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Hebrew Names Don't Seem to Decline in Philo
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 9:07 am
by Secret Alias
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.