed of Joseph”: Moroni’s Interpretive Use of Joseph’s Coat and the Martial nēs-Imagery of Isaiah 11:11–12." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 169-192.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They Might Come Again unto the Remnant of the House of Jacob”: Onomastic Allusions to Joseph in 3 Nephi 26:8–10 and 4 Nephi 1:49." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): 279-296.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Lord God Will Proceed”: Nephi’s Wordplay in 1 Nephi 22:8–12 and the Abrahamic Covenant." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 51-70.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 91-104.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And the Meek Also Shall Increase”: The Verb YASAP in Isaiah 29 and Nephi’s Prophetic Allusions to the Name Joseph in 2 Nephi 25–30." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 5-42.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messiah Will Set Himself Again”: Jacob’s Use of Isaiah 11:11 in 2 Nephi 6:14 and Jacob 6:2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 287-306.
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. "“Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 273-298.
Joseph (Son of Lehi)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 255-273.
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. "“Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 273-298.
Joseph of Egypt
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""They Shall Be Scattered Again": Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 107-128.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They May Once Again Be a Delightsome People”: The Concept of Again Becoming the Seed of Joseph (Words of Mormon 1:8 and Mormon 7:4–5)." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 165-190.
Joseph Smith Translation
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""They Shall Be Scattered Again": Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 107-128.
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. "“Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 273-298.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“This Son Shall Comfort Us”: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 263-298.
Judah
Bowen, Matthew L.. "What Thank They The Jews?"., 2017.
King Benjamin
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 255-273.
Sharp, Daniel B., and Matthew L. Bowen. "“For This Cause Did King Benjamin Keep Them”: King Benjamin or King Mosiah?" Religious Educator 18, no. 1 (2017): 80-87.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand: King Benjamin’s Rhetorical Wordplay on His Own Name." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 2-13.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Men and Women of Understanding: Wordplay on Benjamin— An Addendum." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 36 (2020): 239-280.
King David
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Faithfulness of Ammon." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 15, no. 2 (2014): 64-89.
King Josiah
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Putting Down the Priests: A Note on Royal Evaluations, (wĕ)hišbît, and Priestly Purges in 2 Kings 23:5 and Mosiah 11:5." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 105-114.
King Lamoni
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Faithfulness of Ammon." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 15, no. 2 (2014): 64-89.
King Limhi
Sharp, Daniel B., and Matthew L. Bowen. "“For This Cause Did King Benjamin Keep Them”: King Benjamin or King Mosiah?" Religious Educator 18, no. 1 (2017): 80-87.
King Mosiah
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I Will Deliver Thy Sons”: An Onomastic Approach to Three Iterations of an Oracle to Mosiah II (Mosiah 28:7; Alma 17:35, 19:23)." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2021): 241-256.
Sharp, Daniel B., and Matthew L. Bowen. "“For This Cause Did King Benjamin Keep Them”: King Benjamin or King Mosiah?" Religious Educator 18, no. 1 (2017): 80-87.
King Noah
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“This Son Shall Comfort Us”: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 263-298.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Alma — Young Man, Hidden Prophet." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 343-353.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Putting Down the Priests: A Note on Royal Evaluations, (wĕ)hišbît, and Priestly Purges in 2 Kings 23:5 and Mosiah 11:5." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 105-114.
Laman (Son of Lehi)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Might Have Enjoyed Our Possessions and the Land of Our Inheritance”: Hebrew yrš and 1 Nephi 17:21." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 123-144.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Laman and Nephi as Key-Words: An Etymological, Narratological, and Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Lamanites and Nephites as Religious, Political, and Cultural Descriptors." In 2019 FairMormon Conference. Provo, UT: FAIR, 2019.
Lamanite
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“My People Are Willing”: The Mention of Aminadab in the Narrative Context of Helaman 5-6." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 83-107.
