Talk:Benjamin/@comment-41.237.72.114-20110330152924/@comment-86.170.8.10-20110729180249

No I think you are correct. The people below point out that names nowadays do not necessarily have any cultural history in the region of birth, but Benjamin's case is not modern. We're talking late 1700's, and a name like Benjamin would be VERY uncommon in Egypt at that time. It's origins are Hebrew and Biblical - obviously - but most people were affiliated with Islamic names at the time - and still in the present - considering it is an Islamic country. (There is a small chance he was an Egyptian Coptic Christian but most likely not.) Henceforth I believe you are correct. Although her books made cult status Stephanie Meyer cannot be credited historical accuracy, and it is clear in many points that she did only very shallow research. In many cases the names and histories Stephanie has chosen for her characters to not match one another, and I get the distinct impression that the majority of the details in these 'background histories' were afterthoughts when the series became more popular. Hence the lack of any of these descriptions in the books themselves.