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Web Article
Ricks, Stephen D.. Mormon Scholars Testify: Stephen D. Ricks. Mormon Scholars Testify, 2010.
Newsletter
Newsletter and Proceedings of the S.E.H.A., no. 150 (August 1982), Edited by Ross T. Christensen. Vol. 150. Provo, UT: Society for Early Historic Archaeology, Brigham Young University, 1982.
Newsletter and Proceedings of the S.E.H.A., no. 141 (December 1977), Edited by Bruce W. Warren and Ruth R. Christensen. Vol. 141. Provo, UT: Society for Early Historic Archaeology, Brigham Young University, 1977.
Insights, Vol. 30, No. 5 (2010) In Insights, Edited by Maxwell Institute Staff. Vol. 5. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2010.
Insights, Vol. 30, No. 4 (2010) In Insights, Edited by Maxwell Institute Staff. Vol. 4. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2010.
Insights, Vol. 30, No. 2 (2010) In Insights, Edited by Maxwell Institute Staff. Vol. 2. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2010.
Insights, Vol. 23, No. 6 (2003) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 6. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2003.
Insights, Vol. 22, No. 11 (November 2002) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 11. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
Insights, Vol. 19, No. 12 (December 1999) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 12. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
Insights, Vol. 13, No. 2 (March 1993) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 2. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
Insights, Vol. 12, No. 6 (November 1992) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 6. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1992.
Magazine Article
Nibley, Hugh W.. "The World of the Jaredites, Part IX." Improvement Era 55, no. 5 (1952): 316-318, 340, 342, 344, 346.
Chamberlin, W.H.. "Use of the Word Elohim." Improvement Era 6, no. 1 (1903): 25-27.
Sjodahl, J.M.. "A Study of Book of Mormon Texts V." Improvement Era 27, no. 7 (1924): 675-676.
Sjodahl, J.M.. "A Study of Book of Mormon Texts IV." Improvement Era 27, no. 3 (1924): 237-239.
Brookbank, T.W.. "A Study in American Hebraic Names III (cont.)." Improvement Era 20, no. 8 (1917): 669-676.
Brookbank, T.W.. "A Study in American Hebraic Names III." Improvement Era 20, no. 4 (1917): 328-335.
Brookbank, T.W.. "A Study in American Hebraic Names II." Improvement Era 20, no. 3 (1917): 224-236.
Brookbank, T.W.. "A Study in American Hebraic Names I." Improvement Era 20, no. 2 (1916): 166-170.
Nibley, Hugh W.. "Since Cumorah - New Voices from the Dust, Part XVI." Improvement Era 69, no. 1 (1966): 32-34, 44-46.
Pratt, Orson. "Sacred Metalic [sic] Plates." The Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star 28, no. 50 (1866): 785-788.
Pratt, Orson. "Sacred Metalic [sic] Plates." The Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star 28, no. 49 (1866): 777-781.
Lundstrom, Harold. "Original Words of the Book of Mormon." Improvement Era 51, no. 2 (1948): 84-86, 116.
Nibley, Hugh W.. "New Approaches to Book of Mormon Study, Part VII." Improvement Era 57, no. 5 (1954): 308-309, 326, 330.
Reynolds, George. "Nephite Proper Names." Juvenile Instructor 15, no. 18 (1880): 207-208.
Sjodahl, J.M.. "The Name Moroni." Improvement Era 28, no. 12 (1925): 1132-1134.
Urrutia, Benjamin. "The Name Connection." New Era 13, no. 6 (1983): 38-41.
Sjodahl, J.M.. "Meaning of the Word "Mormon"." Improvement Era 30, no. 5 (1927): 433-434.
Nibley, Hugh W.. "Lehi in the Desert, Part VI—Place Names in the Desert." Improvement Era 53, no. 6 (1950): 486-487, 516-519.
Nibley, Hugh W.. "Lehi in the Desert, Part II." Improvement Era 53, no. 2 (1950): 102-104, 155-159.
Talmage, James E.. "Lehi." The Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star 88, no. 22 (1926): 347.
Crowley, Ariel L.. "Laman Found, Conclusion." Improvement Era 54, no. 3 (1951): 156-157, 205-206.