Lamanites
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Laman and Nephi as Key-Words: An Etymological, Narratological, and Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Lamanites and Nephites as Religious, Political, and Cultural Descriptors." In 2019 FairMormon Conference. Provo, UT: FAIR, 2019.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They May Once Again Be a Delightsome People”: The Concept of Again Becoming the Seed of Joseph (Words of Mormon 1:8 and Mormon 7:4–5)." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 165-190.
Land of Inheritance
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Might Have Enjoyed Our Possessions and the Land of Our Inheritance”: Hebrew yrš and 1 Nephi 17:21." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 123-144.
Language
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the Literary Use of Alma’s Name." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 197-212.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "What Thank They The Jews?"., 2017.
Language - Arabic
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Shazer: An Etymological Proposal in Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 1-12.
Language - Hebrew
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“But That Thou Wouldst Clear My Way Before Me”: A Note on the Personal and Emotional Rendering of an Ancient Idiom in 2 Nephi 4:33." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 31-36.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And the Meek Also Shall Increase”: The Verb YASAP in Isaiah 29 and Nephi’s Prophetic Allusions to the Name Joseph in 2 Nephi 25–30." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 5-42.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Upon the Wings of His Spirit”: A Note on Hebrew RÛAH and 2 Nephi 4:25." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 19-32.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 39-45.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 255-273.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Believe on His Name”: Wordplay on the Name Samuel in Helaman 14:2, 12–13 and 3 Nephi 23:9 and the Doctrine of Christ in Samuel’s Speech." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 46 (2021): 49-76.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "What Thank They The Jews?"., 2017.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“This Son Shall Comfort Us”: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 263-298.
Language – Hebrew
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They May Once Again Be a Delightsome People”: The Concept of Again Becoming the Seed of Joseph (Words of Mormon 1:8 and Mormon 7:4–5)." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 165-190.
Law
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“God Hath Taken Away His Plainness”: Some Notes on Jacob 4:14, Revelation, Canon, Covenant, and Law." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 81-102.
Leadership
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 39-45.
Lehi (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Jacob's Protector." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 229-256.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 157-189.
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. "“Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 273-298.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Encircled About Eternally in the Arms of His Love”: The Divine Embrace as a Thematic Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 109-134.
Lemuel (Son of Lehi)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Might Have Enjoyed Our Possessions and the Land of Our Inheritance”: Hebrew yrš and 1 Nephi 17:21." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 123-144.
Love
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That Which They Most Desired”: The Waters of Mormon, Baptism, the Love of God, and the Bitter Fountain." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 261-298.
Mahaway
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Matthew L. Bowen, and Ryan Dahle. "Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 181-242.
Mahijah
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Matthew L. Bowen, and Ryan Dahle. "Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 181-242.
Mahujah
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Matthew L. Bowen, and Ryan Dahle. "Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 181-242.
Malachi (Book)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111-138.
Malachi (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messenger of Salvation”: The Messenger-Message Christology of D&C 93:8 and Its Implications for Latter-day Saint Missionary Work and Temple Worship." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 1-28.
Mary (Mother of Jesus)
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""Most Desirable Above All Things": Onomastic Play on Mary and Mormon in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 13 (2014): 27-61.
Messenger
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111-138.
Messiah
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messiah Will Set Himself Again”: Jacob’s Use of Isaiah 11:11 in 2 Nephi 6:14 and Jacob 6:2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 287-306.
Midrash
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the Literary Use of Alma’s Name." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 197-212.
Ministering of Angels
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111-138.
Missionary Work
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messenger of Salvation”: The Messenger-Message Christology of D&C 93:8 and Its Implications for Latter-day Saint Missionary Work and Temple Worship." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 1-28.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Faithfulness of Ammon." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 15, no. 2 (2014): 64-89.
Mormon
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""Most Desirable Above All Things": Onomastic Play on Mary and Mormon in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 13 (2014): 27-61.
