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[โ€“] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Was a common name. Even shows up in the talmud

Sure, they didn't invent the first name out of thin air, but given that there is no source outside the bible that this "freeing a prisoner condemned to death" practice had ever been done before, I think it makes a lot more sense.