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From: Richard Fellows <rfellows@intergate.ca>
Subject: Short forms of personal names
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Is anyone aware of published research on the custom of shortening Greek
personal names (e.g. Epaphras for Epaphroditus)? Of particular interest to
me is whether any abbreviated forms of the name TIMOQEOS (Timothy) are
known from antiquity.

The question is important for New Testament studies, because a paper is
soon to be published (in JSNT), which argues that 'Titus' and 'Timothy'
were one and the same person, and it is interesting to speculate on how he
might have acquired that particular combination of names.

Thanks for your help.

Richard Fellows
Vancouver, Canada.

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