Mormon (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111-138.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the Literary Use of Alma’s Name." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 197-212.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Behold, He Was a Man Like unto Ammon”: Mormon’s Use of 'mn-related Terminology in Praise of Moroni in Alma 48." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 223-242.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That Which They Most Desired”: The Waters of Mormon, Baptism, the Love of God, and the Bitter Fountain." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 261-298.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Encircled About Eternally in the Arms of His Love”: The Divine Embrace as a Thematic Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 109-134.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They May Once Again Be a Delightsome People”: The Concept of Again Becoming the Seed of Joseph (Words of Mormon 1:8 and Mormon 7:4–5)." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 165-190.
Moroni (Son of Mormon)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 91-104.
Moses (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""They Shall Be Scattered Again": Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 107-128.
Mount of the Lord
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“In the Mount of the Lord It Shall Be Seen” and “Provided”: Theophany and Sacrifice as the Etiological Foundation of the Temple in Israelite and Latter-day Saint Tradition." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 5 (2013): 201-228.
Name
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Faithfulness of Ammon." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 15, no. 2 (2014): 64-89.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""Most Desirable Above All Things": Onomastic Play on Mary and Mormon in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 13 (2014): 27-61.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand: King Benjamin’s Rhetorical Wordplay on His Own Name." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 2-13.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Getting Cain and Gain." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 115-141.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 155-170.
Narrative
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Laman and Nephi as Key-Words: An Etymological, Narratological, and Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Lamanites and Nephites as Religious, Political, and Cultural Descriptors." In 2019 FairMormon Conference. Provo, UT: FAIR, 2019.
Narrative Technique
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Behold, He Was a Man Like unto Ammon”: Mormon’s Use of 'mn-related Terminology in Praise of Moroni in Alma 48." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 223-242.
Nephi (Son of Helaman)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Is God; and He Is with Them”: Helaman 8:21–23 and Isaiah’s Immanuel Prophecy as a Thematic Scriptural Concept." BYU Studies 62, no. 1 (2023): 135-168.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Is a Good Man”: The Fulfillment of Helaman 5:6-7 in Helaman 8:7 and 11:18-19." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 17 (2016): 165-170.
Nephi (Son of Lehi)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Laman and Nephi as Key-Words: An Etymological, Narratological, and Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Lamanites and Nephites as Religious, Political, and Cultural Descriptors." In 2019 FairMormon Conference. Provo, UT: FAIR, 2019.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Jacob's Protector." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 229-256.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Their Anger Did Increase Against Me”: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 115-136.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“For Their Good Have I Written Them”: The Onomastic Allusivity and Literary Function of 2 Nephi 25:8." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 77-90.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Encircled About Eternally in the Arms of His Love”: The Divine Embrace as a Thematic Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 109-134.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“But That Thou Wouldst Clear My Way Before Me”: A Note on the Personal and Emotional Rendering of an Ancient Idiom in 2 Nephi 4:33." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 31-36.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Lord God Will Proceed”: Nephi’s Wordplay in 1 Nephi 22:8–12 and the Abrahamic Covenant." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 51-70.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Upon the Wings of His Spirit”: A Note on Hebrew RÛAH and 2 Nephi 4:25." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 19-32.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Nephi’s Good Inclusio." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 17 (2016): 181-195.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And the Meek Also Shall Increase”: The Verb YASAP in Isaiah 29 and Nephi’s Prophetic Allusions to the Name Joseph in 2 Nephi 25–30." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 5-42.
Nephite
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“My People Are Willing”: The Mention of Aminadab in the Narrative Context of Helaman 5-6." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 83-107.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 39-45.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 157-189.
Nephites
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Laman and Nephi as Key-Words: An Etymological, Narratological, and Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Lamanites and Nephites as Religious, Political, and Cultural Descriptors." In 2019 FairMormon Conference. Provo, UT: FAIR, 2019.
New Jerusalem
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 91-104.
Noah (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“This Son Shall Comfort Us”: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 263-298.
Oath
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 155-170.
Old Testament
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Faithfulness of Ammon." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 15, no. 2 (2014): 64-89.
Olive Tree
Bowen, Matthew L.. ‘I Have Done According to My Will’: Reading Jacob 5 as a Temple Text. The Interpreter Foundation, 2014.
