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Abish (Book of Mormon)
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Abish (⫽ˈeɪbɪʃ⫽)[1] is a figure in the Book of Mormon who plays a pivotal role in a missionary narrative. She is one of only three named women unique to the Book of Mormon.
Abish | |
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![]() Alma 19:16, the first mention of Abish in the Book of Mormon | |
Occupation | Servant |
Era | Reign of the Judges (in the Book of Mormon) |
Known for | Reviving the Lamanite royalty |
Abish appears for the first and last time in the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Alma from the Book of Mormon. During the dramatic narrative of the conversion of King Lamoni and the teaching of the Nephite missionary Ammon, Abish plays a pivotal role in publicizing a miraculous spiritual outpouring and then performing another miracle by lifting the Lamanite queen from a death-like trance.
Literary and theological interpretations have read Abish and her narrative as a significant hinge point for the Book of Alma's broader plot, as an element of the book's self-reflexive critique of misogyny, as a divine subversion of human hierarchies, and as a messianic parallel to Jesus Christ's role in Christianity.