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in reply to a message by Andromache
It depends on your faith, I guess. I have full faith that they were.
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The names themselves probably just developed naturally from language the way most names do. If nobody had recorded any of the stuff in the Bible, those names would still have been passed on through language and because people like to name their kids after relatives or ancestors (even if the Biblical people were the first people to ever have those names).
But it's not like they just decided to name their babies some gibberish sound that then became a name. They had root words from the language and sound structures that identified them as "namey".
But it's not like they just decided to name their babies some gibberish sound that then became a name. They had root words from the language and sound structures that identified them as "namey".
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Yes and lets not forget that all of the Old Testament names are Jewish and many of those names are common to Islamic naming traditions as well!
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I reckon more names have probably survived and more are widely known in the western world due to the Bible but you're right =)
Unfortunately, we get a lot of gibberish names today. I just saw a BA of Jonal *sigh*.
Unfortunately, we get a lot of gibberish names today. I just saw a BA of Jonal *sigh*.
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