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= By Robert F. Smith =
John L. Sorenson once asked:<br/>
:One wonders what considerations led Alma the younger to give two, ... of his sons Jaredite names: Shiblon and Corianton... Perhaps they had been born and received their names during Alma's “idolatrous” phase (see [https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/mosiah/27.8?lang=eng Mosiah 27:8]). I suppose that the idolatrous cult in which he was involved was old, ultimately Jaredite-derived, and common in Nephite society, in the broad sense, thanks to transmission through elements among the people of Zarahemla.<ref>Sorenson, “When Lehi's Party Arrive in the Land, Did They Find Others There?” ''Journal of Book of Mormon Studies'', 1 (Fall 1992):1-34, n. 15. </ref>
 
Nine of the strongest indications of this pattern are listed in the following table:
 
{| border="1"
| align="center"|Jaredite
| align="center"|Mulekite-Nephite-Lamanite
|-
| AHAH (Ether 1:9, 11:10)||AHA (Alma 16:5-6)
|-
|CORIANTOR (Ether 1:6, 11:18-23), CORIANTUM (Ether 1:13,27, 9:21, 10:31)||CORIANTON (Alma 31:7 – 63:10)
|-
|CORIANTUMR (Ether 8:4-6, 12:1 - 15:32, Omni 21)||CORIANTUMR (Helaman 1:15-30)
|-
|CORIHOR (Ether 7:3-15, 13:17,14:27-28)||KORIHOR (Alma 30:6-59)
|-
|MORIANTON (Ether 1:22-23, 10:9-13)||MORIONTON (Alma 50:25-36, 51:1,26,55:33, 59:5), MORIANTUM<ref>ref 2</ref> (Moroni 9:9-15)
|-
|MORON (Ether 1:7-8, 7:5-6,17, 11:14-18,14:6,11)||MORONI (Alma 43 – 63), MORONIHAH (Alma 62:43 – Helaman 4:20; 3 Nephi 8:10,25, 9:5, Mormon 6:14)
|-
|NEHOR (Ether 7:4,9)||NEHOR (Alma 1:15, 2:1, 14:16,18, 16:11,21:4,24:28-29)
|-
|SHIBLOM / SHIBLON (Ether 1:11-12, 11:4-9)||SHIBLON<ref>ref 3</ref>(Alma 11:15,19, 31:7 - 63:17),SHIBLOM (Mormon 6:14)
|-
|SHIM (Ether 9:1)||SHIM (Mormon 1:3)
|-
|}
 
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Revision as of 16:16, 6 April 2017

By Robert F. Smith

John L. Sorenson once asked:

One wonders what considerations led Alma the younger to give two, ... of his sons Jaredite names: Shiblon and Corianton... Perhaps they had been born and received their names during Alma's “idolatrous” phase (see Mosiah 27:8). I suppose that the idolatrous cult in which he was involved was old, ultimately Jaredite-derived, and common in Nephite society, in the broad sense, thanks to transmission through elements among the people of Zarahemla.[1]

Nine of the strongest indications of this pattern are listed in the following table:

Jaredite Mulekite-Nephite-Lamanite
AHAH (Ether 1:9, 11:10) AHA (Alma 16:5-6)
CORIANTOR (Ether 1:6, 11:18-23), CORIANTUM (Ether 1:13,27, 9:21, 10:31) CORIANTON (Alma 31:7 – 63:10)
CORIANTUMR (Ether 8:4-6, 12:1 - 15:32, Omni 21) CORIANTUMR (Helaman 1:15-30)
CORIHOR (Ether 7:3-15, 13:17,14:27-28) KORIHOR (Alma 30:6-59)
MORIANTON (Ether 1:22-23, 10:9-13) MORIONTON (Alma 50:25-36, 51:1,26,55:33, 59:5), MORIANTUM[2] (Moroni 9:9-15)
MORON (Ether 1:7-8, 7:5-6,17, 11:14-18,14:6,11) MORONI (Alma 43 – 63), MORONIHAH (Alma 62:43 – Helaman 4:20; 3 Nephi 8:10,25, 9:5, Mormon 6:14)
NEHOR (Ether 7:4,9) NEHOR (Alma 1:15, 2:1, 14:16,18, 16:11,21:4,24:28-29)
SHIBLOM / SHIBLON (Ether 1:11-12, 11:4-9) SHIBLON[3](Alma 11:15,19, 31:7 - 63:17),SHIBLOM (Mormon 6:14)
SHIM (Ether 9:1) SHIM (Mormon 1:3)
  1. Sorenson, “When Lehi's Party Arrive in the Land, Did They Find Others There?” Journal of Book of Mormon Studies, 1 (Fall 1992):1-34, n. 15.
  2. ref 2
  3. ref 3