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Proper Names and Political Claims: Semitic Echoes as Foundations for Claims to the Nephite Throne

March 01, 2024

Abstract: The Book of Mormon contains examples of phonemes in character names that resemble Semitic root words. The possible meanings of the names and their timing in the Book of Mormon narrative prov