Category: Near East
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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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More About Mulek
A brief observation regarding the absence of the word “All” when speaking of King Zedekiah’s sons in the Biblical accounts Author Insights Published 1985 Citation (1985) “More About Mulek,” Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 5: No. 3, Article 5. 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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What’s in a name: Irreantum
Paul Y. Hoskisson Published 2002 A discussion of possible Semitic roots of the unique Book of Mormon word “Irreantum” Citation Hoskisson, Paul Y., Brian M. Hauglid, and John Gee. “What’s in a Name? Irreantum.” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies11, no. 1 (2002): 90-93, 114-15. Read more
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A complete etymology-based hundred wordlist of Semitic updated: Items 75–100
Author Alexander Militarev Published 2014 Found on pages 177-178 the Semitic root RWY seems to serve as the root of unique Book of Mormon word “Irreantum” with the provided translation of “many waters” Citation Militarev, Alexander. “A Complete Etymology-Based Hundred Wordlist of Semitic Updated: Items 75–100.” Journal of Language Relationship 11 (2014): 159–185. Moscow: Institute 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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Some Notes on Book of Mormon Names
Author Stephen D. Ricks Published 2013 This study considers the Book of Mormon personalnames Josh, Nahom, and Alma as test cases for the Book ofMormon as an historically authentic ancient document. Read more
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Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions
Authors John A. Tvedtnes, John Gee, Matt Roper Published 2000 Archeological attestations of Book of Mormon names previously unknown Read more