Gender in the Book of Mormon

[_Maksutov]

According to a recent meme on exmoreddit, there are 201 men named in the Book of Mormon. There are 3 women named in the Book of Mormon.

Thoughts?

[_Physics Guy]

What's the ratio in the Bible? I'm sure there are more named men than named women but I don't think the ratio is nearly so high.

What about other ancient texts? Or early 19th century texts?

[_cacheman]

The doctrine and covenants mention Emma Smith (not necessarily in a positive light) As far as I know, there are no other women named. There is a reference to Joseph Smith's mother, but she is not named. Are any other women named?

I''ve always wondered why women aren't mentioned in OD2. It talks about black men now being able to receive the priesthood. I guess it's just assumed that the temple blessings for black women (and children) were also revealed. Was the lack of revelation regarding women just an oversight?

-cacheman

[_Maksutov]

What's the ratio in the Bible? I'm sure there are more named men than named women but I don't think the ratio is nearly so high.

What about other ancient texts? Or early 19th century texts?

Good questions. Depends on how you define the characters.

Here's another difference between the Book of Mormon/Mormonism and the Bible:

Huldah (Hebrew: חֻלְדָּה) was a prophet mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in 2 Kings 22:14–20 and 2 Chronicles 34:22–28. According to Jewish tradition, she was one of the "seven prophetesses", with Sarah, Miriam, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail and Esther.

[_Fence Sitter]

According to a recent meme on exmoreddit, there are 201 men named in the Book of Mormon. There are 3 women named in the Book of Mormon.

Thoughts?

Clearly this is because the names of those other women are too sacred to speak.

[_cacheman]

According to a recent meme on exmoreddit, there are 201 men named in the Book of Mormon. There are 3 women named in the Book of Mormon.

Thoughts?

Clearly this is because the names of those other women are too sacred to speak.

I think you're on to something. In fact, If I recall correctly, Hugh Nibley said only 2 of the 3 were personal names..... Isabel was simply a descriptor applied to all harlots (jezebels). Clearly her personal name was kept in sacred secretiveness.

-cacheman

[_Brackite]

I believe that Nephi's wife was mentioned in the missing 116 pages. From the Tanners:

While Nephi's reluctance to name his wife could be explained by the theory that the author of the Book of Mormon was not really interested in the things of women, the fact that Nephi does not name any of his own children (see 1 Nephi 18:19), the children of his brothers, nor the children of Ishmael fits well with our idea that he was trying to suppress names so that he would not contradict the missing 116 pages if they should come forth. Nephi does inform us that Ishmael and his own brothers had male children, but he does not give their names. Those who examine later portions of the Book of Mormon will see that Nephi's silence is inconsistent with the rest of the book. For example, just as we come out of the black hole, we find this reference in Mosiah 1:1: "... king Benjamin ... had three sons; and he called their names Mosiah, and Helorum, and Helaman."


http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no72.htm

[_moksha]

According to a recent meme on exmoreddit, there are 201 men named in the Book of Mormon. There are 3 women named in the Book of Mormon.

Thoughts?

The database of female names stored in the seer stone had become damaged due to the sedimentary process.

[_Quasimodo]

According to a recent meme on exmoreddit, there are 201 men named in the Book of Mormon. There are 3 women named in the Book of Mormon.

Thoughts?

The database of female names stored in the seer stone had become damaged due to the sedimentary process.