Omni (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I of Myself Am a Wicked Man”: Some Notes on Allusion and Textual Dependency in Omni 1:1-2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 71-88.
Onomastics
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Behold, He Was a Man Like unto Ammon”: Mormon’s Use of 'mn-related Terminology in Praise of Moroni in Alma 48." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 223-242.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Alma — Young Man, Hidden Prophet." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 343-353.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“This Son Shall Comfort Us”: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 263-298.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They Might Come Again unto the Remnant of the House of Jacob”: Onomastic Allusions to Joseph in 3 Nephi 26:8–10 and 4 Nephi 1:49." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): 279-296.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""And There Wrestled a Man with Him" (Genesis 32:24): Enos’s Adaptations of the Onomastic Wordplay of Genesis." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 10 (2014): 151-159.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 91-104.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Father is a Man: The Remarkable Mention of the name Abish in Alma 19:16 and Its Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 77-93.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Can You Suppose That the Lord Will Spare You?”: Moroni’s Charged Rhetoric in Alma 60:30–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 199-210.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And the Meek Also Shall Increase”: The Verb YASAP in Isaiah 29 and Nephi’s Prophetic Allusions to the Name Joseph in 2 Nephi 25–30." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 5-42.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Coming Down and Bringing Down: Pejorative Onomastic Allusions to the Jaredites in Helaman 6:25, 6:38, and Ether 2:11." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 397-410.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111-138.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Nephi’s Good Inclusio." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 17 (2016): 181-195.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I Will Deliver Thy Sons”: An Onomastic Approach to Three Iterations of an Oracle to Mosiah II (Mosiah 28:7; Alma 17:35, 19:23)." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2021): 241-256.
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. "“Our Great God Has in Goodness Sent These”: Notes on the Goodness of God, the Didactic Good of Nephi’s Small Plates, and Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s Renaming." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 97-134.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""They Shall Be Scattered Again": Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 107-128.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Laman and Nephi as Key-Words: An Etymological, Narratological, and Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Lamanites and Nephites as Religious, Political, and Cultural Descriptors." In 2019 FairMormon Conference. Provo, UT: FAIR, 2019.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the Literary Use of Alma’s Name." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 197-212.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 155-170.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""Most Desirable Above All Things": Onomastic Play on Mary and Mormon in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 13 (2014): 27-61.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 255-273.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up”: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109-143.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Their Anger Did Increase Against Me”: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 115-136.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“For Their Good Have I Written Them”: The Onomastic Allusivity and Literary Function of 2 Nephi 25:8." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 77-90.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Lord God Will Proceed”: Nephi’s Wordplay in 1 Nephi 22:8–12 and the Abrahamic Covenant." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 51-70.
Paanchi
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 155-170.
Paronomasia
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That Which They Most Desired”: The Waters of Mormon, Baptism, the Love of God, and the Bitter Fountain." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 261-298.
Polysemy
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 39-45.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Upon the Wings of His Spirit”: A Note on Hebrew RÛAH and 2 Nephi 4:25." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 58 (2023): 19-32.
Prayer
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And Behold, They Had Fallen to the Earth”: An Examination of Proskynesis in the Book of Mormon." Studia Antiqua 4, no. 1 (2005): 91-110.
Priesthood
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111-138.
Priests
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Putting Down the Priests: A Note on Royal Evaluations, (wĕ)hišbît, and Priestly Purges in 2 Kings 23:5 and Mosiah 11:5." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 105-114.
Prophecies of Isaiah
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Is God; and He Is with Them”: Helaman 8:21–23 and Isaiah’s Immanuel Prophecy as a Thematic Scriptural Concept." BYU Studies 62, no. 1 (2023): 135-168.
Prophecy
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And the Meek Also Shall Increase”: The Verb YASAP in Isaiah 29 and Nephi’s Prophetic Allusions to the Name Joseph in 2 Nephi 25–30." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 5-42.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Is a Good Man”: The Fulfillment of Helaman 5:6-7 in Helaman 8:7 and 11:18-19." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 17 (2016): 165-170.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 91-104.
