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Help[Opinions] Ephraim and Salome
My friend had a daughter yesterday. They named her Salome. The mn hasn't yet been decided.
She has an older brother named Ephraim Owen.
She has an older brother named Ephraim Owen.
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I love Ephraim and Owen, but not so much together. Salome is creepy to me like Damian is to other people. I'd picture her trying to convince her friends to behead someone...not good. It's really too bad, b/c the name itself is lovely...I just can't get over the whole King Herod/John the Baptist scenario. Oh, and I prn it as SAL-oh-may, but I see the prn quide says sal-O-me.
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I like Ephraim, but I would only use it as a mn. I would never use the name Salome because of the Salome in the Bible. She was not a good character.
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
~~~ John 3:16
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
~~~ John 3:16
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I pronunce Salome SAA-loh-may (AA as in "attic" or "apple") and haven't the faintest idea if that's right.
I'd love to like Salome--it looks nice and has a lovely meaning--but I can only picture the rather suggestively violent illustration in one of my books of saints of John the Baptist about to have his head removed. :(
Ephraim Owen has terrible flow, IMO, and Ephraim sounds unattractive in the extreme to me. It's down there with Amos.
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...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
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I'd love to like Salome--it looks nice and has a lovely meaning--but I can only picture the rather suggestively violent illustration in one of my books of saints of John the Baptist about to have his head removed. :(
Ephraim Owen has terrible flow, IMO, and Ephraim sounds unattractive in the extreme to me. It's down there with Amos.
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...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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Salome...
Salome isn't really the name of the Biblical character who wanted John the Baptist's head. Her name isn't mentioned in the Bible at all. Oscar Wilde was the first one to use the name Salome for the character in his play 'Salome'. Strauss's famous opera was based on this controversial play, and thus people started to associate the name Salome with the princess.
Maybe that changes your opinion :-)
Salome isn't really the name of the Biblical character who wanted John the Baptist's head. Her name isn't mentioned in the Bible at all. Oscar Wilde was the first one to use the name Salome for the character in his play 'Salome'. Strauss's famous opera was based on this controversial play, and thus people started to associate the name Salome with the princess.
Maybe that changes your opinion :-)
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Like Cambria said, it was her name, whether it was in the Bible or not. And even if Wilde had come up with it, the cultural association's quite strong. :-/ It's still up there with Jezebel.
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...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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...And then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.
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"According to the historian Josephus this was the name of the daughter of Herodias (the consort of Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee). In the New Testament, though a name is not given, it was a daughter of Herodias who danced for Herod and was rewarded with the head of John the Baptist."
It's true that her name was not given in the Bible, but historically, we know that Salome, through instruction of her mother, danced for her father and asked for John's head on a platter.
It's true that her name was not given in the Bible, but historically, we know that Salome, through instruction of her mother, danced for her father and asked for John's head on a platter.
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Ah, thanks for the information! I never knew that. I really thought that Wilde was the one who came up with the name Salome because the brochure I bought from the production of Salome the opera I last saw claimed so (Well, it's not like it was supposed to be a reliable source anyways...) and because the name isn't mentioned in the Bible.
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Also, please tell me how Salome is pronounced.
Or how you pronounce it.
Or how you pronounce it.
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EF-rem or EF-rum... somewhere in between those.
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I really don't like either names, but I love the middle name Owen.
L'Eau Qui Pleure
L'Eau Qui Pleure
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I love the name Ephriam ... Salome reminds me of meat...
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