medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> Forgive me for being a bit grumpy about the following
> statement, which Terri probably found in the source
> materials cited for the 10 January saints list:
> "Nikanor (d. c76) was Jewish, despite his Greek name."
> Most Greek speaking Jews of whom we know had Greek names,
> and probably the majority of Jews at that time were Greek
> speaking. So the "despite" simply preserves an old image
> that sets up a false dichotomy between "Jews" and "Greeks."
> We would do well to find other ways to make whatever point
> was intended -- in the tradition, he was of course also
> a follower of Jesus (another Jew, known by a Grecianized
> name, Jesus, and a Greek title, "Christos").
> Bob Kraft, UPenn Emeritus
I had rather disliked the phrasing myself but was at a loss as to how to
say, "this man, who was Jewish, is known by the Greek name..." without it
also sounding as though there were other names I was omitting. If you have a
suggestion for better phrasing, I would appreciate reading it so I can
modify my notes. (It's too late to modify the entry in the archives, isn't
it?)
Terri
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