Damaris (Acts 17:34) and an Aristocratic Family from Sparta: Neglected Epigraphic Evidence on the Name of a Female Disciple.

This article surveys epigraphic evidence for Damaris, Damares and Damari(o)n to show that these are distinctively Spartan or Laconian names. It rejects the hypothesis that Damaris is a Lukan construction from Homeric δάµαρ (wife) or a typical name for a courtesan. Positively, it suggests that the wo...

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Published in:	Novum Testamentum Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 346 - 360
Main Author:	den Heijer, Arco
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers 2021
Subjects:	Damaris (Biblical figure) Narratives Inscriptions Hypothesis Athens (Greece)
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