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Hebrew Names Don't Seem to Decline in Philo

Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 9:07 am
by Secret Alias
Interesting. Nor in the NT https://biblehub.com/greek/2384.htm

Re: Hebrew Names Don't Seem to Decline in Philo

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 7:46 am
by Jax
Not quite. Ἰωάννης does.

Re: Hebrew Names Don't Seem to Decline in Philo

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 7:49 am
by Secret Alias
I meant Biblical names. Joshua does of course. But most Biblical names.

Re: Hebrew Names Don't Seem to Decline in Philo

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 7:52 am
by Jax
Also Μαθθαῖος

Re: Hebrew Names Don't Seem to Decline in Philo

Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 8:00 am
by Jax
Secret Alias wrote: Mon Apr 18, 2022 7:49 am I meant Biblical names. Joshua does of course. But most Biblical names.
Got ya. Like Ἰσαὰκ. 👍

Re: Hebrew Names Don't Seem to Decline in Philo

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:07 pm
by lclapshaw
Ok, just spent a couple days going through Josephus and it looks like he is using Greek declination for all Jewish names, old and new.

@ SA, what source for Philo are you using? I would like to check it out.