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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