Brad Wilcox

Brad Wilcox is an associate professor in the Department of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University, where he teaches Book of Mormon and New Testament classes. His research interests include learning and teaching, literacy, and onomastics (the study of names). He loves being able to combine any of these interests with the Book of Mormon.

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Gentiles in the Book of Mormon

by John Hilton III, Ryan Sharp, Brad Wilcox, Jaron Hansen | undefined 33 | 09-20-2019

[Page 267]Abstract: The word Gentiles appears 141 times in the Book of Mormon (the singular Gentile appears only five times.) It appears more frequently than key words such as baptize, resurrection, Zion, and truth. The word Gentiles does not appear with equal frequency throughout the Book of Mormon; in fact, it appears in only five […]

Comparing Phonemic Patterns
in Book of Mormon Personal Names
with Fictional and Authentic Sources:
An Exploratory Study

by Brad Wilcox, Bruce L. Brown, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Sharon Black, Dennis L. Eggett | undefined 33 | 07-26-2019

[Page 105]Abstract: In 2013 we published a study examining names from Solomon Spalding’s fictional manuscript, J. R. R. Tolkien’s fictional works, and nineteenth-century US census records. Results showed names created by authors of fiction followed phonemic patterns that differed from those of authentic names from a variety of cultural origins found in the US census. The current […]

Comparing Book of Mormon Names with Those Found in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Works: An Exploratory Study

by Brad Wilcox, Wendy Baker-Smemoe, Bruce L. Brown, Sharon Black | undefined 30 | 10-19-2018

[Page 105]Abstract: The works of Tolkien and the Book of Mormon have been compared in a variety of ways by multiple authors and researchers, but none have looked specifically at the unusual names found within both. Wordprint studies are one tool used in author attribution research, but do authors use specific sounds more than others […]

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