The Persians first named the region "Yehud" when they found themselves in control of it after taking Babylon. They did not have a "J" sound either.
The Romans called it Hierosolyma before they leveled it. Afterwards they called it Aelia Capitolina.
The Philo question is actually quite interesting. His writings were preserved by xtians who probably did not understand them but he had a tendency to hellenize jewish thinking so maybe they thought he was one of them?
The Romans called it Hierosolyma before they leveled it. Afterwards they called it Aelia Capitolina.
The Philo question is actually quite interesting. His writings were preserved by xtians who probably did not understand them but he had a tendency to hellenize jewish thinking so maybe they thought he was one of them?
