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For the article on the person, teaching, and acts of Jesus Christ, see the Jesus article. For information on the various adherents to the religious teachings of Jesus, see the articles on Christianity and Messianic Judaism. For the article on the Hebrew word 'yeshu' which may or may not refer to Jesus, see Yeshu.

Yeshua, spelled יֵשׁוּעַ‎ in Hebrew, is believed by some scholars [1] and religious groups [2] to be the Hebrew or Aramaic name for Jesus. It is extensively used by Messianic Jews and Hebrew Christians, as well as others, who wish to use what some believe to be the original Hebraic pronunciation of Jesus' name. This pronunciation and spelling, as with many religious and scholarly issues remains the subject of ongoing debate. This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... For the Jewish religion, see the article Judaism. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... This article is about references to the name Yeshu in classical Jewish rabbinic literature. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... Aramaic is a Semitic language with a four-thousand year history. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... For the Jewish religion, see the article Judaism. ... Jewish Christians (sometimes called also Hebrew Christians or Christian Jews, but see below for differences) is a term which can have two meanings, a historical one and a contemporary one. ...

Etymology

Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) can stand for both Classical Biblical Hebrew Yehoshua (top two) and Late Biblical Hebrew Yeshua (bottom)

Main article: Names and titles of Jesus

Among the Jews of the Second Temple Period, the Biblical Aramaic/Hebrew name יֵשׁוּעַ‎ "Yeshua" was common: the Hebrew Bible mentions ten individuals with this name. This name is a feature of biblical books written in Biblical Aramaic like Ezra and Nehemiah and in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (640x607, 68 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (640x607, 68 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... A large variety of names and titles have been used to describe Jesus, many of which reflect various theological understandings or different beliefs about him. ... The Second Temple Period is the time of Jewish history where the second Temple of Solomon existed in Jerusalem. ... 11th century manuscript of the Hebrew Bible with Targum This article discusses usage of the term Hebrew Bible. For the article on the Hebrew Bible itself, see Tanakh. ... Ezra is a name derived from Hebrew, written variously as עֶזְרָא ( Standard Hebrew ), Ê¿Ezra, ( Tiberian Hebrew ), Ê¿Ezrâ: short for עַזְרִיאֵל My help/court is God, Standard Hebrew Ê¿Azriʾel, Tiberian Hebrew Ê¿Azrîʾēl, Arabic: عزير. // The historical Ezra was a priestly scribe who is thought to have led about 5,000 Israelite exiles... Nehemiah or Nechemya (נְחֶמְיָה Comforted of/is the LORD (YHWH), Standard Hebrew Nəḥemya, Tiberian Hebrew Nəḥemyāh) was a person in the Bible, believed to be the primary author of the Book of Nehemiah. ... The current version of the article or section is written like an essay. ...

The name יֵשׁוּעַ‎ "Yeshua" (= Jeshua) is a late form of the Biblical Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ Yehoshua (= Joshua), which can also be spelled יְהוֹשׁוּעַ‎. The Late Biblical Hebrew spellings for earlier names often contracted the theophoric element Yeho-. Thus the name יהושוע‎ Yehoshua contracted to ישוע‎ Yeshua, and, similarly, יהוחנן‎ Yehokhanan contracted to יוחנן‎ Yokhanan.^[1]

The original name Yehoshua was a compound of Yeho-shua: Yeho- יְהוֹ‎ is a shortened form of יָהוּ‎ Yahu, a theophoric element standing for the personal name of God Yhwh, and שׁוּעַ‎ shua is a noun meaning "a cry for help", "a saving cry",^[2][3][4] that is, a shout given when in need of rescue. Together the name literally means, "'God' is a saving-cry," that is, shout to God when in need of help. The Tetragrammaton in Phoenician (1100 BC to 300 CE), Aramaic (10th Century BC to 0) and modern Hebrew scripts. ...

