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To: djf

It is Miriam. Mary was not even a name at the time, at least in 1st century Palestine. All (or most) of the names in the New Testament are the Greco-Roman versions of their Jewish/Aramaic names. Jesus was Jeshua, Simon likely Shimon, etc. It doesn’t matter substantively. I would like to see a list of NT names as they actually were at the time. I highly doubt that Luke, Mark, Philip, or any of the names we attribute the Apostles or Evangelists were their actual names.


9 posted on 08/03/2012 3:32:26 PM PDT by huckfillary (qual tyo ta)
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To: huckfillary
I highly doubt that Luke, Mark, Philip, or any of the names we attribute the Apostles or Evangelists were their actual names.

Luke is more likely than others to be the Holy Evangelist's actual name since he is of Greek origin.

18 posted on 08/03/2012 5:36:26 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: huckfillary

Luke, Mark and Philip were either Roman or Greek names, they may not have been much different: Lucas, Marcus, etc. The Apostle Paul’s name changed from a Hebrew one (Shaul) to a Roman/Latin one.

Yerushaláyim—I like to hear the old/Hebrew way of pronouncing it. It’s sort of hard to explain why. (Jerusalem)


19 posted on 08/03/2012 5:38:27 PM PDT by madison10
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