[B-Greek] Jacob and James

James Ernest jdemail at charter.net
Tue Mar 2 19:21:11 EST 2004


For a bit more on this off-topic but vitally interesting topic, see
http://www.livingtorah.org/journal/archives/2003/09/20/slandering_king_i
akobos.html

Yaakov Jacobus Jacomus Jacques James Ernest



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> Bart, the name James  in the KJV comes from the Greek name 
> IAKWBOS (Jacobus) which is a Hellenized form of  IAKWB (Jacob). 
> I don't think King James of England had the name James placed in 
> the KJV for the sake of his memory. James was already in use 
> among the English prior to the KJV. I believe James is an 
> Anglicized form of Jacobus. Best regards,
> 
> Tony Costa
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> > From: Bart Torbert <Bart.Torbert at ihsenergy.com>
> > Date: 2004/02/28 Sat PM 01:12:51 EST
> > To: "Tony Costa" <tmcos at rogers.com>
> > Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Jacob and James
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> > Also I have heard that the name "James" is used in the KJV
> version when it
> > should read "Jacob", just so that King James who sponsored the
> project
> > would have his name in the bible.  Is this so?
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> > Bart
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> > 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?
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> > Tony Costa
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