[rogueleader]

This seems worthy of attention.

[drstevej]

***Yet, I am concerned ***

Don't be.

[newberger]

Relax, my friend, this is nonsense.

Paul

[Taiwan Bocks]

Anybody know Kerry's Skull and Bones nickname?

[malakhi]

It is generally acknowledged that the name Coniah is equivalent to the names Cohen, Kahane, Katz, and Kohn.

...by those who don't know anything about Judaism or Hebrew.

[DonQ]

It is generally acknowledged that the name Coniah is equivalent to the names Cohen, Kahane, Katz, and Kohn.

I'd like to see who "generally acknowledges" this nonsense. The Bible itself makes clear that Coniah is a shortened version of the name Jeconiah and he is the same person (First Chron 3:16-17, Jeremiah 24:1, 27:20, etc.). He is the son of King Jehoiahim, and apparently he was also known by a name awkwardly similar to his father's (Jeremiah 52:31) which may explain the frequent use of an alternate name to identify him.

To be a cohen, he'd have to be a patrilineal descendant of Aaron and it appears, that as King Johaiahim's son, he positively was not a cohen.

On the other hand, he was an ancestor of Jesus (Matthew 1:11-12), which, despite being defeated by the Babylonians, is something to brag about.