• The tenth apostle's name?

    L'article explore les différences de nom concernant le dixième apôtre dans les Évangiles. Thaddée (Matthieu et Marc) et Judas fils de Jacques (Luc) désignent la même personne, un phénomène courant dû aux pratiques onomastiques du premier siècle.

    Luke 6.12-16 (King James Version) :
    And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphæus, and Simon called Zelotes,And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
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