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“That Which They Most Desired”: The Waters of Mormon, Baptism, the Love of God, and the Bitter Fountain

September 11, 2020

Abstract: Paronomasia in the Hebrew text of Exodus creates narrative links between the name Miriam (Mary) and the “waters” (mayim) of the Re[e]d Sea from which Israel is “pulled” and the nearby “bitter” waters of Marah. Nephi sees Mary (Mariam),