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From: "Keeton, Tim" <>
Subject: RE: [HWE] Oxford Names Companion
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:37:53 -0400


Andrew,

Sorry to be redundant...I guess my response to the list didn't post as
quickly as yours, or I didn't see yours before I posted. In either event,
my apologies.

Cheers,

Tim

> -----Original Message-----
> From:Andrew Sellon [SMTP:]
> Sent:Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:13 PM
> To:Keeton, Tim;
> Subject:Re: [HWE] Oxford Names Companion
>
> Tim -
>
> My turn to scratch my head, (or beard), but is that not exactly as I said?
> To quote myself, (the name Isaac) ... "born by the son of Abraham.."
>
> A pleasant example of the movement of the name being exclusively Jewish in
> medieval times to to-day having a usage in western Christian countries is
> the name of the Dean of St. Paul' Cathedral, Isaacs.
>
> Yours Aye Andrew Sellon East Anglia
> Let the Dean and Canons lay their heads together and the thing will be
> done.
> Rev. Sydney Smith 1771-1854, Canon of St. Paul's. (On a proposal to
> surround
> St Paul's with a wooden pavement).
>
>
> From: "Keeton, Tim" <>
>
> > I'm sorry, but maybe I am missing something here. Wasn't Isaac the son
> of
> > Abraham (and the father of Jacob and brother of Ishmael) in the Old
> > Testament?
> >
>

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