James 1:13

Lynn Trapp rltrapp at bluebunny.com
Wed Jul 12 10:11:41 EDT 2000


 
> Last question: IAKWBOS
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> Why is this James, and not Jacob?

  It's one of the quirks of the etymology of the English name James. It
seems most likely to have come from French as a derivation of the Latin form
of the name JACOMUS. The confusing thing is that English has kept both
names--James and Jacob. Perhaps the original English translators were trying
to avoid confusion with the famous patriarch when they chose James.

Lynn Trapp

> Thank you,
> 
> Mark Wilson
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