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St. Bartholomew
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One of the Twelve Apostles, mentioned sixth in the three Gospel lists (Matthew ; Mark ; Luke ), and seventh in the list of Acts ().
The name (Bartholomaios) means "son of Talmai" (or Tholmai) which was an ancient Hebrew name, borne, e.g. by the King of Gessur whose daughter was a wife of David (2 Samuel ). It shows, at least, that Bartholomew was of Hebrew descent; it may have been his genuine proper name or simply added to distinguish him as the son of Talmai. Outside the instances referred to, no other mention of the name occurs in the New Testament.
Nothing further is known of him for certain. Many scholars, however, identify him with Nathaniel (John ; ). The reasons for this are that Bartholomew is not the proper name of the Apostle; that the name never occurs in the Fourth Gospel, while Nathaniel is not mentioned in the synoptics; that Bartholomew's name is coupled with Philip's in the lists of Matthew and Luke, and found next to it in Mark, which agrees well with the fact shown by St. John that Philip was an old friend of Nathaniel's and brough
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John B. Bartholomew
America journalist (–)
John Bryson Bartholomew (October 17, – June 1, ) was an American journalist, radio and television broadcaster and combat war correspondent for the American Broadcasting Company in the European Theater during World War II.
Broadcasting career
[edit]Bartholomew began his career in radio broadcasting in Joliet, Illinois, in He subsequently worked part-time for a radio station in Stockton, California, and then, in June , became a sportscaster for KFPY in Spokane, Washington.[1] Six months after marrying his college sweetheart, Dorothy E. Houck, on June 24, , he assumed a position with ABC in Chicago as a member of their news staff. When the United States entered World War II on December 7, , he began announcing the Coca-Cola “Spotlight Bands” program from various military bases around America.
Military work
[edit]In August , Bartholomew enlisted in the army as a war correspondent for the Blue Network (ABC), and shipped out from New York in October to broadcast on the war from London. After several months covering Parliament meetings and conducting personal interviews, he was assigned on February 10, to General George S. Patton's Third Army which was in eastern France preparing to move into Germany for the final o