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Peter, John, James, Nathaniel, Andrew, Thomas, Matthew, Mark, Elizabeth, Mary are all Jewish names. Yet they don't seem popular amongst Jews today. Why not?

by /u/The_Manchurian in /r/AskHistorians

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