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Barney, Kevin L.. "On Elkenah as Canaanite El." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Other Restoration Scripture 19, no. 1 (2010): 22-35.
Barney, Kevin L.. "What’s in a Name? Playing in the Onomastic Sandbox." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 29 (2018): 251-272.
Berrett, LaMar C., S. Kent Brown, and Terrence L. Szink. "New Light." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 8, no. 1 (1999): 64-70, 79.
Black, Sharon, Brad Wilcox, Wendy Baker Smemoe, and Bruce L. Brown. "Absence of "Joseph Smith" in the Book of Mormon: Lack of the Name Letter Effect in Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Names." Religious Educator 17, no. 2 (2016): 36-55.
Black, Sharon, and Brad Wilcox. "188 Unexplainable Names: Book of Mormon Names No Fiction Writer Would Choose." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 12, no. 2 (2011): 118-133.
KnoWhy #406 - How Does the Book of Mormon Use a Hebrew Pun on King Noah's Name? (Mosiah 11:6). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.
KnoWhy #127 - Why Was Abish Mentioned by Name? (Alma 19:16). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
KnoWhy #553 - Why Did Jacob Highlight Nephi’s Role as a Protector? (Jacob 1:10). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2020.
KnoWhy #20 - Why Would Nephi Call the Ocean “Irreantum”? (1 Nephi 17:5). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2016.
KnoWhy #445 - What Is So Good about Nephi’s Name? (1 Nephi 1:1). Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2018.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Nephi’s Good Inclusio." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 17 (2016): 181-195.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Can You Suppose That the Lord Will Spare You?”: Moroni’s Charged Rhetoric in Alma 60:30–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 51 (2022): 199-210.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“I Will Deliver Thy Sons”: An Onomastic Approach to Three Iterations of an Oracle to Mosiah II (Mosiah 28:7; Alma 17:35, 19:23)." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2021): 241-256.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Father is a Man: The Remarkable Mention of the name Abish in Alma 19:16 and Its Narrative Context." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 14 (2015): 77-93.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“He Did Go About Secretly”: Additional Thoughts on the Literary Use of Alma’s Name." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 27 (2017): 197-212.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“The Lord God Will Proceed”: Nephi’s Wordplay in 1 Nephi 22:8–12 and the Abrahamic Covenant." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 50 (2022): 51-70.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“See That Ye Are Not Lifted Up”: The Name Zoram and Its Paronomastic Pejoration." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 109-143.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""Most Desirable Above All Things": Onomastic Play on Mary and Mormon in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 13 (2014): 27-61.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Alma — Young Man, Hidden Prophet." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 19 (2016): 343-353.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Messengers of the Covenant: Mormon’s Doctrinal Use of Malachi 3:1 in Moroni 7:29–32." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 31 (2019): 111-138.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Their Anger Did Increase Against Me”: Nephi’s Autobiographical Permutation of a Biblical Wordplay on the Name Joseph." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 115-136.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Onomastic Wordplay on Joseph and Benjamin and Gezera Shawa in the Book of Mormon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 18 (2016): 255-273.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“They Shall No More Be Confounded”: Moroni’s Wordplay on Joseph in Ether 13:1-13 and Moroni 10:31." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 91-104.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""And There Wrestled a Man with Him" (Genesis 32:24): Enos’s Adaptations of the Onomastic Wordplay of Genesis." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 10 (2014): 151-159.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“Swearing by Their Everlasting Maker”: Some Notes on Paanchi and Giddianhi." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 28 (2018): 155-170.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“And the Meek Also Shall Increase”: The Verb YASAP in Isaiah 29 and Nephi’s Prophetic Allusions to the Name Joseph in 2 Nephi 25–30." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 5-42.
Bowen, Matthew L.. ""O Ye Fair Ones" - Revisited." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 20 (2016): 315-344.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "“This Son Shall Comfort Us”: An Onomastic Tale of Two Noahs." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 23 (2017): 263-298.
