I realized one day that many English proper names of today were once derived from very traditional Jewish names.
Few examples below:
Daniel
Esther
Hannah
Nathan
Josh
Samuel
Simon
Peter
David
On the same day, I asked myself the question: would Jewish people find it weird that a significant number of people in western civilizations are giving their kids Jewish names (rather than a name like as Frank, Clive or Melvin)?
I didn't really find it weird, until I imagined an American couple naming their first child Confucius (a Chinese derivative). Now that would be weird (!!)
I assume that you are Chinese, if you're reading this post.
2 comments:
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It seems to make enough sense when you lay out religions and nations in a flowchart. Then there's the fact that every second Arab dude is a Mohammed, plus the shared root node of religion means there's Ibrahims floating about too.
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