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Question by John
Submitted on 9/23/2003
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Is it a greeting custom during the time of the establishment of the New Testament church in Israel that married couples were addressed with the wife's name first then her husband's name?


Answer by Sugaar
Submitted on 10/5/2003
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I don't know, but in Portugal family name is mother's one (real fact). Most pre-patiarchal societies follow motherly lines (father is rather non-important).

 

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