Bowen, Matthew L.. "Coming Down and Bringing Down: Pejorative Onomastic Allusions to the Jaredites in Helaman 6:25, 6:38, and Ether 2:11." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 42 (2021): 397-410.
Brown, Amanda Colleen. "Toward a Deeper Understanding: How Onomastic Wordplay Aids Understanding Scripture." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 29 (2018): 247-250.
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Carlton, JoAnn, and John W. Welch. Possible Linguistic Roots of Certain Book of Mormon Proper Names. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1991.
Chadwick, Jeffrey R.. "Notes and Communications: Sariah in the Elephantine Papyri." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 2, no. 2 (1993): 196-200.
Chadwick, Jeffrey R.. "The Names Lehi and Sariah—Language and Meaning." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 32-34, 77.
Newsletter and Proceedings of the S.E.H.A., no. 150 (August 1982), Edited by Ross T. Christensen. Vol. 150. Provo, UT: Society for Early Historic Archaeology, Brigham Young University, 1982.
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Insights, Vol. 12, No. 6 (November 1992) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 6. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1992.
Insights, Vol. 23, No. 6 (2003) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 6. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2003.
Insights, Vol. 22, No. 11 (November 2002) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 11. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
Insights, Vol. 19, No. 12 (December 1999) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 12. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1999.
Insights, Vol. 13, No. 2 (March 1993) In Insights, Edited by FARMS Staff. Vol. 2. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1993.
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Gee, John. "Notes and Communications - A Note on the Name Nephi." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 1, no. 1 (1992): 189-191.
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Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "What’s in a Name? Nephi." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 2 (2000): 64-65, 83.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. Book of Mormon Names In Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow. Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "It Is OK Not to Have Every Answer: The Book of Mormon Onomastic Ending -(i)hah." Journal of the Book of Mormon and Restoration Scripture 18, no. 1 (2009): 48-55.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "Response to the Comments." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 38-39, 77-78.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "Lehi and Sariah." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 30-31, 77.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "An Introduction to the Relevance of and a Methodology for a Study of the Proper Names of the Book of Mormon." In By Study and Also By Faith, Volume 2, edited by John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks, 126-135. Vol. 2. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies/Deseret Book, 1990.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "What’s in a Name? The Name Cumorah." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 13, no. 1-2 (2004): 158-160, 174-175.
Hoskisson, Paul Y.. "What’s in a Name? Alma as a Hebrew Name." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 7, no. 1 (1998): 72-73.
Hoskisson, Paul Y., Brian M. Hauglid, and John Gee. "What’s in a Name? Irreantum." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 11, no. 1 (2002): 90-93, 114-115.
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Insights, Vol. 30, No. 5 (2010) In Insights, Edited by Maxwell Institute Staff. Vol. 5. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2010.
Insights, Vol. 30, No. 2 (2010) In Insights, Edited by Maxwell Institute Staff. Vol. 2. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2010.
Insights, Vol. 30, No. 4 (2010) In Insights, Edited by Maxwell Institute Staff. Vol. 4. Provo, UT: Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, 2010.
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Nibley, Hugh W.. "The Book of Mormon as a Mirror of the East." Improvement Era 73, no. 11 (1970): 115-125.
Nibley, Hugh W.. "New Approaches to Book of Mormon Study, Part 7." Improvement Era 57, no. 7 (1954): 308-309, 326, 330.
Nibley, Hugh W.. "The World of the Jaredites, Part IX." Improvement Era 55, no. 5 (1952): 316-318, 340, 342, 344, 346.
Nibley, Hugh W.. "Since Cumorah - New Voices from the Dust (January 1966)." Improvement Era 69, no. 1 (1966): 32-34, 44-46.
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Parry, Jay A., and Donald W. Parry. "Israelite Names—Witnesses of Deity." Ensign 20, no. 12 (1990): 52-54.