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. "“Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 273-298.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Are a Remnant of the Seed of Joseph”: Moroni’s Interpretive Use of Joseph’s Coat and the Martial nēs-Imagery of Isaiah 11:11–12." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 169-192.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""What Thank They the Jews"? (2 Nephi 29:4): A Note on the Name "Judah" and Antisemitism." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 12 (2014): 111-125.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Alma — Young Man, Hidden Prophet." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 343-353.
Prophet
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Is a Good Man”: The Fulfillment of Helaman 5:6-7 in Helaman 8:7 and 11:18-19." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 17 (2016): 165-170.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Alma — Young Man, Hidden Prophet." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 343-353.
Proskynesis
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And Behold, They Had Fallen to the Earth”: An Examination of Proskynesis in the Book of Mormon." Studia Antiqua 4, no. 1 (2005): 91-110.
Psalm of Nephi
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Their Anger Did Increase Against Me”: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 115-136.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“But That Thou Wouldst Clear My Way Before Me”: A Note on the Personal and Emotional Rendering of an Ancient Idiom in 2 Nephi 4:33." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 31-36.
Rameumptom
Bowen, Matthew L.. "He Knows My Affliction: The Hill Onidah as Narrative Counterpart to the Rameumptom." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 34 (2020): 195-220.
Redaction
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the Literary Use of Alma’s Name." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 197-212.
Redemption
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Jacob's Protector." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 229-256.
Repentance
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“This Son Shall Comfort Us”: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 263-298.
Restoration
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Abish, Theophanies, and the First Lamanite Restoration." Religious Educator 19, no. 1 (2018): 59-81.
Revelation
Schade, Aaron P., and Matthew L. Bowen. "'To Whom Is the Arm of the Lord Revealed?'." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 16, no. 2 (2015): 91-111.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“God Hath Taken Away His Plainness”: Some Notes on Jacob 4:14, Revelation, Canon, Covenant, and Law." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 81-102.
Rhetoric
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand: King Benjamin’s Rhetorical Wordplay on His Own Name." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 2-13.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 157-189.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Laman and Nephi as Key-Words: An Etymological, Narratological, and Rhetorical Approach to Understanding Lamanites and Nephites as Religious, Political, and Cultural Descriptors." In 2019 FairMormon Conference. Provo, UT: FAIR, 2019.
Samuel the Lamanite
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Believe on His Name”: Wordplay on the Name Samuel in Helaman 14:2, 12–13 and 3 Nephi 23:9 and the Doctrine of Christ in Samuel’s Speech." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 46 (2021): 49-76.
Scalp
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 39-45.
Scattering of Israel
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""They Shall Be Scattered Again": Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 107-128.
Sealed
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand: King Benjamin’s Rhetorical Wordplay on His Own Name." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 2-13.
Secret Combination
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 155-170.
Secret Combinations
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Coming Down and Bringing Down: Pejorative Onomastic Allusions to the Jaredites in Helaman 6:25, 6:38, and Ether 2:11." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 397-410.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Getting Cain and Gain." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 15 (2015): 115-141.
Seerstones
Sharp, Daniel B., and Matthew L. Bowen. "“For This Cause Did King Benjamin Keep Them”: King Benjamin or King Mosiah?" Religious Educator 18, no. 1 (2017): 80-87.
Shazer
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Shazer: An Etymological Proposal in Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 33 (2019): 1-12.
Shilom (Polity)
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""Possess the Land in Peace": Zeniff's Ironic Wordplay on Shilom." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 115-120.
Small Plates
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Their Anger Did Increase Against Me”: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 115-136.
Small Plates of Nephi
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. "“Our Great God Has in Goodness Sent These”: Notes on the Goodness of God, the Didactic Good of Nephi’s Small Plates, and Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s Renaming." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 97-134.
Smith, Joseph, Jr.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And the Meek Also Shall Increase”: The Verb YASAP in Isaiah 29 and Nephi’s Prophetic Allusions to the Name Joseph in 2 Nephi 25–30." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 5-42.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""They Shall Be Scattered Again": Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 107-128.
