• PugJesus@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
    63·
    1 day ago

    … are you being serious right now?

    The reason that those are British names are:

    1 Because of Christianity’s immense influence - native British names would be more like ‘Æthelwulf’ and ‘Ecgberht’

    AND

    2 Because those names are heavily anglicized. ‘Peter’ coming from ‘Petros’, itself the Hellenized form of ‘Cephas’.

    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk
      32·
      1 day ago

      In case anyone wants them, here’s one of the translations (we’re changing alphabet, millenia, as well as language, so you’re not going to get any consistency)

      Jesus
      Hebrew - Yeshua
      Greek - Iesus

      Simon (called Peter)
      Hebrew - Shim’on, (surnamed Kefa/Kepha)
      Greek - Petros

      James, son of Zebedee
      Hebrew - Ya’akov Ben-Zavdai
      Greek - Iakōbos

      John, son of Zebedee
      Hebrew - Yochanan Ben-Zavdai
      Greek - Iōannēs

      Andrew
      Hebrew - Andreas
      Greek - Andreas

      Phillip
      Hebrew - Phillipos
      Greek - Philippos

      Bartholomew
      Hebrew - Bar-Talmai
      Greek - Bartholomaios

      Matthew
      Hebrew - Mattityahu
      Greek - Matthaios

      Thomas
      Hebrew - T’oma
      Greek - Thōmas

      James, son of Alphaeus
      Hebrew - Ya’akov Ben-Halfai
      Greek - Iakōbos tou Alphaiou

      Thaddeus
      Hebrew - Taddai
      Greek - Thaddaios

      Simon the Canaanite
      Hebrew - Shim’on the Zealot
      Greek - Simōn ho Kananitēs

      Judas Iscariot
      Hebrew - Y’hudah from K’riot
      Greek - Ioudas Iskariōtēs