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Ludolf of Saxony makes the meaning of the names of Mary, Elizabeth, Zacharias etc. central to his meditative commentary in part I, ch. 4-5 etc. of his _Vita Jesu Christi_. I could make some of the text available if there is interest.
Dennis Martin
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On "Elizabeth" :
.
I would be interested to know whether medieval commentators on Luke
capitalized on--or even noticed--the significance of these names.
Patrick Nugent
At 01:32 PM 5/23/2001 -0700, you wrote:
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>I am still interested in Elizabeth because as far
> > as I know its not a popular Jewish name. Is it
> > Hebrew?
>
>Both "El" and "beth" are very common morphemes in
>names in the Hebrew Bible, "El" being a version of
>"Yahweh" or "God," "beth" meaning "house." The name
>derives from a Hebrew name, but I don't know what it
>would be. To the best of my knowledge, there are no
>"Elizabeths" in the OT. (However, since Elizabeth
>probably died before Jesus' Resurrection, she would
>likely be considered "of the Old Covenant," as would
>John the Baptist, Joseph and perhaps others whose
>names escape me at present.)
>
>MG
>
>MG
> >
> >
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