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Most Desirable Above All Things: Onomastic Play on Mary and Mormon in the Book of Mormon

By Matthew L. Bowen
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By Matthew L. Bowen
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The names Mary and Mormon most plausibly derive from the Egyptian word mr(i), love, desire, [or] wish. Mary denotes beloved [i.e., of deity] and is thus conceptually connected with divine love, while Mormon evidently denotes desire/love is enduring. The text of the Book of Mormon manifests authorial awareness of the meanings of both names, playing on them in multiple instances. Upon seeing Mary (the mother of God, 1 Nephi 11:18, critical text) bearing the infant Messiah in her arms in visio...

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