In the 1st century, Philo of Alexandria renders this figurative meaning in Koine Greek, in an explanation of the name change of the biblical Joshua Ben Nun (from הוֹשֵעַ‎ Hoshea "He saved" to יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ Yehoshua): "And Iesous", which stands for the Hebrew name Yehoshua, refers to "salvation of the Lord" (Ἰησοῦ δὲ σωτηρία κυρίου) (On the Change of Names 21.121).^[5] Philo (20 BCE - 40 CE) was an Alexandrian Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt. ... The literal meaning of the Greek word koine (κοινή) is common. It is used in several senses: Koiné Greek (Κοινή Ἑλληνική), a Greek dialect that developed from the Attic dialect (of Athens) and became the spoken language of Greece at the time of the Empire of Alexander the Great. ...

The noun שׁוּעַ‎ shua derives from the Hebrew three-letter root שוע‎ sh-w-`.<sup>[6]</sup> This root possibly derives indirectly, via a denominating from שַׁוְעָה‎, from an early form of a root relating to the root ישע‎ y-sh-`, whose verb form הוֹשִׁיעַ‎ hoshia means "he saved".

Although they may be related indirectly, the name יֵשׁוּעַ‎ Yeshua does not derive directly from root ישע‎ and thus is not identical to the noun form יְשׁוּעָה‎ yshua ("salvation") or to any verb form such as יוֹשִׁיעַ‎ yoshia ("he will save").

Nevertheless, the letters of the traditional spelling of the name Yehoshua יהושע‎ could be reread midrashically with different vowels and a silent letter He, as if a third person imperfect Hifil verb form of the root ישע‎, so that it could be interpreted improperly as "he will save", yoshia יהוֹשִׁע‎ (properly יוֹשִׁיע‎). Possibly this rereading is behind the Gospel's account where the angel instructs Joseph (Matthew 1:21): "You are to give him the name Jesus because he will save his people from their sins." If so, this would mean that the author understood the name Jesus to derive from the traditional Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ Yehoshua (= Joshua). However, there is no evidence that this was the case, and Yeshua` actually does mean only "he will save". Midrash (Hebrew: מדרש; plural midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to a method of exegesis of a Biblical text. ... Hebrew grammar is partly analytical, expressing such forms as dative, ablative, and accusative using prepositional particles rather than morphological cases. ...

Pronunciation

The traditional Tiberian Hebrew vocalizes the Late Biblical Hebrew name ישוע‎ as יֵשׁוּעַ‎ Yeshua /je.ˈʃu.aʕ/. (For example: Ezra 5:2.) The yodh is vocalized with the Hebrew vowel, tsere, a long e (IPA /e/) as in "neighbor" (but not diphthongized) not with a shva (IPA /ə/) (as Y'shua) or segol (IPA /ɛ/)(Yesh-shua). The final consonant is the voiced pharyngeal fricative ayin (IPA /ʕ/), sometimes transcribed by "`" (Yeshua`), a sound not found in Greek or English. The "a" represents the patach genuvah ("furtive" patach) indicating the diphthongization of the "u" vowel due to the effect of the final `ayin - in simple terms the "a" is not an additional syllable but indicates a modification of the "u" vowel which due to the `ayin was pronounced somewhat like the oo of English moor as opposed to that of food. Tiberian Hebrew is an oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient forms of Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Bible, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early middle ages, beginning in the 8th century. ... Yodh (also spelled Yud or Yod) is the tenth letter of many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew , Syriac and Arabic (in abjadi order, 28th in modern order). ... In Hebrew orthography, Niqqud or Nikkud (Standard Hebrew נִקּוּד, Biblical Hebrew נְקֻדּוֹת, Tiberian Hebrew vowels) is the system of diacritical vowel points (or vowel marks) in the Hebrew alphabet. ... In phonetics, a diphthong (Greek δίφθογγος, diphthongos, literally with two sounds, or with two tones) is a vowel combination in a single syllable involving a quick but smooth movement from one vowel to another, often interpreted by listeners as a single vowel sound or phoneme. ... In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a sound in spoken language that is characterized by a closure or stricture of the vocal tract sufficient to cause audible turbulence. ... The voiced pharyngeal approximant/fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ... Ayin is the sixteenth letter in many Semitic alphabets, including Phoenician, Hebrew, and Aramaic. ...