Structure
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Their Anger Did Increase Against Me”: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 115-136.
Swearing
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 155-170.
Symbolism
Bowen, Matthew L., and Loren Blake Spendlove. "“Thou Art the Fruit of My Loins”: The Interrelated Symbolism and Meanings of the Names Joseph and Ephraim in Ancient Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 273-298.
Temple
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“In the Mount of the Lord It Shall Be Seen” and “Provided”: Theophany and Sacrifice as the Etiological Foundation of the Temple in Israelite and Latter-day Saint Tradition." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 5 (2013): 201-228.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And Behold, They Had Fallen to the Earth”: An Examination of Proskynesis in the Book of Mormon." Studia Antiqua 4, no. 1 (2005): 91-110.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ‘I Have Done According to My Will’: Reading Jacob 5 as a Temple Text. The Interpreter Foundation, 2014.
Temple Endowment
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messenger of Salvation”: The Messenger-Message Christology of D&C 93:8 and Its Implications for Latter-day Saint Missionary Work and Temple Worship." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 1-28.
Temple Worship
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messenger of Salvation”: The Messenger-Message Christology of D&C 93:8 and Its Implications for Latter-day Saint Missionary Work and Temple Worship." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 1-28.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111-138.
Textual Criticism
Bradshaw, Jeffrey M., Matthew L. Bowen, and Ryan Dahle. "Where Did the Names Mahaway and Mahujah Come From? A Response to Colby Townsend’s “Returning to the Sources,” Part 2 of 2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 181-242.
Textual Dependency
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I of Myself Am a Wicked Man”: Some Notes on Allusion and Textual Dependency in Omni 1:1-2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 71-88.
Theophany
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Abish, Theophanies, and the First Lamanite Restoration." Religious Educator 19, no. 1 (2018): 59-81.
Throne Name
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand: King Benjamin’s Rhetorical Wordplay on His Own Name." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 2-13.
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. "“Our Great God Has in Goodness Sent These”: Notes on the Goodness of God, the Didactic Good of Nephi’s Small Plates, and Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s Renaming." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 61 (2024): 97-134.
Toponym
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""Possess the Land in Peace": Zeniff's Ironic Wordplay on Shilom." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 115-120.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Were Moved with Compassion” (Alma 27:4; 53:13): Toponymic Wordplay on Zarahemla and Jershon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 233-253.
Toponymy
Bowen, Matthew L., and Pedro Olavarria. "Place of Crushing: The Literary Function of Heshlon in Ether 13:25-31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 227-239.
Translation
Sharp, Daniel B., and Matthew L. Bowen. "“For This Cause Did King Benjamin Keep Them”: King Benjamin or King Mosiah?" Religious Educator 18, no. 1 (2017): 80-87.
Vicarious Work
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messenger of Salvation”: The Messenger-Message Christology of D&C 93:8 and Its Implications for Latter-day Saint Missionary Work and Temple Worship." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 1-28.
Vineyard
Bowen, Matthew L.. ‘I Have Done According to My Will’: Reading Jacob 5 as a Temple Text. The Interpreter Foundation, 2014.
Vision
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Father is a Man: The Remarkable Mention of the name Abish in Alma 19:16 and Its Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 77-93.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Abish, Theophanies, and the First Lamanite Restoration." Religious Educator 19, no. 1 (2018): 59-81.
Washing of Feet
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messenger of Salvation”: The Messenger-Message Christology of D&C 93:8 and Its Implications for Latter-day Saint Missionary Work and Temple Worship." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 1-28.
Waters of Mormon
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That Which They Most Desired”: The Waters of Mormon, Baptism, the Love of God, and the Bitter Fountain." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 39 (2020): 261-298.
Wicked
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I of Myself Am a Wicked Man”: Some Notes on Allusion and Textual Dependency in Omni 1:1-2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 71-88.
