Boaz Variant: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:35, 29 April 2016

Variant spelling of BOAZ

P: Beaz > Boaz/Beaz
1830: Beaz
1837-1981: Boaz
Discussion: The scribes often wrote their o's so they looked like e's, so it is difficult to decide which word was intended. The 1837 edition has Boaz though, after the biblical name, so that is the more likely choice.

Source: ATV 6:3597, 3622-23.

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-Variant spelling of [[BOAZ]]
+Variant spelling of [[BOAZ|B<small>OAZ</small>]]
--Mormon 4:20
+==[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/morm/4.20?lang=eng#19 Mormon 4:20]==
+* [[Printer's Manuscript of the Book of Mormon.|P]]: Beaz > Boaz/Beaz
+* 1830: Beaz
+* 1837-1981: Boaz
+* Discussion: The scribes often wrote their <i>o</i>'s so they looked like <i>e</i>'s, so it is difficult to decide which word was intended. The 1837 edition has Boaz though, after the biblical name, so that is the more likely choice.
-P: Beaz > Boaz/Beaz
+Source: ''[[Royal Skousen, Analysis of Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon. 6 Parts. Provo, Utah: FARMS, Brigham Young University, 2004-2009.|ATV]]'' 6:3597, 3622-23.
-A: Beaz
-B: Boaz  1837 – 1981 RLDS 1908
-Discussion: The scribes often wrote their o's so they looked like e's, so it is difficult to decide which word 	was intended. The 1837 edition has Boaz though, after the biblical name, so that is the more likely choice
-Summary: Skousen accepts Boaz
-Source: ATV 6:3597, 3622-23
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