And the angel said unto me. "Behold these shall dwindle in unbelief" 1 Nephi 12:22
And the angel said unto me. "Behold these shall dwindle in unbelief" 1 Nephi 12:22
Posted: Wednesday 08 April 2026 ( 3 hours ago )
I've started a new section to the SAB entitled "Scripture Comparisons," where I compare the way various topics are treated in the Bible, Quran, and Mormon Scriptures.
I've completed about 26 so far. This is the most recent one.
I haven't tried to count the number of named women in the Bible, but others have. It is not a simple task, however, since different names are sometimes used for the same woman, and different women sometimes have the same name. So the number of named women varies somewhat from study to study. The number from studies reported in Wikipedia vary from 111 to 170.
Since there are approximately 3000 named men in the Bible, somewhere between 4 and 6 percent of the named individuals in the Bible are women.
Only one woman is named in the Quran: Mary, the mother of Jesus.
She is mentioned 39 times and has a surah named after her - Surah 19. (The Bible mentions her by name only 19 times.)
Since there are about 30 men mentioned by name in the Quran, approximately 3% are women.
Eight women are named in the Mormon Scriptures, three of which are biblical characters
Since there are over 200 named men in the Book of Mormon, about 1.5% of the named individuals are women. (2.7% if you include the biblical and Doctrine and Covenants women.)
