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Dec 10, 2024 | 
scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Matthew Bowen
In this brief note, I will suggest several instances in which the Book of Mormon prophet Enos utilizes wordplay on his own name, the name of his father “Jacob,” the place name “Peniel,” and Jacob’s new name “Israel” in order to connect his experiences to those of his ancestor Jacob in Genesis 32-33, thus infusing them with greater meaning.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Matthew Bowen
Home > Journals > INTERPRETER > Vol. 9 (2024)
petra, wordplay, Bible studies, temple implications, Peter's surnamingBowen, Matthew L.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
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Home > Journals > INTERPRETER > Vol. 12 ()
Judah, antisemitism, Jews, tribal nameBowen, Matthew L. (2014)"“What Thank They the Jews”?
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
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KeywordsAbish, Book of Mormon, wordplay, vision of her fatherAbstractThe mention of “Abish” and a “remarkable vision of her father” (Alma 19:16) is itself remarkable, since women and servants are rarely named in the Book of Mormon text. As a Hebrew/Lehite name, “Abish” suggests the meaning “Father is a man,” the midrashic components ʾab- (“father”) and ʾîš (“man”) being phonologically evident.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Matthew Bowen
Home > Journals > INTERPRETER > Vol. 13 (2024)
onomastic, Mary, Mormon, Book of Mormon, wordplayBowen, Matthew L.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Matthew Bowen
KeywordsHelaman 5, fulfillment, namesakes, NephiAbstractMormon, as an author and editor, was concerned to show the fulfillment of earlier Nephite prophecy when such fulfillment occurred.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
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Home > Journals > INTERPRETER > Vol. 15 (2024)
Cain, biblical etiology, Cain etiology, CainiticBowen, Matthew L.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
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Keywordstoponymic wordplay, Zarahemla, Jershon, Book of Mormon, biblical narrativeAbstractAs in Hebrew biblical narrative, wordplay on (or play on the meaning of) toponyms, or “place names,” is a discernable feature of Book of Mormon narrative. The text repeatedly juxtaposes the toponym Jershon (“place of inheritance” or “place of possession”) with terms inherit, inheritance, possess, possession, etc.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
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Home > Journals > INTERPRETER > Vol. 18 (2024)
onomastic wordplay, Joseph, Benjamin, Gezera Shawa, Book of MormonBowen, Matthew L.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
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Keywordspolysemy, Alma 44, soldier's speech, wordplay, chiefAbstractThe fear that Moroni’s soldier’s speech (Alma 44:14) aroused in the Lamanite soldiers and the intensity of Zerahemnah’s subsequently redoubled anger are best explained by the polysemy (i.e., multiple meanings within a lexeme’s range of meaning) of a single word translated “chief ” in Alma 44:14 and “heads” in Alma 44:18.
