Category: Names
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188 Unexplainable Names: Book of Mormon Names No Fiction Writer Would Choose
Lehi, Nephi, Helaman, Shiblon, Moronihah, Amalickiah, Korihor, Pahoran, Lamoni, Zeezrom, Shiz—what strange names! Most are difficult to pronounce, remember, classify, and keep straight. And there are 188 of them. Joseph Smith claimed to have translated the Book of Mormon from ancient records that included authentic names, which he was not at liberty to change. Sharon Black and Brad Read more
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More Evidence for Alma as a Semitic Name
Beginning with Hugh Nibley, several Latter-day Saint scholars have highlighted a deed found among the Bar Kokhba documents as evidence of the name Alma as a Jewish male name in antiquity. Here we highlight a second attestation of the same name used for a Jewish male from a slightly earlier period, as well as other Read more
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Hugh Nibley review of Bar-Kochba by Zigael Yadin
Hugh Nibley reviews the book: “Bar-Kochba” relating its relevance to the Book of Mormon and the fascinating discovery of a land deed with the name “Alma son of Judah” now one of many attestation of Alma as a Hebrew male name. Hugh Nibley Nibley, Hugh. “Review of Bar-Kochba by Zigael Yadin.” BYU Studies Quarterly 14, no. 1 Read more
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The Personal Name Alma at Ebla
Identifies eight occurrences of the personal name Alma among six documents found at Elba, dated to the third millennium BC. Terrence L. Szink Read more
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What’s in a Name? Alma as a Hebrew Name
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Is Mulek Mentioned in the Bible?
Observations of Robert F. Smith regarding Mulek and a plausible link to Malchiah mentioned in Jeremiah 38:6. This is also the earliest published details of a conversation between he and David Noel Freeman on the subject Author Robert F. Smith published 1984 Citation Smith, Robert F. “Is Mulek Mentioned in the Bible?” from “Insights, Vol. Read more
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New Information about Mulek, Son of the King
A chapter of “Reexamining the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Research” regarding the Melkiyahu Bullae and its possible tie to the Book of Mormon’s Mulek Author John W. Welch Published 1992 Citation Welch, John W., “New Information about Mulek, Son of the King” from “Reexploring the Book of Mormon: A Decade of New Read more
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Has the Seal of Mulek Been Found?
Jeffrey Chadwick discusses the potential relation of the Melkiyahu bullae to Mulek Jeffrey Chadwick 2003 Read more
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Corpus of West Semitic Stamp Seals
Author Avigad Naham Published 1997 Seal 15 found on page 55 is of particular interest to Book of Mormon readers, bearing the inscription of Malkiyahu, shortened form Mulek, son of the King, with the connection to Jer 38:6 this is the son of king Zedekiah. It is highly plausible, almost certain, that this belonged to Read more
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Comparing Phonemic Patterns in Book of Mormon Personal Names with Fictional and Authentic Sources: An Exploratory Study
Authors Brad Wilcox, Bruce L. Brown, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Sharon Black and Dennis L. Eggett Published 2019 Read more