[B-Greek] Jacob and James

Arie Dirkzwager dirkzwager at pandora.be
Sat Feb 28 03:51:02 EST 2004


Dear Tony,

Flavius Josephus calls (e.g.) the patriarchs Jacob and Joseph IAKWBOS and
IWSHPOS. Therefore I think that using Greek additions like -OS is a sign of
adaptation to the Greek environment.

For people who use Jacob and Joseph for the patriarchs these names are
familiar from the religious realm of the Old Testament. These Jacob and
Joseph did not live in a Greek environment.
If those people use Jacobus and Josep(h)us for living people it is a sign
that those Jacobs and Josephs usually got a name with -OS in the Greek
world.

Arie

Dr. A. Dirkzwager
Hoeselt, Belgium
e-mail dirkzwager at pandora.be

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "Tony Costa" <tmcos at rogers.com>
Aan: <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Verzonden: zaterdag 28 februari 2004 7:34
Onderwerp: [B-Greek] Jacob and James


Dear Friends, when the NT alludes to the patriarch Jacob it renders the name
IAKWB (eg. Heb.11:21). However, when it mentions James, it uses IAKWBOS (eg.
Matt.13:55; James 1:1) Why does the NT render this name differently by
adding OS to the end of IAKWB thus giving us IAKWBOS? Why did it not simply
use IAKWB?

Tony Costa
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