James

**triforme** · 30th August 10, 10:39 AM

Just to complete a loop from above -- in Greek the name is Iakobos, and is always translated as "James" in English versions of the New Testament. Oddly, Ia'aqov is always translated "Jacob" in English versions of the Hebrew Scriptures.

**Mike_Oettle** · 27th October 10, 02:43 PM

Indeed, it is odd that the translations favour the one form in the Old Testament and the other in the New.
And it is not as if the Greek suggests a spelling with M in it.
Regards,
Mike

**Ruanaidh** · 28th October 10, 06:38 PM

Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle

Indeed, it is odd that the translations favour the one form in the Old Testament and the other in the New. Mike

Another example: the Hebrew name that is translated as Joshua in the Old Testament is translated as Jesus in the New Testament.

**triforme** · 29th October 10, 06:45 AM

I suppose that's true, however, in this case it seems to be an artifact of the translation through Greek. The Hebrew version is found in, say the book of Exodus, is Yeshouah, while the Greek version (in the Gospels, etc) is Iesous, so the English differentiation is just a transliteration in each case. But, indeed, they are the same name.