Hebrew Names Don't Seem to Decline in Philo

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Secret Alias
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Hebrew Names Don't Seem to Decline in Philo

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Interesting. Nor in the NT https://biblehub.com/greek/2384.htm
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Jax
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Not quite. Ἰωάννης does.
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I meant Biblical names. Joshua does of course. But most Biblical names.
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Also Μαθθαῖος
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Secret Alias wrote: Mon Apr 18, 2022 7:49 am I meant Biblical names. Joshua does of course. But most Biblical names.
Got ya. Like Ἰσαὰκ. 👍
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Ok, just spent a couple days going through Josephus and it looks like he is using Greek declination for all Jewish names, old and new.

@ SA, what source for Philo are you using? I would like to check it out.
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