Crowley, Ariel L.. "Laman Found, Chapter I." Improvement Era 54, no. 2 (1951): 80-82.
E. McGavin, Cecil. "Jaredite Literature in the Book of Mormon." The Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star 104, no. 38 (1942): 598-599, 502-603.
Parry, Jay A., and Donald W. Parry. "Israelite Names—Witnesses of Deity." Ensign 20, no. 12 (1990): 52-54.
Ricks, Stephen D.. "I Have a Question: The name of one of the Lord’s disciples listed in 3 Nephi 19:4—Timothy—seems to be Greek in origin. Is there an explanation for the appearance of a Greek name in the Book of Mormon?" Ensign 22, no. 10 (1992): 53-54.
Sjodahl, J.M.. "Hvitra-manna-land and Lamoni." Improvement Era 26, no. 2 (1922): 190-193.
Talmage, James E.. "How the "Mormons" Got Their Name." The Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star 78, no. 40 (1916): 625-626.
Webb, Robert C.. "The "Higher Criticism" and the Variant Names for God in the Bible." Improvement Era 19, no. 11 (1916): 984-989.
Webb, Robert C.. "The "Higher Criticism" and the Variant Names for God in the Bible." Improvement Era 19, no. 12 (1916): 1068-1070.
Brookbank, T.W.. "Hebrew Idioms and Analogies in the Book of Mormon, V." Improvement Era 13, no. 6 (1910): 538-543.
Brookbank, T.W.. "Hebrew Idioms and Analogies in the Book of Mormon, IV." Improvement Era 13, no. 5 (1910): 418-420.
Brookbank, T.W.. "Hebrew Idioms and Analogies in the Book of Mormon, III." Improvement Era 13, no. 4 (1910): 336-342.
Brookbank, T.W.. "Hebrew Idioms and Analogies in the Book of Mormon, II." Improvement Era 13, no. 3 (1910): 234-239.
Brookbank, T.W.. "A Defence [sic] of the Book of Mormon." The Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star 86, no. 3 (1924): 36-39.
Brookbank, T.W.. "A Defence [sic] of the Book of Mormon." The Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star 86, no. 4 (1924): 52-55, 59-60.
"Book of Mormon Names." The Latter Day Saints' Millennial Star 63, no. 12 (1901): 177-180.
Nibley, Hugh W.. "The Book of Mormon as a Mirror of the East." Improvement Era 51, no. 4 (1948): 202-204, 249-251.
Nibley, Hugh W.. "The Book of Mormon as a Mirror of the East." Improvement Era 73, no. 11 (1970): 115-125.
Sjodahl, J.M.. "America: Is It a Book of Mormon Name?" Improvement Era 24, no. 2 (1920): 130-143.
Journal Article
Tvedtnes, John A.. "What's in a Name? A Look at the Book of Mormon Onomasticon." FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): 34-42.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "What’s in a Name? The Name Cumorah." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 13, no. 1-2 (2004): 158-160, 174-175.
Barney, Kevin L.. "What’s in a Name? Playing in the Onomastic Sandbox." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 29 (2018): 251-272.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "What’s in a Name? Nephi." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 2 (2000): 64-65, 83.
Hoskisson, Paul Y., Brian M. Hauglid, and John Gee. "What’s in a Name? Irreantum." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11, no. 1 (2002): 90-93, 114-115.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "What’s in a Name? Alma as a Hebrew Name." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7, no. 1 (1998): 72-73.
Roper, Matthew. "Unanswered Mormon Scholars." FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): 87-145.
Brown, Amanda Colleen. "Toward a Deeper Understanding: How Onomastic Wordplay Aids Understanding Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 29 (2018): 247-250.
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.. "“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.. ""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.. "“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.. "“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.. "“Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 155-170.
Ricks, Stephen D.. "Some Notes on Book of Mormon Names." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 4 (2013): 155-160.
"Seeking Agreement on the Meaning of Book of Mormon Names." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 28-29, 77.
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.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "“Rise Up, O Light of the Lord”: An Appropriate and Defensible Etymology for Cumorah." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 60 (2024): 239-252.
Christensen, Matthew B.. "Review of Perspectives on Latter-day Saint Names and Naming: Names, Identity, and Belief, edited by Dallin D. Oaks, Paul Baltes, and Kent Minson." BYU Studies 62, no. 1 (2023): 183-184.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "Response to the Comments." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 38-39, 77-78.
