{"id":104054,"date":"2024-03-01T15:01:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=104054"},"modified":"2024-03-01T15:01:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:01:19","slug":"kingly-names-kingly-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2024\/03\/kingly-names-kingly-ambitions.html","title":{"rendered":"“Kingly Names, Kingly Ambitions”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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A page from a Rosh Hashanah prayerbook with Hebrew \u05de\u05dc\u05da\u200e (melekh) in large red text
(Wikimedia Commons public domain image).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cProper Names and Political Claims: Semitic Echoes as Foundations for Claims to the Nephite Throne,\u201d<\/a> written by Lyle H. Hamblin<\/a><\/p>\n

Abstract: <\/strong>The Book of Mormon contains examples of phonemes in character names that resemble Semitic root words. The possible meanings of the names and their timing in the Book of Mormon narrative provide a deeper level of context to the Nephite political challenges in the books of Mosiah through 3\u00a0Nephi. Specifically, the English phonemes for the Hebrew and Arabic root-word for \u201cking,\u201d M-L-K, appear in character names in the Book of Mormon narrative when the people of Zarahemla, who were descended from Mulek, the last king of Judah, are discovered by the Nephites in the book of Omni. \u201cKing\u201d names then appear frequently during the time in the narrative in which there are attempts to reestablish a\u00a0monarchy during the early reign of the judges. \u201cKing\u201d names disappear after \u201cMoroni put an end to those king-men, that there were not any known by the appellation of king-men\u201d (Alma 51:21, 62:9). The presence and timing of these \u201cking\u201d names suggests that the Mulekite claim to the local Israelite throne resonated rhetorically through Nephite politics for over a century and was violently contested in the multiple civil and external wars in the books of Alma through 3 Nephi.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cInterpreting Interpreter<\/em>: Kingly Names; Kingly Ambitions,\u201d<\/a> written by Kyler Rasmussen<\/a><\/p>\n

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This post is a summary of the article \u201cProper Names and Political Claims: Semitic Echoes as Foundations for Claims to the Nephite Throne<\/a>\u201d by Lyle H. Hamblin in Volume 60 of Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship<\/em>. All of the Interpreting Interpreter<\/em> articles may be seen at https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/category\/summaries\/<\/a>. An introduction to the Interpreting Interpreter<\/em> series is available at https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/interpreting-interpreter-on-abstracting-thought\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Takeaway:<\/strong> Hamblin identifies the names in the Book of Mormon that appear to be related to the root M-L-K\u2014meaning \u201cking\u201d in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic\u2014outlining and cautioning against the often-monarchical ambitions of these figures, which begin with the appearance of the Mulekites and end with Moroni\u2019s purge of the king-men.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Incidentally, the Interpreter website is so inactive, and the Interpreter Foundation so unproductive, that it\u2019s really difficult for me not to fall behind in calling attention to the latest Interpreter developments. \u00a0But I\u2019m going to try to catch up today, now that I\u2019m finally back home and trying to settle back into a productive routine. \u00a0Accordingly, here are three additional recent items that I had not yet called to your notice:<\/p>\n

Hugh Nibley Observed<\/em>: \u201cAbout the Portrait of Hugh Nibley,\u201d by Rebecca Fechser Everett<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rebecca Fechser Everett says in Hugh Nibley Observed<\/em> of her portrait of Hugh Nibley \u201cI have enjoyed the whole process of creating this portrait from thought to finish. I\u2019ve developed the piece to attempt to include as many images as I could associate with Brother Nibley and his life\u2019s interests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in Hugh Nibley Observed<\/em>, edited by Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Shirley S. Ricks, and Stephen T. Whitlock. For more information, go to https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/books\/hugh-nibley-observed\/<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Conference Talks: Centralizing Scriptural Resources, <\/em>2020 Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Conference\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ryan Dahle spoke about \u201cCentralizing Scriptural Resources\u201d at the Tracing Ancient Threads in the Book of Moses Conference on Saturday, 19 September 2020.<\/p>\n

All of the conference presentations were filmed, and both video and audio recordings of each presentation are available. Videos, audio recordings and transcripts are available at https:\/\/interpreterfoundation.org\/conferences\/2020-book-of-moses-conference\/papers\/<\/a>. The videos are also available on the Interpreter Foundation YouTube channel at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/theinterpreterfoundation<\/a>. A YouTube playlist is also available at https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLRMn4gyXMWLv7A618LA-cCvxMqWRk8kxI<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interpreter Radio Show \u2014 February 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the 18 February 2024 episode of the Interpreter Radio Show, Bruce Webster and Robert Boylan and Kris Frederickson discussed Come, Follow Me<\/em> Book of Mormon lesson 11, the recent article in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship<\/em> by David M. Belnap and Nalini M. Nadkarni, naturalistic explanations of the Book of Mormon, and the Mountain Meadows Massacre.<\/p>\n

Their conversation was recorded, and it has now been archived, freed from commercial interruptions, and made available online for your listening pleasure. \u00a0 The \u201cNew Testament in Context\u201d portion of this show, for the Come, Follow Me<\/em> Book of Mormon lesson 11, will also be posted separately on Tuesday, 5 March 2024.<\/p>\n

The Interpreter Radio Show can be heard regularly on Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 PM (MDT), on K-TALK, AM 1640, or you can listen live on the Internet at ktalkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And have I mentioned this newly available Interpreter book<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Stephen D. Ricks and Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, eds. T<\/em>he Temple: Symbols, Sermons, and Settings<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Proceedings of the Fourth Interpreter Matthew B. Brown Memorial Conference***
***\n\u201cThe Temple on Mount Zion,\u201d 10 November 2018 \u00a0(Temple on Mount Zion Series 5)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Someday, perhaps \u2014 and to the absolute astonishment of some of my critics \u2014 the Interpreter Foundation will produce something that isn\u2019t mere name-calling and personal attacks intended to injure and wound others. \u00a0I mean, it\u2019s theoretically possible<\/em>. \u00a0Right?<\/p>\n

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At the end of July 2023, these women in eastern Kenya celebrate the delivery to their village of beehives that were provided by donors to the Giving Machines.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n***
** ***In closing, I offer a trio of inflammatory entries from the Christopher Hitchens Memorial \u201cHow Religion Poisons Everything\u201d File<\/em>\u2122:<\/p>\n

\n\u201cRelief Amid Turmoil: Aid to Lebanon\u2019s Displaced: A joint effort by the Church and URDA brings essential supplies to families in need\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\u201cRecord Number of Giving Machine Donations to Bless the World: Millions will be fed, clothed and protected due to selfless donations made during the 2023 holiday season\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\u201cService Stitched With Love: JustServe Volunteer Turns Wedding Gowns Into Tiny Angel Robes: Alabama Latter-day Saint Mary Helen Allred finds joy in using JustServe to continue a legacy of service\u201d<\/a> \u00a0(This one hits home personally.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
** Imagine a world in which there are no longer any religious people to commit such outrages. \u00a0It\u2019s easy, if you try. \u00a0Imagine, above us, that there\u2019s only sky. Imagine all the people living for today<\/em>.<\/p>\n
** As the late Karl Marx (1818-1883) wrote in his 1843 Critique of Hegel\u2019s Philosophy of Right:<\/em><\/p>\n
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** Religious distress is at the same time the expression of real distress and the protest against real distress. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness. The demand to give up the illusion about its condition is the demand to give up a condition which needs illusions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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