[B-Greek] When was the word "John" first used?
Carl Conrad
cwconrad2 at mac.com
Mon Dec 3 14:10:38 EST 2007
On Dec 3, 2007, at 1:13 PM, Raymond Custer wrote:
> The "Koran" states that the word "John" was first used in history
> for John The Baptist. I ran it on my software of the Bible which
> included the Greek Septuagint and so far have not found them wrong.
> Would someone who has the ability to search outside Scripture see if
> you can find an example of the greek or Hebrew word for "John" used
> prior to the Birth of John The Baptist. I could not search the
> Hebrew Old testament. Thanks for your help.
I just did a search for IWANNHS in the LXX and got 15 hits -- to be
sure, all of them are late (1 Esdras, 1-2 Maccabees). There is no
Hebrew text for these.
Carl W. Conrad
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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