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Daily Archives: January 25, 2011

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If They Got the Names Right…

Apologetics, Historical JesusBy Craig SmithJanuary 25, 2011Leave a comment

by Craig A. Smith, Ph.D. So here’s an interesting set of observations to mull over. According to Tal Ilan, who studied Jewish inscriptions from 330 BC to 200 AD, the most popular names for Jewish men in first century Palestine were as follows (with the number of individuals known to have had that name): 243…

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