[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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