tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post3709745414675105198..comments2024-03-17T16:32:51.970-04:00Comments on Vast Public Indifference: Obscure Biblical Names: VajezathaCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14390048358391513711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-42526838117225603012011-04-14T20:59:23.337-04:002011-04-14T20:59:23.337-04:00That's what David Hackett Fischer says, but I&...That's what David Hackett Fischer says, but I'm not sure what the primary source evidence is. Other than, of course, the ridiculous names.<br /><br />I would just think that if you opened up to the Book of Esther, you might go with Mordecai over Vajezatha.Caitlin GD Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317897772288904474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-25854210745979482262011-04-14T15:49:01.156-04:002011-04-14T15:49:01.156-04:00> I've given up trying to understand why Ne...> I've given up trying to understand why New Englanders gave their children the names of people they believed to be the enemies of God<br /><br />Did they close their eyes and open the Book at random, choosing the first name their eyes lighted on? Or is that nomenclatural method apocryphal? (As opposed to canonical.)Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com