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The man in the picture is of course Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper, recipient of two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award (and a BAFTA and a SAG award). Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ali won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Juan in Barry Jenkins’ drama film <\/span>Moonlight <\/span><\/i>(2016). He won a second Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Don Shirley in the comedy-drama film <\/span>Green Book <\/span><\/i>(2018).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ali was born Mahershalalhashbaz Gilmore in 1974, in Hayward, California, the son of Phillip Gilmore and Willicia Goines, an ordained Baptist minister. In 2000, he converted to Islam, changed his surname from Gilmore to Ali, and joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But he kept the name Mahershala, short for Mahershalalhashbaz, which appears in our chapter as the symbolic name of the son of the prophet Isaiah, meaning something like \u201cpillage hastens, looting speeds\u201d foreshadowing the imminent salvation of Judah, from Aram and Israel, by Assyria.<\/span><\/p>\n

It coulda been worse. In the next chapter (9:5), another child is born, with a name, that though the prophecy it expresses is a little more upbeat, is even more of a mouthful: \u201cPele-yoetz-el-gibbor-aviad-sar-shalom\u201d or, \u201cThe Mighty God is planning grace; The Eternal Father, a peaceable ruler.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ali is quite an actor – and he has quite a name!<\/p>\n

*onomastics: the study of the history and origin of proper names, especially personal names.<\/span><\/p>\n

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