Investigating the roots of western civilization (ye olde BC&H forum of IIDB lives on...)
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What jude77 said. It's a patronym, so kind of a last name.lsayre wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:37 amIsn't Jonah a first name in this context?Stefan Kristensen wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 2:03 am The last name of Peter is apparantly given in Matt 16:17, it is Barjonah.
Now I would love to have the name Woody BarWilly.jude77 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:28 pmYes, "Jonah" is a first name, but people back then didn't have last names like we do. Instead, someone's "last name" was their father's name. So if your name was "Woody", and your father's name was "Willy", you'd be known as "Woody son of Willy". In Aramaic the word "Bar" (as in Bar-jonah) means "son of", so "Simon Bar-Jonah" would mean "Simon son of Jonah". "lsayre wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:37 amIsn't Jonah a first name in this context?Stefan Kristensen wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 2:03 am The last name of Peter is apparantly given in Matt 16:17, it is Barjonah.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Well said!!!!Jax wrote: ↑Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:32 pmNow I would love to have the name Woody BarWilly.jude77 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:28 pmYes, "Jonah" is a first name, but people back then didn't have last names like we do. Instead, someone's "last name" was their father's name. So if your name was "Woody", and your father's name was "Willy", you'd be known as "Woody son of Willy". In Aramaic the word "Bar" (as in Bar-jonah) means "son of", so "Simon Bar-Jonah" would mean "Simon son of Jonah". "lsayre wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:37 amIsn't Jonah a first name in this context?Stefan Kristensen wrote: ↑Sun Jun 10, 2018 2:03 am The last name of Peter is apparantly given in Matt 16:17, it is Barjonah.