Yeshua as the original name for Jesus

The claim that the form Yeshua is the original name for Jesus is debatable. The English name Jesus derives from the Late Latin name Iesus, which transliterates from the Koine Greek name Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs. The chronology of Jesus depicts the traditional chronology established for the events of the life of Jesus by the four canonical gospels (which allude to various dates for several events). ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... This article presents a description of Jesus life, as based on the four gospels. ... For other uses, see Gospel (disambiguation). ... Adoration of the Shepherds (1535-40), by Florentine Mannerist painter Agnolo Bronzino The Nativity of Jesus, or simply the Nativity, refers to the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, although it is also used for the birth of Mary, especially in iconography. ... The baptism of Jesus is an event recounted in the New Testament in which Jesus is baptised by John the Baptist. ... The temptation of Christ in Christianity, refers to the temptation of Jesus by the devil as detailed in each of the Synoptic Gospels, at Matthew 4:1-11, Mark 1:12-13, and Luke 4:1-13. ... In Christianity, the disciples were the students of Jesus during his ministry. ... The Sermon on the Mount was, according to the Gospel of Matthew 5-7, a particular sermon given by Jesus of Nazareth (estimated around AD 30) on a mountainside to his disciples and a large crowd. ... According to the canonical Gospels, Jesus worked many miracles in the course of his ministry. ... Palm Sunday is a moveable feast in the church calendar observed by Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Christians. ... The narrative of Jesus and the Money Changers occurs in both the Synoptic Gospels and in the Gospel of John, although it occurs close to the end of the Synoptic Gospels (at Mark 11:15-19, 11:27-33, Matthew 21:12-17, 21:23-27 and Luke 19:45... According to the Canonical Gospels, the Ministry of Jesus began when Jesus was around 30 years old, and lasted a period of 1-3 years, with the Synoptic Gospels generally being considered to argue for it having been a period of 1 year, and the Gospel of John arguing for... Mary Magdalene is traditionally depicted with a vessel of ointment, in reference to the Anointing of Jesus, in reality the jar is more likely to have been an Amphora, a much larger object. ... According to gospel, the Last Supper was the last meal Jesus shared with his apostles before his death. ... For the school of Peter Abelard, see Oratory of the Paraclete. ... Gethsemane by Wassilij Grigorjewitsch Perow The Arrest of Jesus is a pivotal event recorded in the Canonical Gospels, in which Jesus is arrested. ... The Sanhedrin Trial of Jesus is an event reported by all the Canonical Gospels, in Mark 14:53–65, Matthew 26:57–68, Luke 22:63–71 and John 18:12-24. ... Pontius Pilate (Latin Pontius Pilatus) was the governor of the small Roman province of Judea from 26 until 36? AD although Tacitus believed him to be the procurator of that province. ... The Death of Jesus and the Resurrection of Jesus are two events in the New Testament in which Jesus is crucified on one day (the Day of Preparation, i. ... In Christian tradition, the Great Commission is the instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples, that they spread the faith to all the world. ... This article is about the Ascension of Jesus Christ. ... The Second Coming or Last Coming refers to the Christian and Islamic belief in the coming or return of Jesus Christ to fulfill Messianic prophecy, such as the resurrection of the dead, last judgment and full establishment of the Kingdom of God (also called the Reign of God), including the... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... The literal meaning of the Greek word koine (κοινή) is common. It is used in several senses: Koiné Greek (Κοινή Ἑλληνική), a Greek dialect that developed from the Attic dialect (of Athens) and became the spoken language of Greece at the time of the Empire of Alexander the Great. ...

In the Septuagint and other Greek-language Jewish texts, such as the writings of Josephus and Philo of Alexandria, Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs is the standard Koine Greek form used to translate both of the Hebrew names: Yehoshua and Yeshua. It was also used to translate Hoshea (or Oshea) in some Septuagint verses where this referred to Joshua the son of Nun. The Septuagint: A page from Codex vaticanus, the basis of Sir Launcelot Lee Brentons English translation. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: &#1497;&#1492;&#1493;&#1491;&#1497;) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... A representation of Flavius Josephus, a woodcutting in John C. Winstons translation of his works Josephus (37 – shortly after 100 AD/CE)[1], who became known, in his capacity as a Roman citizen, as Flavius Josephus[2], was a 1st-century Jewish historian and apologist of priestly and royal... Philo (20 BCE - 40 CE) was an Alexandrian Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt. ...

