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in reply to a message by Cleveland Kent Evans
I have hard of the accusative case theory as well, but I'm afraid, this is no sufficient answer. The name MARIA does appear in the *Greek* New Testament as well as MARIAM: read Mt 27,55 (Maria) and 28,1 (Mariam), nominative case both times. (This is Mary Magdalene; Jesus' mother is called MARIA only in an old Greek manuscript, not in the official text: Lk 2,19. The sister of Lazarus is referred to as MARIA, MARIAN and MARIAM.
So I do not quite see, how a Latin translation would have influenced this. To me it looks like MARIA and MARIAM (and MARIAN) were used as Greek forms of the Hebrew MIRYAM. But since when?
So I do not quite see, how a Latin translation would have influenced this. To me it looks like MARIA and MARIAM (and MARIAN) were used as Greek forms of the Hebrew MIRYAM. But since when?
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