Article Title

Language and Script in the Book of Mormon

Authors

Stephen D. Ricks

Keywords

Book of Mormon language, Egyptian, Moroni

Abstract

In what language was the Book of Mormon written? The most obvious answer is some form of Egyptian. Moroni states that "we have written this record ... in the characters which are called among us the reformed Egyptian" (Mormon 9:32). Nephi confirms this at the very beginning of the record when he says, "I make a record in the language of my father, which consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the Egyptians" (1 Nephi 1:1).

Recommended Citation

Ricks, Stephen D. (1992) "Language and Script in the Book of Mormon," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 12: No. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol12/iss2/3