Yeshua was a second Temple period form of the name Yehoshua. All occurrences of Yeshua in the Hebrew Bible are in 1 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah where it is transliterated into English as Jeshua, the son of Nun, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak or Jehozadak. The men bearing this name are mentioned in other books of the Hebrew Bible where they are instead called Yehoshua ^[7] (transliterated into English as Joshua, the son of Nun, and Joshua, the son of Josedech) ^[8] The Book of Chronicles is a book in the Hebrew Bible (also see Old Testament). ... The Book of Ezra is a book of the Bible in the Old Testament and Hebrew Tanakh. ... Nehemiah or Nechemya (נְחֶמְיָה Comforted of/is the LORD (YHWH), Standard Hebrew Nəḥemya, Tiberian Hebrew Nəḥemyāh) was a person in the Bible, believed to be the primary author of the Book of Nehemiah. ...

The earlier form Yehoshua did not disappear, however, and was still used in Chronicles when referring to Joshua the son of Nun. ^[9] The short form Yeshua was used for Jesus son of Sirach in Hebrew fragments of the Book of Sirach. (Some concern remains over whether these fragments faithfully represent the original Hebrew text or are instead a later translation back into Hebrew.) The earlier form Yehoshua saw revived usage from the Hasmonean period and onwards although Yeshua is still found in the letters from the time of the Bar Kokhba Revolt (132-135 CE). Thus, both forms Yehoshua and Yeshua were in use during the Gospel period. No usage of Yeshua is found in the Talmud, except in verbatim quotations from the Hebrew Bible regarding Joshua son of Jehozadak. The Wisdom of Ben Sira, (or The Wisdom of Yeshua Ben Sira or merely Sirach), called Ecclesiasticus (not to be confused with Ecclesiastes) by Christians, is a book written circa 180–175 BCE. The author, Yeshua ben Sira, was a Jew who had been living in Jerusalem, who may in... The Wisdom of Ben Sirach, (or The Wisdom of Joshua Ben Sirach or merely Sirach), called Ecclesiasticus by Christians, is a book written circa 180 BCE in Hebrew. ... The Hasmonean Kingdom (Hebrew: Hashmonai) in ancient Judea and its ruling dynasty from 140 BCE to 37 BCE was established under the leadership of Simon Maccabaeus, two decades after Judah the Maccabee defeated the Seleucid army in 165 BCE. // The origin of the Hasmonean dynasty is recorded in the books... Bar Kokhba’s revolt (132-135 CE) against the Roman Empire, also known as The Second Jewish-Roman War or The Second Jewish Revolt, was a second major rebellion by the Jews of Iudaea. ... The first page of the Vilna Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berachot, folio 2a The Talmud (Hebrew: תלמוד) is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history. ...

Clement of Alexandria and St. Cyril of Jerusalem considered the Greek form Iesous to be the original, even going so far as to interpret it as a true Greek name and not simply a transliteration of Hebrew. ^[10]. Indeed, Greek-speaking communities existed in Israel since the Hellenistic period, and the oldest extant manuscripts of the New Testament are in Koine Greek. Clement of Alexandria (Titus Flavius Clemens), was the first member of the Church of Alexandria to be more than a name, and one of its most distinguished teachers. ... Cyril of Jerusalem was a distinguished theologian of the early Church (315–386). ... The Hellenistic period (4th - 1st c. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ... John 21:1 Jesus Appears to His Disciples--Alessandro Mantovani: the Vatican, Rome. ...

