{"id":18880,"date":"2025-02-14T13:05:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18880"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:02:44","slug":"is-jessica-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/is-jessica-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"\u5723\u7ecf\u91cc\u6709\u6770\u897f\u5361\uff08Jessica\uff09\u5417\uff1f\u6ca1\u6709\uff0c\u838e\u58eb\u6bd4\u4e9a\u53ef\u80fd\u662f\u4ece\u4f0a\u65af\u5361\uff08Iscah\uff09\u6f14\u53d8\u800c\u6765\u7684"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No one named Jessica appears in the Bible. The name is first recorded in Shakespeare&#039;s The Merchant of Venice, written in the late 1590s, where Jessica is Shylock&#039;s daughter. Shakespeare probably formed it from Iscah, a niece of Abraham who is named once, in Genesis 11:29. Her name is usually explained as &quot;to behold&quot; or &quot;to watch.&quot; Where does the name Jessica come from? There is no record of Jessica as a name before Shakespeare. In the play Jessica leaves\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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