The sun., 1894-04-26
sr. PEEER ~ a RzBBE
Ssvish Trasiuo- show, thst Hs vas
Learned Mas, Ewes Though FIshsr=sn.

| Sswtsh Trasisou shovys that Hs wss =
Learned Mas, Ewes Though FIshsr-sS.
70 rur Eproa or Tns suS-sb, In rur suS Of the
| 18th inst "a catholic Lsymsn" writing under the
| heading Peter Not = Rabbi" says Peter poor
fisherman earning his livelihood. Ae; nowhere satd
10 have been learned TO have shown any evidence
Of II; that he vas not found. but instsntsneousiy
| called. 40
TO thi, viii reply ths, most Of the great rabbi. OF
| that time earned their livelihood by trade or
labor. Rabbi Johsnnan hsssndaler cobbler and
noted rabbi; christ ya,S carpenter and Learned
pooTi. no pToof that hs was mot srs6bi "Ths iits
q Christ, Sy ths R.y James s!sssr D D. saaptsr
t HSaIf % 70 s29s %.
they Ssi .%s ;p:t
did not At once give up their employment and follow
lin" hc Again. chapter 3 pSrsarsph loI ne
dsibersiion the event showed With whst insight no
s n. sa t 70 Ss . m oi%fsn soS:T
Who expressed hts views on the subject in letter TO
tion. ~ you nnd 1t OF sufficient interest. BLloL
Ny DEAR srR: Ihave read your controversy
In THE Bun Of 9Th instant concerning the
name and the rabbinicsl character OF Peter.
and find that In your main argument your
point 10 correctly taken, while your opponent
is right In few details. The following are
the facts In the case:
Like the Jews to-day. the Jews in Syrian
and In Roman times. especially those who fire.
duently came In contact with non Jews. used
to have Syrian. or Greek. or Roman surname.
jason. the wicked high priest. had the Jewish
name OF Joshua or Jesus; Jokan or Johan-
nan. the Maccabeau King. had as surname
the name Of Hyrcanus: Queen Salom-Zlon or
Salome. that OF Alexandra. Probably all the
jews known by their Roman or Hellenic name
only had originally Hebrew name given
them by their parents. by which they were
called In their Jewish circles. Most, IL not all.
apostles. owing to their travels in different
lands and among different peoples had double
names. the one or the other having been lost.
Matthew was called by the Hebrew name OF
Levi; Mark was also called Johannnn or John:
Paul, the Apostle for the heather. dropped the
Hebrew name Of Saul only when he desired to
be a ltoman among the Romans" To tako
Ss1Ss nee Ss Jews searl3s Arys1 names
rived the best Of his metaphysieal tnowi-
only BY his Greek name. "Fhilo, while Jesus
name but that given In their Jewish cradle.
Now as to leter; Your opp.onent does not
as to the origin Of that name, The tradition
SSsoSt n n; ,5s sn and his selection BY Jesus az
to the attitude OF the Writer S toward Pauline
seems to be the oldest and most authentic
tist found Himself followed by two OF the dis
Simon and Andrew. and right there Jesus
geeinted the former out as the rock, saving.
rock" for he had overhee John the Baptist
calling Jesus the lamb OF God. -,
Aadss TO and a. .sns PSS aHs
,s when Jesus said e them; Follow me and
%ssS oa sss HI. nsme vas Hs5s snon
this I'll name the record does not say at All: on
bis, Jewish name. Simon. and only when he
bad fret recognized Him as the Messiah. Jesus
blessed ari thou. Simon bar iona Thou art
Saed GIi bn,S ,kSalpna m TSck apd upon this rock
would have been perfectly senseiess II Il Peter
Kss not tb hnoyn by the double lou zane Of simon
the Writer'S Of % the % Gospels ~ seeordnre t Luke
and Mark. the selection and naming OF Peter
f. f. again told differently. and the distinction OF
tlsns they, hated Peter. the Judeo Christian iI
enough. however. Paul only mentions him by
the name OF Peter or Kaipha
who simply received Instruction about ali he
said and did from Jesus; his master. living or
leadership into the hand Of an unlearned fish-
erman. The sntagonist OF Paul must have
dom we 81 ts s tee and
Paul and the rest would not have submitted TO
his decision Ia the great Apostolic Council
addresses OF Peter in the Acts and still less all
the writings the following centuries ascribei
to him. simon Kaiphe. or Peter. remained a
favorite name to the Jews In spite OF his Chris
tian leadership, and one OF the finest prayers
OF the synagogue was ascribed to him the
"Sishmass." recited on Sabbath and holy day
m mornings, so was the name Rabbi Peter borno
by learned Jews in Talmudcal times.
As to the high priest Kniaphas's name you
are mistaken In eonfounding or identifying IL |
with 'Kaipha." the name Of Peter The latter
Is written with X" and means rock the for-
mer with G.. and is to be read in Hebrew
. 'Gaiapha," which word has not been satisiac-
torily Explained as to meaning and origin.
April 10. X. koHLER-