John Hilton III

John Hilton III is an Associate Professor at Brigham Young University and is the author of over 60 peer-reviewed articles. He has a variety of research interests including the Book of Mormon, the processes of learning and teaching religion, and the effect of open educational resources. He has published in several journals including Educational Researcher, Educational Policy Analysis Archives, The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Religious Education, and The Journal of Book of Mormon Studies. John and his wife Lani have six children; his favorite hobby is learning Chinese.

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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 […]

The Word Baptize in the Book of Mormon

by John Hilton III, Jana Johnson | undefined 29 | 06-01-2018

[Page 65]Abstract: The word baptize appears 119 times in the Book of Mormon; three speakers (Jesus Christ, Mormon, and Nephi) account for 87% of all of these usages. Each of these individuals have distinctive patterns in how they use the word baptize, indicating that each speaker has his own unique voice. When one accounts for […]

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