However, the New Testament describes Jesus as part of a Jewish milieu, reading the Hebrew Bible and debating with Pharisees over interpretations of the Jewish legal tradition. The Gospel of Mark may have him speaking Aramaic. Moreover, Eusebius reports that Jesus's student Matthew wrote a gospel "in the Hebrew language" (a term that scholars agree then referred to the contemporary dialect of Hebrew or arguably Aramaic). The word Pharisees comes from the Hebrew perushim, from parash, meaning to separate, from a root related to the Aramaic wordas upharsin (and divided) in the writing on the wall in Daniel 5:25. ... Halakha (Hebrew: הלכה; also transliterated as Halakhah, Halacha, Halakhot and Halachah) is the collective corpus of Jewish religious law, including biblical law (the 613 mitzvot) and later talmudic and rabbinic law as well as customs and traditions. ... It is often accepted that Aramaic was the mother tongue of Jesus of Nazareth. ... Eusebius is the name of several significant historical people: Pope Eusebius - Pope in AD 309 - 310. ... Matthew may refer to: // Arnold Mathew, the first Old Catholic bishop in the United Kingdom Gospel of Matthew, book of the Bible Matthew Blagden Hale, the first Bishop of Perth Matthew F. Hale, the leader of the white supremacist group formerly known as the World Church of the Creator Matthew... For other uses, see Gospel (disambiguation). ... Hebrew redirects here. ... Aramaic is a group of Semitic languages with a 3,000-year history. ...

An argument in favor of the Hebrew form ישוע Yeshua is that the Old Syriac Bible (c. 200 CE) and the Peshitta preserves this same spelling using the equivalent Aramaic letters ܝܫܘܥ. (The modern Syriac vocalizes the name as Isho, which can be transliterated as יִשׁוֹע, but its ancient pronunciation was similar to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ Yeshua .) These texts were translated from the Greek but the name is not a simple transliteration of the Greek form (it has "sh" instead of "s" and ends with the pharyngeal ‘ayin not found in Greek). It can be argued that the Aramaic speakers who used this name could have had a continuous connection to the Aramaic speaking disciples of Jesus and thus preserved the actual name used for him. Even if derived from Hebrew Yeshua, the possibility that it was simply chosen based on the correspondence between Iēsoûs and Yeshua in the Septuagint cannot be ruled out. Syriac is an Eastern Aramaic language that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. ... The Peshitta is the standard version of the Bible in the Syriac language. ... Aramaic is a Semitic language with a four-thousand year history. ...

Yeshua was used as the name for Jesus in the Yossipon; however, its usage here is a translation back into Hebrew of the Greek. The Toledot Yeshu narratives conflate the people designated Yeshu in the Talmud with Jesus but relate that his original name was, in fact, Yehoshua. This article is about references to the name Yeshu in classical Jewish rabbinic literature. ...

The Arabic name for Jesus used by Christians, Yasū‘, derives from Yeshua. However, the Qur'an and other Muslim sources instead use a traditional Islamic title عيسى `Īsā, which can be transliterated as עִישָׂא and seems to derive from the Hebrew name עֵשָׂו‎ ‘Esav, that is, the biblical patriarch Esau. Some Islamic scholars argue that it derives from the original Syriac Aramaic name Isho‘.<sup>[11]</sup> However, the Aramaic has the letter ‘Ayin only at the end, whereas the Arabic has its equivalent letter ‘Ayn only at the beginning. This metathesis of the Aramaic ‘Ayin is improbable linguistically. Other Islamic scholars accept that the Quranic name is a cognate of Esau and not of Yeshua.<sup>[12]</sup> The Qurān [1] (Arabic: ‎, literally the recitation; also called The Noble Qurān; also transliterated as Quran, Koran, and Al-Quran) is the central religious text of Islam. ... Islam holds Jesus (Arabic: ‎ `Īsā) to have been a messenger and a prophet of God and the Messiah (The concept of prophecy in Islam is broader than Judaism and Christianity since Muslims distinguish between messengers and prophets. Unlike prophets, messengers are assured of success. ... Esau (Hebrew עֵשָׂו, Standard Hebrew Ê¿Esav, Tiberian Hebrew ʿĒśāw) is the son of Isaac and Rebekah and the older twin brother of Jacob in the biblical Book of Genesis, who, in the Torah, was tricked by Jacob into giving up his birthright (leadership of Israel) for a mess of pottage (meal...

