Book of Mormon Central: KnoWhy

Were Any Ancient Israelite Women Named Sariah? (1x8)

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The Book of Mormon has been vindicated in two major ways with this evidence. First, it has been vindicated in its use of Sariah as a personal Semitic name shortly before and after the Jewish exile of the 6th century BC. Second, and more importantly, the Book of Mormon has been vindicated in presenting Sariah as a feminine personal name. “That we can now identify . . . the Jewish/Hebrew name Sariah in the Elephantine Papyri,” Chadwick concludes, “represents [a] significant step forward in corroborating the authenticity of [a] heretofore unique Book of Mormon name.” That this evidence was only available long after Joseph Smith published the Book of Mormon makes this corroboration all the more convincing.