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====[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/10.2?lang=eng#1 Alma 10:2]==== | ====[http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/10.2?lang=eng#1 Alma 10:2]==== | ||
* P: Gidanah | |||
* 1830-1981: Giddonah | |||
* Discussion: The 1830 typesetter for some reason changed Gidanah, the spelling in P, to Giddonah. It is highly unlikely that Cowdery would have told the typesetter to change the name based on the later personage (in [http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/30.23?lang=eng#22 Alma 30:23]), or that the typesetter would have made such a decision, since he only had access to 24 pages or so at a time. It is more reasonable to think that he simply misspelled the name. Gidanah is perfectly acceptable, in line with the Book of Mormon name [[RABBANAH|R<small>ABBANAH</small>]]. | |||
Source: ''[[Royal Skousen, Analysis of Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon. 6 Parts. Provo, Utah: FARMS, Brigham Young University, 2004-2009.|ATV]]'' 3:1774; 6:3579. | Source: ''[[Royal Skousen, Analysis of Textual Variants in the Book of Mormon. 6 Parts. Provo, Utah: FARMS, Brigham Young University, 2004-2009.|ATV]]'' 3:1774; 6:3579. | ||
[[Category:Variant Names]] | [[Category:Variant Names]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:24, 18 June 2016
Variant spelling of GIDDONAH/GIDANAH
Alma 10:2
- P: Gidanah
- 1830-1981: Giddonah
- Discussion: The 1830 typesetter for some reason changed Gidanah, the spelling in P, to Giddonah. It is highly unlikely that Cowdery would have told the typesetter to change the name based on the later personage (in Alma 30:23), or that the typesetter would have made such a decision, since he only had access to 24 pages or so at a time. It is more reasonable to think that he simply misspelled the name. Gidanah is perfectly acceptable, in line with the Book of Mormon name RABBANAH.
Source: ATV 3:1774; 6:3579.
