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Abish (Book of Mormon) bibliography

 * https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/maxwell-institute-series-helps-readers-see-the-book-of-mormon-through-new-eyes?lang=eng
 * Spencer, Joseph M. "The Presentation of Gender in the Book of Mormon: A Review of Literature." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 29 (2020): 231-63. Accessed November 4, 2020. doi:10.5406/jbookmormstud2.29.2020.0231.
 * "A Book of Mormon Bibliography for 2018." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 28 (2019): 310-16. Accessed November 4, 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jbookmormstud2.28.2019.0310.
 * Susanna Morrill. "Women and the Book of Mormon: The Creation and Negotiation of a Latter-day Saint Tradition." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 26 (2017): 82-105. Accessed November 4, 2020. doi:10.18809/jbms.2017.0103.
 * Camille S. Williams. "Women in the Book of Mormon: Inclusion, Exclusion, & Interpretation." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (1992-2007) 11, no. 1 (2002): 66-79. Accessed November 4, 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5406/jbookmormstud.11.1.0066.
 * Tvedtnes, John A., John Gee, and Matthew Roper. "Book of Mormon Names Attested in Ancient Hebrew Inscriptions." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies (1992-2007) 9, no. 1 (2000): 40-79. Accessed November 4, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44758905.

Recent Theological/Cultural Reception
Abish began to be discussed in earnest in LDS scholarship of this century. An article in the Journal of Book of Mormon Studies cites her name as one of many examples of Book of Mormon names that also show up in ancient Hebrew writings. Another article of the same journal discusses how the story of Abish in the Book of Mormon proves that the Book of Mormon is not sexist or misogynist, despite very few explicit mentions of women. However, both of these treatments are more apologetic in nature than academic in that their primary goal is to defend the ethics and truth of the Book of Mormon through their discussion of Abish.

More recent studies have cast Abish as a central hero of the Lamanite conversion narrative. Kylie Turley dedicates a chapter-length conclusion to Abish, presenting her all at once as a quiet, underprivileged woman who nevertheless speaks what she believes and thereby changes the course of a history that ceases to mention her.