Yeshua and First Century Ossuaries

In October of 2002, Biblical Archaeology Review held a News Conference in which they recorded that an ossuary from the first century had been found that read, "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" which, in the Aramaic, was written יעקוב בר יוסף אחוי דישוע‎ "Ya'akov, bar Yosef, akhui di Yeshua" as recorded by Time Magazine ^[13] and Christianity Today ^[14]. Although the scholarly community soon came to the conclusion that the ossuary is not that of James and that parts of the inscription are not original to the box, it is worthwhile to note the spelling ישוע‎ for the name in question on this forgery, as well as on numerous genuine ossuaries of that era (ibid.). The Biblical Archaeology Review (illuminating archaeology and the Bible) is the organ of the non-denominational Bible Archaeology Society which has been combining the excitement of archaeology and the latest in Bible scholarship since 1974 [1]. The Societys founder and editor-in-chief is Hershel Shanks. ... The James Ossuary is a sepulchral urn for containing bones, which was found in Israel in 2002 and was claimed to have been the ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... Christianity Today is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Carol Stream, Illinois. ... Ibid (Latin, short for ibidem, the same place) is the term used to provide an endnote or footnote citation or reference for a source that was cited in the last endnote or footnote. ...

References

1. ^ David Talmshir, "Rabbinic Hebrew as Reflected in Personal Names" in Scripta Hierosolymitana: Publications of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, vol. 37 (Jerusalem: Magnes Press: Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1998)
2. ^ "שׁוּעַ‎", Ernest Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (New York: MacMillan Publishing Company 1987), where it means "a cry for help".
3. ^ "שׁוּעַ‎", William L. Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing 1971), where it means "a cry for help".
4. ^ "שָׁוַע‎", M. Jastrow, Dictionary of the Talmud reprinted (Jerusalem: Khorev 1990), where שׁוּעַ‎ is explained by the verb "to cry for help",
5. ^ Similarly, the Septuagint's Koine Greek renders Ben Sira as saying: "Iesous the son of Naue," which stands for Yehoshua Ben Nun, "who according to his name became great unto [the] salvation of his chosen ones" (Ἰησοῦς Ναυῆ .. ὃς ἐγένετο κατὰ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μέγας ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ ἐκλεκτῶν αὐτοῦ) (Ben Sira 46:1-2). However, Ben Sira originally wrote in Hebrew in the 2nd century BCE. The Hebrew has "in his days", not "according to his name,"^{[citation needed]} thus does not comment on the name Yehoshua as connoting תְּשׁוּעָה‎ "salvation": "Yehoshua Ben Nun, who was formed to be in his days a great salvation for his chosen ones" (יהושע בן נון... אשר נוצר להיות בימיו תשועה גדלה לבחיריו‎). Possibly, the Koine Greek understood the phrase "was formed in his days" to refer to being transformed by his name change, and thus has "according to his name" as a paraphrastic translation. The phrase "his chosen ones" is understood as referring to God's chosen ones.
6. ^ "שׁוע‎", Ernest Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (New York: MacMillan Publishing Company 1987)
7. ^ Price, James D. Yehoshua, Yeshua or Yeshu; Which one is the name of Jesus in Hebrew?, accessed March 6, 2006.
8. ^ Lee, Linda The Amazing Grace of the Hidden Word.
9. ^ 1 Chronicles 7:27
10. ^ Origin of the Name Jesus Christ in The Catholic Encyclopedia
11. ^ Juferi, Mohd Elfie Nieshaem The Name of Jesus (pbuh), accessed March 6, 2006
12. ^ Ahmad Deedat, Christ in Islam, Islamic Propagation Centre International (IPCI), pg. 7-8.
13. ^ Time Magazine
14. ^ Christianity Today

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See also

• Yahshua
• Yahshuah

Yahshua is an attempted transliteration of the original Hebrew or Aramaic name of Jesus commonly used by individuals in the Sacred Name religious movement out of Christianity. ... Yahshuah is the Hebrew name of the Messiah, or founder of the Christian religion. ...

External links

• Exposing the "Yeshu'a" Name Game A counter missionary article that argues that it is far from proven that the original name of Jesus was Yeshua and moreover unlikely.
• A different view of the name Yeshua The name and the history
• Etymology of the name "Jesus"