Jasper is a male's given name. The name means "spotted or speckled stone" and is derived from Greek iaspis, (feminine noun)1 It is a variation of the Persian Casper. According to the Biblical tradition Casper ( from the Persian "Gaspar" meaning 'treasurer or treasure bringer' ) is the name of one of the "Three Kings", who presented Christ gifts. Casper gave frankincense. The name Gaspar or Caspar, along with the names of the other two legendary magi, appeared for the first time in two medieval Latin texts and dates from the 9th century AD. The spell containing the name of Jaspar is a French and English transcription of the Latin word Caspar. Its Biblical reference led to its adoption as an English name in the 17th Century. There are numerous modern variations such as Γάσπαρ or ΚάσπαρExcerpta Lugdunensia, ed. E. Oder and K. Hoppe, Corpus Hippiatricorum Graecorum, vol. 2. Leipzig: Teubner, 1927 (repr. Stuttgart: 1971): 272-313. (Cod: 11,612: Med) Section 104, line 2 (Greek),Frankincense and Myrrh" Greek newspaper article in Kathimerini
Kathimerini article translated by Google Quote: "the magicians were Persians. Ο σύγχρονός του Αθανάσιος, επίσκοπος Αλεξανδρείας, διέδιδε ότι ήταν Αιγύπτιοι. A contemporary of Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria, diedide that were Egyptians. Ο θεολόγος και μάρτυρας Ωριγένης, από την Αλεξάνδρεια, ήταν αυτός που για πρώτη φορά (αρχές 3ου αι.) δήλωσε τον αριθμό των μάγων: ήταν τρεις, όσα και τα δώρα τους. The theologian and martyr Origenis, from Alexandria, was he who first (early 3 century BC.) Said the number of magicians: it was three, and those gifts. Σχετικά καθυστερημένα, τον 6ο αι., οι μάγοι απέκτησαν τα ονόματά τους: Κάσπαρ ή Γάσπαρ, Μελχιώρ και Βαλτάζαρ. About belatedly, the 6 th century., Magicians have acquired their names: Kaspar or Gaspar, Melchior and Valtazar." Gaspare (Italian), Kaspar (German), Jasper or Casper (English), Jesper (Scandinavian languages), Kacper (Polish), Gáspár (Hungarian), Kasparov (Russian) etc.

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