Pike, Dana M.. "Response to Paul Hoskisson’s “Lehi and Sariah”." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 35-36, 77.
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Reynolds, George. "Chapter LXVII." In The Story of the Book of Mormon, 376-381. Salt Lake City: Joseph Hyrum Parry, 1888.
Reynolds, George. "Nephite Proper Names." Juvenile Instructor 15, no. 18 (1880): 207-208.
Ricks, Stephen D.. "Some Notes on Book of Mormon Names." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 4 (2013): 155-160.
Ricks, Stephen D.. Origin of Book of Mormon Names In 2010 FAIR Conference. Sandy, UT: FairMormon, 2010.
Ricks, Stephen D., and John A. Tvedtnes. "Notes and Communications: The Hebrew Origin of Some Book of Mormon Place Names." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 6, no. 2 (1997): 255-259.
Ricks, Stephen D.. "I Have a Question: The name of one of the Lord’s disciples listed in 3 Nephi 19:4—Timothy—seems to be Greek in origin. Is there an explanation for the appearance of a Greek name in the Book of Mormon?" Ensign 22, no. 10 (1992): 53-54.
Ricks, Stephen D.. "Proper Names from the Small Plates: Some Notes on the Personal Names Zoram, Jarom, Omni, and Mosiah." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship 41 (2020): 233-240.
Ricks, Stephen D.. Mormon Scholars Testify: Stephen D. Ricks. Mormon Scholars Testify, 2010.
Ricks, Stephen D.. "Converging Paths: Language and Cultural Notes on the Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Book of Mormon." In Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson and John W. Welch, 389-419. Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 2002.
Ricks, Stephen D., and John A. Tvedtnes. "The Hebrew Origin of Three Book of Mormon Place-Names." In Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, edited by John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne, 88-92. Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999.
Ricks, Stephen D.. "A Nickname and a Slam Dunk: Notes on the Book of Mormon Names Zeezrom and Jershon." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 8 (2014): 191-194.
Roper, Matthew. "Unanswered Mormon Scholars." FARMS Review of Books 9, no. 1 (1997): 87-145.
Roper, Matthew. Howlers In The Book Of Mormon In BMAF-BMC Book of Mormon Conference. Provo, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2017.
Russell, Collin Charles. "Meeting Zoram." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 24 (2017): 11-26.
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"Seeking Agreement on the Meaning of Book of Mormon Names." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 28-29, 77.
Szink, Terry L.. "The Personal Name 'Alma' at Ebla." Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel 1, no. 1 (2000): 53-56.
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Tvedtnes, John A., John Gee, and Matthew Roper. "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 40-51, 78-79.
Tvedtnes, John A.. "Lehi and Sariah Comments." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 9, no. 1 (2000): 37, 77.
Tvedtnes, John A.. "What's in a Name? A Look at the Book of Mormon Onomasticon." FARMS Review of Books 8, no. 2 (1996): 34-42.
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Urrutia, Benjamin. "The Name Connection." New Era 13, no. 6 (1983): 38-41.
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Newsletter and Proceedings of the S.E.H.A., no. 141 (December 1977), Edited by Bruce W. Warren and Ruth R. Christensen. Vol. 141. Provo, UT: Society for Early Historic Archaeology, Brigham Young University, 1977.
Welch, John W.. "What Was a "Mosiah"?" In Reexploring the Book of Mormon, edited by John W. Welch, 105-107. Provo, UT/Salt Lake City: FARMS/Deseret Book, 1992.
Wilcox, Brad, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Bruce L. Brown, and Sharon Black. "Comparing Book of Mormon Names with Those Found in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Works: An Exploratory Study." Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture 30 (2018): 105-124.
Wilcox, Brad, Bruce L. Brown, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Sharon Black, and Dennis L. Eggett. "Comparing Phonemic Patterns in Book of Mormon Personal Names with Fictional and Authentic Sources: An Exploratory Study." Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship, 33 (2019): 105-122.