Women
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Father is a Man: The Remarkable Mention of the name Abish in Alma 19:16 and Its Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 77-93.
Wordplay
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Believe on His Name”: Wordplay on the Name Samuel in Helaman 14:2, 12–13 and 3 Nephi 23:9 and the Doctrine of Christ in Samuel’s Speech." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 46 (2021): 49-76.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 39-45.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messiah Will Set Himself Again”: Jacob’s Use of Isaiah 11:11 in 2 Nephi 6:14 and Jacob 6:2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 287-306.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""Possess the Land in Peace": Zeniff's Ironic Wordplay on Shilom." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 115-120.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I of Myself Am a Wicked Man”: Some Notes on Allusion and Textual Dependency in Omni 1:1-2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 40 (2020): 71-88.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“If Ye Will Hearken”: Lehi’s Rhetorical Wordplay on Ishmael in 2 Nephi 1:28–29 and Its Implications." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 25 (2017): 157-189.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I Kneeled Down Before My Maker”: Allusions to Esau in the Book of Enos." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 29-56.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Were Moved with Compassion” (Alma 27:4; 53:13): Toponymic Wordplay on Zarahemla and Jershon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 233-253.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Men and Women of Understanding: Wordplay on Benjamin— An Addendum." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 36 (2020): 239-280.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 91-104.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“For Their Good Have I Written Them”: The Onomastic Allusivity and Literary Function of 2 Nephi 25:8." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 77-90.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“We Are a Remnant of the Seed of Joseph”: Moroni’s Interpretive Use of Joseph’s Coat and the Martial nēs-Imagery of Isaiah 11:11–12." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 169-192.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""They Shall Be Scattered Again": Some Notes on JST Genesis 50:24–25, 33–35." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 57 (2023): 107-128.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 255-273.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“That They Might Come Again unto the Remnant of the House of Jacob”: Onomastic Allusions to Joseph in 3 Nephi 26:8–10 and 4 Nephi 1:49." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 55 (2023): 279-296.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Can You Suppose That the Lord Will Spare You?”: Moroni’s Charged Rhetoric in Alma 60:30–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 199-210.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Their Anger Did Increase Against Me”: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 115-136.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Lord God Will Proceed”: Nephi’s Wordplay in 1 Nephi 22:8–12 and the Abrahamic Covenant." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 51-70.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Becoming Sons and Daughters at God’s Right Hand: King Benjamin’s Rhetorical Wordplay on His Own Name." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 21, no. 2 (2012): 2-13.
Worship
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And Behold, They Had Fallen to the Earth”: An Examination of Proskynesis in the Book of Mormon." Studia Antiqua 4, no. 1 (2005): 91-110.
Wrestle
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Encircled About Eternally in the Arms of His Love”: The Divine Embrace as a Thematic Symbol of Jesus Christ and His Atonement in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 59 (2023): 109-134.
Zarahemla (City of)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Can You Suppose That the Lord Will Spare You?”: Moroni’s Charged Rhetoric in Alma 60:30–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 199-210.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Were Moved with Compassion” (Alma 27:4; 53:13): Toponymic Wordplay on Zarahemla and Jershon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 233-253.
Zeniff
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""Possess the Land in Peace": Zeniff's Ironic Wordplay on Shilom." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 115-120.
Zenos (Prophet)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“But That Thou Wouldst Clear My Way Before Me”: A Note on the Personal and Emotional Rendering of an Ancient Idiom in 2 Nephi 4:33." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 53 (2022): 31-36.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Messiah Will Set Himself Again”: Jacob’s Use of Isaiah 11:11 in 2 Nephi 6:14 and Jacob 6:2." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 44 (2021): 287-306.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ‘I Have Done According to My Will’: Reading Jacob 5 as a Temple Text. The Interpreter Foundation, 2014.
Zerahemnah
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 39-45.
Zoram (Nephite Apostate)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up”: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109-143.
Zoramite
Bowen, Matthew L.. "The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 39-45.
Zoramites (Nephite Apostate Group)
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up”: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109-143.