Hoschander suggests that Haman may, if the connection is correct, be a priestly title and not a proper name.[6] Strabo's names are unattested in Persian texts as gods; however the Talmud[28] and Josephus[29] interpret the description of courtiers bowing to Haman in Esther 3:2 as worship. (Other scholars assume "Omanus" refers to Vohu Mana.)[30][31][32]