@article{ART002855799},
author={Hoo-Goo Kang},
title={A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period},
journal={Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies},
issn={1229-0521},
year={2022},
volume={28},
number={2},
pages={10-42},
doi={10.24333/jkots.2022.28.2.10}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hoo-Goo Kang
TI - A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period
JO - Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies
PY - 2022
VL - 28
IS - 2
PB - Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
SP - 10
EP - 42
SN - 1229-0521
AB - Based on the historical documents from three different areas-Babylonia, Palestine and Egypt in the Persian period, this paper examines personal names of the Judeans mentioned in MuraŠû archive, Samaria papyri and Elephantine papyri. Even though they are geographically and chronologically unhomogeneous, they provide substantial Judean names in the period to display some characteristics in them.
First, all of them, irrespective of regional differences, mentioned the Persian emperors, indicating that those regions were politically sensitive to their authority and dominated by Persia.
Second, the common personal names mentioned in three different documents are only two, Haggai and Hanan(i)ya, both of which appeared in the Old Testament, mostly in the periods of deportation and the Persian with rare cases before the Babylonian destruction.
Third, as the biblical descriptions in the Persian period, women names are very rarely mentioned in historical documents. None of woman name is found in some of them. The only exception is the Elephantine papyri in Egypt mentioning 14 different women’s names indicating the proportion of 14.4%(14/97).
Lastly, personal names with Yahweh element are characteristic common in three regions. In Babylonia, names with Yahweh element are composed of up to 81%(46-81%), while they are almost to 40%(38.6%) in Palestine and similar in Egypt(40.8%). Despite regional separation, all of them displayed more proportions than names with Yahweh element mentioned in the Old Testament(34.9%).
KW - Personal Name;Persian Period;MuraŠû Archive;Samaria Papyrus;Elephantine Papyrus
DO - 10.24333/jkots.2022.28.2.10
ER -
Hoo-Goo Kang. (2022). A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 28(2), 10-42.
Hoo-Goo Kang. 2022, "A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period", Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, vol.28, no.2 pp.10-42. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2022.28.2.10
Hoo-Goo Kang "A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 28.2 pp.10-42 (2022) : 10.
Hoo-Goo Kang. A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period. 2022; 28(2), 10-42. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2022.28.2.10
Hoo-Goo Kang. "A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 28, no.2 (2022) : 10-42.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2022.28.2.10
Hoo-Goo Kang. A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies, 28(2), 10-42. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2022.28.2.10
Hoo-Goo Kang. A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period. Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies. 2022; 28(2) 10-42. doi: 10.24333/jkots.2022.28.2.10
Hoo-Goo Kang. A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period. 2022; 28(2), 10-42. Available from: doi:10.24333/jkots.2022.28.2.10
Hoo-Goo Kang. "A Study of Personal Names in the Persian Period" Korean Journal of Old Testament Studies 28, no.2 (2022) : 10-42.doi: 10.24333/jkots.2022.28.2.10
