from Hebrew to Greek...

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Paulus is Hellenistic/Latin/Greek name. Interesting Saul/Paul went from a Hebrew name to choosing a Gentile name… I guess the bible started out being written in Hebrew, and switched to being written in Greek too… The switch from Hebrew to Greek – what does everyone think that symbolic of?

13:42 And the time cometh that he shall manifest himself unto all nations, both unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles; and after he has manifested himself unto the Jews and also unto the Gentiles, then he shall manifest himself unto the Gentiles and also unto the Jews, and the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. --1 Nephi 13:42

Saul just dropped his Jewish name/dropped his Jewish identity. Using his gentile name would then be a symbol of his embracing a more gentile-oriented worldview.

from:
http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=2866

Acts 13 contains the only reference in the New Testament to Israel’s first king, Saul, the son of Kish. King Saul persecuted David, whom God had anointed to replace him. In a similar way, Saul persecuted the one he later understood to be the true Son of David. By changing his name from Saul to Paul, he distanced himself from the actions and mindset of his namesake.

The choice of the Latin name “Paulus” is instructive as well. The word means “little” or, when referring to a person, “short.” Whether this is a description of Paul’s physical characteristics is not stated, but it has an application to both King Saul and King David. When chosen to be king, Saul was known to stand head and shoulders above his compatriots. But his physical stature was of no consequence to his ability as king. He was only effective in that role when he was “little in [his] own eyes,” or opinion (1 Samuel 15:17). When David was anointed king, his father, Jesse, referred to him as “the youngest” (1 Samuel 16:11). The Hebrew word used here is the same one used earlier to describe Saul’s initial view of himself as “little.” McDonough suggests that the choice of the name “Paulus” is a play on this description of King Saul and his successor, King David. Paul wanted to be known by his namesake’s good quality rather than by his name.

http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=2866
So... what do others think of the OT being written in Hebrew vs. the NT being written in Greek? saul/Paul?

Who knows more about Paul? Do Jewish people commonly have two different names, a Jewish name, and a gentile name? What would cause a person to drop their Jewish name?

List all the changes between OT/NT. Is the NT a new religion?