RE: Tired of xtians prattling on about their "eye-witness" testimony?
April 27, 2012 at 6:36 am
(This post was last modified: April 27, 2012 at 6:40 am by Justtristo.)
(April 27, 2012 at 2:05 am)Minimalist Wrote: 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.
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.
I am aware that Yeshua (Joshua) as a common name among Jews even back then. However as I see it the name would have great significance because of the figure of Joshua in the Old Testament.
Another good analogue would be the name of Caesar, being just a surname originally. However starting with Augustus, one of the titles of the Emperor of Rome was Caesar.
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