names of children in the "Apocalypse of Moses"

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Secret Alias
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Re: names of children in the "Apocalypse of Moses"

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I can't for the life of me think of how you would translate ἀδιάφορα into Hebrew or Aramaic. Note that Bar Serapion uses the Greek term. Maybe the reason the text became corrupted is that it was preserved by a scribe who didn't know Greek. It would make sense to call Cain 'indifferent' because of "am I my brother's watcher?"
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
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fieldfarmer38
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Re: names of children in the "Apocalypse of Moses"

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Thanks Ben.
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Re: names of children in the "Apocalypse of Moses"

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Thanks Secret Alias, that's an interesting insight.
andrewcriddle
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Re: names of children in the "Apocalypse of Moses"

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Secret Alias wrote:It would be funny is the name is a corruption of adiaphoros - the one name you can't imagine a parent naming one of their kids! :confusedsmiley:
There are some odd parents around.
banned baby names

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