Bibliographic details
- Author / attribution
- Nathanael Andrade
- Work
- Christian Contexts, Non-Christian Names: Onomastic Mobility and Transmission in Late Antique Syria
- Passage
- Discussion of Maron and the root mr
- Composition date
- 2024
- Surviving witness date
- 2024
- Edition
- 2024; De Gruyter
- Archive
- De Gruyter
- Shelfmark
- DOI 10.1515/9783111326511-027
- Page / folio
- pp. 535–537, especially p. 536
- Scope of the claim
- The linguistic root and possibility of Christian interpretations; not the motivation for naming a particular historical person.
- Relationship to other sources
- Modern linguistic study; does not itself corroborate Tuma's original manuscript.
Where to examine the source
Publisher chapter (open bibliographic record) ↗
DOI: 10.1515/9783111326511-027 ↗
Commentary and interpretation
Andrade connects the personal name Maron with the Aramaic root meaning lord or master and observes that names from this root could be interpreted in Christian settings, though they were not exclusively Christian. This supports a linguistic comparison, not an assertion about why a specific ascetic was named Maron.
This record provides source location and context, not certification of every interpretation.
Related witnesses
H09
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