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Names of the Gospels
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wawawa

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October 8, 2019 - 3:05 pm

I just realized something.

No body in the Middle East now and probably then in the 1st century name their sons, Mark,  Mathew, Luke & John.

These are European names.

What would this imply or suggest?

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godspell

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October 8, 2019 - 3:30 pm

That you’re assuming the names were always spelled and pronounced that way.   They weren’t.  In Greek and Hebrew, of course, they couldn’t be spelled the same way, because those languages don’t use the Latin alphabet. 

People have a tendency to ask message forums before they ask Google, and I don’t really understand that, since Google is so non-judgmental.  🙄

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Obviously the popularity of the names was impacted by Christianity, at least in some places.  But those were all names that parents did give their children in the Middle East.  Just not in the forms western people are familiar with.  Of which there are more than one.  Like Peter is also (copy/pastes from internet) Boutros, Par, Peder, Pedro, Pekka, Per, Petar, Pete, Peterson, Petr, Petre, Petros, Petrov, Pierce, Piero, Pierre, Piet, Pieter, Pietro, Piotr and Pyotr.  (Hmmph. Leaves out the Irish ‘Peadar’). 

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Judith

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October 8, 2019 - 5:32 pm

godspell said
That you’re assuming the names were always spelled and pronounced that way.   They weren’t.  In Greek and Hebrew, of course, they couldn’t be spelled the same way, because those languages don’t use the Latin alphabet. 

People have a tendency to ask message forums before they ask Google, and I don’t really understand that, since Google is so non-judgmental.  🙄

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Obviously the popularity of the names was impacted by Christianity, at least in some places.  But those were all names that parents did give their children in the Middle East.  Just not in the forms western people are familiar with.  Of which there are more than one.  Like Peter is also (copy/pastes from internet) Boutros, Par, Peder, Pedro, Pekka, Per, Petar, Pete, Peterson, Petr, Petre, Petros, Petrov, Pierce, Piero, Pierre, Piet, Pieter, Pietro, Piotr and Pyotr.  (Hmmph. Leaves out the Irish ‘Peadar’).   

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