Pike, Dana M.. "Response to Paul Hoskisson’s “Lehi and Sariah”." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 35-36, 77.
Ricks, Stephen D.. "Proper Names from the Small Plates: Some Notes on the Personal Names Zoram, Jarom, Omni, and Mosiah." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 233-240.
Szink, Terry L.. "The Personal Name 'Alma' at Ebla." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 1, no. 1 (2000): 53-56.
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.. "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.. ""O Ye Fair Ones" - Revisited." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 315-344.
Ricks, Stephen D., and John A. Tvedtnes. "Notes and Communications: The Hebrew Origin of Some Book of Mormon Place Names." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 2 (1997): 255-259.
Chadwick, Jeffrey R.. "Notes and Communications: Sariah in the Elephantine Papyri." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2, no. 2 (1993): 196-200.
Gee, John. "Notes and Communications - A Note on the Name Nephi." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1, no. 1 (1992): 189-191.
Ricks, Stephen D.. "A Nickname and a Slam Dunk: Notes on the Book of Mormon Names Zeezrom and Jershon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 8 (2014): 191-194.
Berrett, LaMar C., S. Kent Brown, and Terrence L. Szink. "New Light." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 1 (1999): 64-70, 79.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Nephi’s Good Inclusio." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 17 (2016): 181-195.
Chadwick, Jeffrey R.. "The Names Lehi and Sariah—Language and Meaning." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 32-34, 77.
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.. "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.
Russell, Collin Charles. "Meeting Zoram." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 24 (2017): 11-26.
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.
Tvedtnes, John A.. "Lehi and Sariah Comments." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 37, 77.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "Lehi and Sariah." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 30-31, 77.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "It Is OK Not to Have Every Answer: The Book of Mormon Onomastic Ending -(i)hah." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 18, no. 1 (2009): 48-55.
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.. "“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.. "“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.. "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.
Barney, Kevin L.. "On Elkenah as Canaanite El." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 19, no. 1 (2010): 22-35.
Wilcox, Brad, Bruce L. Brown, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Sharon Black, and Dennis L. Eggett. "Comparing Phonemic Patterns in Book of Mormon Personal Names with Fictional and Authentic Sources: An Exploratory Study." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, 33 (2019): 105-122.
Wilcox, Brad, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Bruce L. Brown, and Sharon Black. "Comparing Book of Mormon Names with Those Found in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Works: An Exploratory Study." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 105-124.
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.. "“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.
Tvedtnes, John A., John Gee, and Matthew Roper. "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 40-51, 78-79.
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.. ""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.. "“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.. "Alma — Young Man, Hidden Prophet." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 343-353.
Black, Sharon, Brad Wilcox, Wendy Baker Smemoe, and Bruce L. Brown. "Absence of "Joseph Smith" in the Book of Mormon: Lack of the Name Letter Effect in Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Names." Religious Educator 17, no. 2 (2016): 36-55.
Black, Sharon, and Brad Wilcox. "188 Unexplainable Names: Book of Mormon Names No Fiction Writer Would Choose." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 12, no. 2 (2011): 118-133.
Encyclopedia Entry
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. Book of Mormon Names In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Conference Proceedings
Ricks, Stephen D.. Origin of Book of Mormon Names In 2010 FAIR Conference. Sandy, UT: FairMormon, 2010.
Conference Paper
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.
Roper, Matthew. "Howlers In The Book Of Mormon." In BMAF-BMC Book of Mormon Conference. Provo, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.
Chart
Welch, John W., and John F. Hall. Meanings of Proper Names. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
Book Chapter
Welch, John W.. "What Was a "Mosiah"?" In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 105-107. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1992.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "An Introduction to the Relevance of and a Methodology for a Study of the Proper Names of the Book of Mormon." In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 126-135. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
Ricks, Stephen D., and John A. Tvedtnes. "The Hebrew Origin of Three Book of Mormon Place-Names." In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 88-92. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Ricks, Stephen D.. "Converging Paths: Language and Cultural Notes on the Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Book of Mormon." In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson and John W. Welch, 389-419. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
Reynolds, George. "Chapter LXVII." In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 376-381. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.