Note 543 — Chapter VI · PRE-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: SIMON MAGUS
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Schürer, History of the Jewish People, Eng. ed. II. pp. 157, 158. One of the best proofs of this tendency is the fashion among all classes of Jews at this period of giving their children Greek names. See Mahaffy, Greek Life and Thought, p. 480. Even among the Apostles we have Andrew and Philip.