Editing Simon Thassi (section)

==Legacy==
[[Simon (given name)|Simon (and its Hebrew form, Simeon)]] would go on to become the most popular male name for some three centuries afterward in both the [[Hasmonean dynasty|Hasmonean Kingdom]] and [[Roman Judea]]. This was both to honor a Jewish hero who had attained independence for the Jewish state, as well as because "Simon" did not sound artificial or strange to Greek ears.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hengel |first=Martin |authorlink=Martin Hengel |title=Judentum und Hellenismus: Studien zu ihrer Begegnung unter besonderen Berücksichtigung Palästinas bis zur Mitte des 2. Jahrhunderts vor Christus |trans-title=Judaism and Hellenism : Studies in Their Encounter in Palestine During the Early Hellenistic Period |edition= 1st English |location=London |publisher=SCM Press |date=1974 |orig-date=1973 |page=64 }}</ref><ref>Ilan, Tal (2002) ''Lexicon of Jewish Names in Late Antiquity: Palestine 330 BCE–200 CE'' (Texts & Studies in Ancient Judaism, 91), Coronet Books, pp. 56–57; Hachili, R. "Hebrew Names, Personal Names, Family Names and Nicknames of Jews in the Second Temple Period," in J. W. van Henten and A. Brenner, eds., ''Families and Family Relations as Represented in Early Judaism and Early Christianity'' (STAR 2; Leiden:Deo, 2000), pp. 113–115; ''apud'' {{cite book| last=Bauckham| first= Richard |title =Jesus and the Eyewitnesses | edition = 2nd | publisher = Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing | year = 2017 | isbn = 9780802874313 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=J2lAvgAACAAJ | pages =68–72 }} Quote (p. 71): ''15.6% of men bore one of the two most popular male names, Simon and Joseph''; (p. 72): ''for the [[Gospel]]s and [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]]... 18.2% of men bore one of the two most popular male names, Simon and Joseph''.</ref>