Wesley Huff

Yeah. Yeah. And one of the most interesting ways that we figure out, okay, how can we tie, say, the Gospel of Matthew to the first century in Judea? is studies that have been done on name frequency. This is called onomastic congruence, where we look at the most popular names within a particular geographical area, and we compare it to how names are differentiated. The name Joe is pretty common.

Yeah. Yeah. And one of the most interesting ways that we figure out, okay, how can we tie, say, the Gospel of Matthew to the first century in Judea? is studies that have been done on name frequency. This is called onomastic congruence, where we look at the most popular names within a particular geographical area, and we compare it to how names are differentiated. The name Joe is pretty common.

Yeah. Yeah. And one of the most interesting ways that we figure out, okay, how can we tie, say, the Gospel of Matthew to the first century in Judea? is studies that have been done on name frequency. This is called onomastic congruence, where we look at the most popular names within a particular geographical area, and we compare it to how names are differentiated. The name Joe is pretty common.

So when you have a room and there's more than one Joe, you differentiate. Okay. That's Joe Rogan or, you know, that's MMA Joe. You know, we figure out a way to do it. And that's called a disambiguator. And we see this in the New Testament when you have lots of Peters. You have Simon Peter, you have Peter the Canaanite, or James the son of Zebedee, or you have lots of Marys.

So when you have a room and there's more than one Joe, you differentiate. Okay. That's Joe Rogan or, you know, that's MMA Joe. You know, we figure out a way to do it. And that's called a disambiguator. And we see this in the New Testament when you have lots of Peters. You have Simon Peter, you have Peter the Canaanite, or James the son of Zebedee, or you have lots of Marys.

So when you have a room and there's more than one Joe, you differentiate. Okay. That's Joe Rogan or, you know, that's MMA Joe. You know, we figure out a way to do it. And that's called a disambiguator. And we see this in the New Testament when you have lots of Peters. You have Simon Peter, you have Peter the Canaanite, or James the son of Zebedee, or you have lots of Marys.

So you have these disambiguities. You even have lots of Jesuses, which is why Jesus is often described as the Lord Jesus or Jesus of Nazareth, because Yehoshua is a common Jewish name. And so we can look at the popularity of names written in documents and actually pinpoint some of these documents to particular times in particular places.

So you have these disambiguities. You even have lots of Jesuses, which is why Jesus is often described as the Lord Jesus or Jesus of Nazareth, because Yehoshua is a common Jewish name. And so we can look at the popularity of names written in documents and actually pinpoint some of these documents to particular times in particular places.

So you have these disambiguities. You even have lots of Jesuses, which is why Jesus is often described as the Lord Jesus or Jesus of Nazareth, because Yehoshua is a common Jewish name. And so we can look at the popularity of names written in documents and actually pinpoint some of these documents to particular times in particular places.

In fact, Jamie, are you able to, if you go on Apologetics Canada, our YouTube page. So the first episode of the Can I Trust the Bible series we did, we made an animation about this where we looked at the data and then we actually compared it to one of these other gospels, the gospel of Judas. Yeah.

In fact, Jamie, are you able to, if you go on Apologetics Canada, our YouTube page. So the first episode of the Can I Trust the Bible series we did, we made an animation about this where we looked at the data and then we actually compared it to one of these other gospels, the gospel of Judas. Yeah.

In fact, Jamie, are you able to, if you go on Apologetics Canada, our YouTube page. So the first episode of the Can I Trust the Bible series we did, we made an animation about this where we looked at the data and then we actually compared it to one of these other gospels, the gospel of Judas. Yeah.

And so in the first episode of Can I Trust the Bible in the right books, partway through, it's near the end, the last animation, if you can find it, we had a guy put this together for us where we looked at the studies. And there have been some really recent ones by a guy named Luke Vanderway who published this in, I believe it was at Cambridge. No, no, no.

And so in the first episode of Can I Trust the Bible in the right books, partway through, it's near the end, the last animation, if you can find it, we had a guy put this together for us where we looked at the studies. And there have been some really recent ones by a guy named Luke Vanderway who published this in, I believe it was at Cambridge. No, no, no.

And so in the first episode of Can I Trust the Bible in the right books, partway through, it's near the end, the last animation, if you can find it, we had a guy put this together for us where we looked at the studies. And there have been some really recent ones by a guy named Luke Vanderway who published this in, I believe it was at Cambridge. No, no, no.

Birmingham University, he did his PhD on it and he narrowed the gap within all of these literary bodies that talk about names and were able to pinpoint and actually show, yeah, so if you go to, yeah, right here. These particular decades that they're writing.

Birmingham University, he did his PhD on it and he narrowed the gap within all of these literary bodies that talk about names and were able to pinpoint and actually show, yeah, so if you go to, yeah, right here. These particular decades that they're writing.

Birmingham University, he did his PhD on it and he narrowed the gap within all of these literary bodies that talk about names and were able to pinpoint and actually show, yeah, so if you go to, yeah, right here. These particular decades that they're writing.

A series of scholarly studies has shown that, though Jews were located in many places across the Roman Empire, people's names often tended to be geographically located. By observing literary and archaeological artifacts, a list of common names can be clearly identified.

A series of scholarly studies has shown that, though Jews were located in many places across the Roman Empire, people's names often tended to be geographically located. By observing literary and archaeological artifacts, a list of common names can be clearly identified.