how do jewish people have english names

[Deleted member 23558]

like in the bible : thomas matthew etc. these all sound english and not jewish. Now I understand this type of name became common in anglo world but it seems more english than hebrew to me. Mary John Peter etc. to give a few more examples

 

[thenewhebbe]

The names are translated from greek

 

[looksmaxxed]

they use them as their last names because they have no homeland or heritable occupation

 

[Jhon Smith]

Is the name Adam jewish or it’s just like any other white guy name?

 

[Deleted member 28990]

jews steal everything bro

 

[Deleted member 30667]

like in the bible : thomas matthew etc. these all sound english and not jewish. Now I understand this type of name became common in anglo world but it seems more english than hebrew to me. Mary John Peter etc. to give a few more examples

It's the other way around.

 

[Deleted member 23558]

It's the other way around.

Explain. So the Greek names in the Septuagint is the same as the Hebrew ones phonetically?

 

[PrinceLuenLeoncur]

like in the bible : thomas matthew etc. these all sound english and not jewish. Now I understand this type of name became common in anglo world but it seems more english than hebrew to me. Mary John Peter etc. to give a few more examples

They sound “English” to you because you associate Jewish names with European names. For example these names are so common in Europe that by association you think Jacob is English

 

[Deleted member 30667]

Explain. So the Greek names in the Septuagint is the same as the Hebrew ones phonetically?

The names are basically helenized or romanized from Hebrew to Greek or Latin, and then Anglicized from Greek or Latin into English. This happened all the time in the ancient world when people converted to different faiths.

 

[Trilogy]

like in the bible : thomas matthew etc. these all sound english and not jewish. Now I understand this type of name became common in anglo world but it seems more english than hebrew to me. Mary John Peter etc. to give a few more examples

It's because those are the English transliteration of those Hebrew names. Like "John" is the English version of the name, but it's "Juan" in Spanish and "Ivan" in Russian

 

[Deleted member 23558]

It's because those are the English transliteration of those Hebrew names. Like "John" is the English version of the name, but it's Juan" in Spanish and "Ivan" in Russian

What’s the original in Hebrew for John

 

[Trilogy]

What’s the original in Hebrew for John

Yohannan

 

[Deleted member 15067]

The same reason there are high skin cancer rates in Israel

 

[JackTheKnife]

Don't confuse the new and the old testment

 

[JackTheKnife]

it seems more english than hebrew to me. Mary John Peter etc. to give a few more examples

The new testament is not the original jewish bible.

If anything it's the other way around.

 

[JackTheKnife]

well nvm tbh (edited) can be both (what i just wrote)