IOKOBOS to JAMES

Cal Redmond kuyacal at netscape.net
Tue Aug 6 09:55:01 EDT 2002


Yes, here in the Philippines James is also called Santiago due to 400 
years of Spanish rule.  And I agree that James is a difficult stretch, 
which prompted my question.  I didn't know so many people would find it 
interesting.

Cal Redmond
Professor of New Testament
The International School of Theology-Asia
Manila, The Philippines

ctripp at ptialaska.net wrote:

>I went and looked up James in a spanish bible and as it turns out, it is
>Santiago.  I believe the -iago part of the word is what comes from the greek
>IOKOBOS.  Of the three, James, Jacques and -iago, from IOCABOS, James seems
>to me to be the biggest stretch.
>
>Chuck Tripp
>Kodiak, Alaska
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