Um...well. Let's try this. The word "jesus" does not appear anywhere until the
letter "J" was introduced into Latin which was late in the Middle Ages.
Prior to that it was Iesus in Latin or Iesous in Greek allegedly transliterated from the Hebrew "Yeshua." (Joshua). Joshua does mean "Yahweh Saves" but the use of a theophoric is still a name...not necessarily a title. Josephus mentions over 20 people named Yeshua (Jesus) including this shmuck.
The Romans shot him in the head with a ballista!
But I don't think "Jesus" was any sort of title.
letter "J" was introduced into Latin which was late in the Middle Ages.
Prior to that it was Iesus in Latin or Iesous in Greek allegedly transliterated from the Hebrew "Yeshua." (Joshua). Joshua does mean "Yahweh Saves" but the use of a theophoric is still a name...not necessarily a title. Josephus mentions over 20 people named Yeshua (Jesus) including this shmuck.
Quote:"But, what is still more terrible, there was one Jesus, the son of Ananus, a plebeian and a husbandman, who, four years before the war began, and at a time when the city was in very great peace and prosperity, came to that feast whereon it is our custom for every one to make tabernacles to God in the temple [Sukkot, autumn, 62 CE], began on a sudden to cry aloud,
"A voice from the east,
a voice from the west,
a voice from the four winds,
a voice against Jerusalem and the Holy House,
a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides,
and a voice against this whole people!"
The Romans shot him in the head with a ballista!
But I don't think "Jesus" was any sort of title.
