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Etymologies have been proposed but remain largely speculative.
According to Daniel H. Ludlow, it is not clear why the name of the Brother of Jared does not appear in the Book of Mormon. However, the following are possible reasons:
* The Brother of Jared may have omitted his name out of modesty ( John the Beloved did essentially the same thing in the
"The Brother of Jared: An Expert at Learning"
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Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, first published in 1830 by Joseph Smith as ''The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi''.
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, the Brother of Jared is the most prominent person in the account given in the beginning (Chapters 1–6) of the Book of Ether
The Book of Ether () is one of the books of the List of Book of Mormon prophets, Book of Mormon. It describes the Jaredites, descendants of Jared (founder of Jaredites), Jared and his companions, who were led by God to the Americas shortly after ...
. The Brother of Jared's name is not given in the text of the Book of Mormon, but Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith Jr. (December 23, 1805June 27, 1844) was an American religious and political leader and the founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement. Publishing the Book of Mormon at the age of 24, Smith attracted tens of thou ...
stated in 1834 that it was Mahonri Moriancumer.
Name
In an 1835 letter,Oliver Cowdery
Oliver H. P. Cowdery (October 3, 1806 – March 3, 1850) was an American religious leader who, with Joseph Smith, was an important participant in the formative period of the Latter Day Saint movement between 1829 and 1836. He was the first bapt ...
parenthetically gives the name of the brother of Jared as "Moriancumer," which appears in the Book of Ether in the Book of Mormon only as a place name. A later account describes an 1834 statement by Joseph Smith in which he said that the brother of Jared's name had been revealed to him as "Mahonri Moriancumer":
Etymologies have been proposed but remain largely speculative.
According to Daniel H. Ludlow, it is not clear why the name of the Brother of Jared does not appear in the Book of Mormon. However, the following are possible reasons:
* The Brother of Jared may have omitted his name out of modesty ( John the Beloved did essentially the same thing in the Gospel of John
The Gospel of John () is the fourth of the New Testament's four canonical Gospels. It contains a highly schematic account of the ministry of Jesus, with seven "Book of Signs, signs" culminating in the raising of Lazarus (foreshadowing the ...
, which he is traditionally said to have written);
* The Book of Ether is clearly a family record of Jared, not the Brother of Jared; Ether, the final writer and perhaps the abridger of the record, was a descendant of Jared and might naturally have emphasized the achievements of his direct ancestor rather than the brother of his ancestor;
* Moroni may have omitted the name in his abridgment because of difficulty in translating (or "transliterating") the name into the Nephite language;
* In Ancient Rome
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, ''damnatio memoriae
() is a modern Latin phrase meaning "condemnation of memory" or "damnation of memory", indicating that a person is to be excluded from official accounts. Depending on the extent, it can be a case of historical negationism. There are and have b ...
'' meant names were intentionally deleted from the public record. Ancient Egyptian factions also expunged names and statues of heretical rivals. In Ether 11:17–18, a direct descendant of the Brother of Jared, and rival king, is also not named.
See also
*List of names for the biblical nameless
Some people who appear to be unnamed in the Bible have been given names in history and traditions.
Hebrew Bible Serpent of Genesis
Revelation 12 is thought to identify the Serpents in the Bible#Eden, serpent with Satan, unlike the pseudepigraph ...
* Mahonri Young
Mahonri Mackintosh Young (August 9, 1877 – November 2, 1957) was an American social realism, social-realist Sculpture, sculptor and artist. During his lengthy career, he created more than 320 sculptures, 590 oil paintings, 5,500 watercolors, ...
, American sculptor named after the brother of Jared
References
Further reading
* * * {{citation , contribution-url= http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EoM/id/5565 , contribution= Brother of Jared , last= Reeve , first= Rex C. Jr. , pages= 235–236 , editor-last= Ludlow , editor-first= Daniel H , editor-link= Daniel H. Ludlow , year= 1992 , title=Encyclopedia of Mormonism
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, location= New York , publisher= Macmillan Publishing
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, isbn= 0-02-879602-0 , oclc= 24502140
External links
* Henry B. Eyring"The Brother of Jared: An Expert at Learning"
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Ensign
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* Ensign (flag), a flag flown on a vessel to indicate nationality
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Ensign or The Ensign may also refer to:
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