Corpus-Paul

["Stephen C. Carlson" <scarlson AT mindspring.com>]

At 03:56 PM 9/26/02 -0700, Richard Fellows wrote:
>>In Acts it seems to
>>be Luke’s style to indicate where variant names are used. E.g. Joseph /
>>Barsabbas (1:13); Joseph / Barnabas (4:36); Peter / Simon (10:5,18,32;
>>11:13); John / Mark (12:12,25; 15:3); Simon / Niger (13:1); Bar-Jesus /
>>Elymas (13:6,8); Paul / Saul (13:9); Judas / Barsabbas (15:22).
>
>All we can say is that Luke sometimes specifically indicates that an
>individual had two names.

I would add that a lot of these examples are not apposite to the
Crispus/Sosthenes issue.  Joseph, Simon, John, and Judas were
very common names at the time and their frequency often demanded
a distinguishing name.  Even so, the person was often still known
by the original name.  This really leaves only Bar-Jesus/Elymas
and Paul/Saul as possible counter-examples.

Interestingly enough, the case of Bar-Jesus/Elymas has parallels
to the Crispus/Sosthenes situation.  In both instances, the
person's position is repeated with the new name: Acts 13:6 TINA
MAGOS ... hWi ONOMA BARIHSOU, v8 ELUMAS hO MAGOS; 18:8 KRISPOS
DE hO ARXISUNAGWGHS, v17 SWSQENHN TON ARXISUNAGWGON.

Stephen Carlson
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