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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.Nathanael JohnAndradeChristian Contexts, Non-Christian Names: Onomastic Mobility and Transmission in Late Antique Syriahttp://syriaca.org/cbss/92RLSVUWhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/92RLSVUWhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/92RLSVUWAlayaPalamidisCorinneBonnetWhat’s in a Divine Name? Religious Systems and Human Agency in the Ancient MediterraneanBerlinWalter de Gruyter2024531-549The eventual dominance of Christianity in late antiquity brought massive changes to the onomastic lexicon of the inhabitants of Syria and the Near East, most obviously in the amplified circulation of biblical names. Even so, some traditional names, including theophoric ones, traveled from polytheistic to Christian contexts and enjoyed transmission from one generation to another. Who were the main actors in the mobility and transmission of traditional names, and what patterns governed their replication? To what extent were Syrian Christians aware or concerned with the polytheist origins or features of names? My chapter explores these and related questions. Andrade, Nathanael John. “Christian Contexts, Non-Christian Names: Onomastic Mobility and Transmission in Late Antique Syria.” In What’s in a Divine Name? Religious Systems and Human Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean, edited by Alaya Palamidis and Corinne Bonnet, 531–49. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2024. Nathanael John Andrade, Christian Contexts, Non-Christian Names: Onomastic Mobility and Transmission in Late Antique Syria, in What’s in a Divine Name? Religious Systems and Human Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean, ed. Alaya Palamidis and Corinne Bonnet (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2024), 531–49.