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by Benjamin Nussli
April 14th, 2020, 11:27 am
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Are "Yeshu" and "Yeshua" translated identically in Greek as "Jesus"?
Replies: 11
Views: 7042

Re: Are "Yeshu" and "Yeshua" translated identically in Greek as "Jesus"?

It is common but incorrect to claim that Yeshu was an acceptable form of the name in the first century. The claim is based on ONE ossuary. All other ancient attestations are ישוע . And the one ossuary is peculiar. The name Yeshu is written right up to a border line with no spaceישו, and elsewhere o...
by Benjamin Nussli
April 14th, 2020, 11:23 am
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Are "Yeshu" and "Yeshua" translated identically in Greek as "Jesus"?
Replies: 11
Views: 7042

Re: Are "Yeshu" and "Yeshua" translated identically in Greek as "Jesus"?

There are three forms of Yeshua I would know to exist in Hebrew; Yehoshua, Yeshua, and Yeshu. I know that Yehoshua is translated in the Septuagint as Iesous, identical to Jesus in NT Koine. Would Yeshu have been translated the same way? The first thing is to learn the difference between translation...
by Benjamin Nussli
April 14th, 2020, 10:51 am
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Are "Yeshu" and "Yeshua" translated identically in Greek as "Jesus"?
Replies: 11
Views: 7042

Re: Are "Yeshu" and "Yeshua" translated identically in Greek as "Jesus"?

Hi, venyamin. You've asked some hard questions to which you'll get a few answers, I'm sure. I'd love to take a stab at your questions, but before you begin participating here, you'll need to change your username. We have a policy that users just use their real names and academic affiliation to part...
by Benjamin Nussli
April 13th, 2020, 4:14 pm
Forum: Beginners Forum
Topic: Are "Yeshu" and "Yeshua" translated identically in Greek as "Jesus"?
Replies: 11
Views: 7042

Are "Yeshu" and "Yeshua" translated identically in Greek as "Jesus"?

Hello everyone. I had long been under the impression that the original Hebrew form of Jesus was "Yeshua", and that the form "Yeshu" was a Jewish derogatory acronym for "yimakh shemo" (may his name be obliterated). However, after a lengthy discussion with a Jewish friend...

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