Jaron Hansen

Nov 22, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | John Hilton |Ryan Sharp |Brad Wilcox |Jaron Hansen

KeywordsBook of Mormon, Gentiles, word choiceAbstractThe word Gentiles appears 141 times in the Book of Mormon (the singular Gentile appears only five times.) It appears more frequently than key words such as baptize, resurrection, Zion, and truth. The word Gentiles does not appear with equal frequency throughout the Book of Mormon; in fact, it appears in only five of its fifteen books: 1 Nephi, 2 Nephi, 3 Nephi, Mormon, and Ether. Additionally, Book of Mormon speakers did not say Gentiles evenly.