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Source:Echoes:Ch12:11:Paanchi
Egyptian Name: Paanchi
Egyptian Name "P-nkhi" and the Book of Mormon Name "Paanchi"
Parry, Peterson and Welch:
Paanchi. Among those who contended unsuccessfully for the judgment seat was Paanchi (see Helaman 1:3, 7, 8). Egyptologist Gnther Vittmann, in an article on the name P-nkhi (pronounced "Pi'ankhi" or "Pa'ankhi"), indicates that it is a Twenty-Fifth-Dynasty royal name of Meroitic origin. [1] Even critics of the Book of Mormon concede that this name is indisputably Egyptian in provenance. [2]
Notes
- ↑ Günther Vittmann, "Zur Lesung des Königsnamens P'nkhj" (On the reading of the royal name P-nkhj), Orientalia 43 (1974): 12–16. In a personal communication, John Gee informs me that the reading of the royal name as P-nkhj is disputed—Vittmann's article itself is part of that dispute—but that the name is clearly attested in nonroyal contexts at an earlier period. Cited in Stephen D. Ricks, "Converging Paths: Language and Cultural Notes on the Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Book of Mormon," in Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2002), Chapter 12, references silently removed—consult original for citations.
- ↑ Stephen D. Ricks, "Converging Paths: Language and Cultural Notes on the Ancient Near Eastern Background of the Book of Mormon," in Echoes and Evidences of the Book of Mormon, edited by Donald W. Parry, Daniel C. Peterson, and John W. Welch (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 2002), Chapter 12, references silently removed—consult original for citations.