2007-07-13 09:35:43 · 15 answers · asked by Furibundus 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah, his manager, Irving Stein, suggested it. Actually I think Jesus is Greek for Yeshua.
2007-07-13 09:39:46 · answer #1 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Not my religion of course, but my understanding is that no one knows at this point that Jesus' name was actually Yeshua. Since the Christian bible was originally written in Greek, some enterprising Christians have long since "Hebrewized" Jesus back to Yeshua in order to add greater authenticity. There is little independent confirmation of the historical Jesus, like many contemporary figures, and none of it in Hebrew (as you would expect since he wasn't really that important of an important figure among contemporary Jews.)
And yes, I have had university level biblical Hebrew education before anyone starts in on that again. I have to ask the poster who brought that up if she's had the same.
2007-07-13 16:51:04 · answer #2 · answered by Cathy 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, Jesus is the Greek translation of Yeshua. Just as Jose is the Spanish translation of Joseph.
2007-07-13 16:37:56 · answer #3 · answered by Tim 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is really the anglicised (converted it to English) form of the Greek name (I don't know Greek, so I can't spell it out here), but Yeshua is His Hebrew name, Jesus is His name from the Greek. If you were to anglicize (convert to English) His Hebrew name, it would be Joshua.
2007-07-13 16:39:29 · answer #4 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is a modern translation of the name Yeshua. He was called Yeshua in His time on earth. He didn't have a PR department.
2007-07-13 16:39:00 · answer #5 · answered by doppler 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, the Greeks translated the Bible and that is how Yeshua became Jesus.
2007-07-13 16:38:51 · answer #6 · answered by Miss 6 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Looks like you don't have a degree in the languages and cultures of the old Testament.Can you tell me what "the eye of a needle" is in the Bible ???? if you can then maybe you have the right to be rude and insinute bad things about Jesus as if He needed a public relations advisor, maybe you need to get smarter
2007-07-13 16:39:53 · answer #7 · answered by I Love Jesus 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. The Gospels were written in Greek (except Matthew I think). The Apostles knew what they wrote since they were inspired by the HOly Spirit
2007-07-13 16:39:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is the second possibility that Jesus is a nickname, and is the greek transliteration for 'Izzuz'...which is a transliteration for 'strongman' in hebrew. (He did mention a 'strongman' in his teachings...hmmm.)
Check Psalm 24:8: hebrew for 'strong':
Psa 24:8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
2007-07-13 16:44:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Come now, don't upset the Christians. If you can't point out every discontinuity, plot hole, missing piece, or historical inaccuracy in the Bible at once, don't point out any of them at all!
On the other hand, if you can educate at least one person, then I suppose it's worth the rather long flame war that will inevitably result from this question. I wish you luck.
2007-07-13 16:39:08 · answer #10 · answered by Sappho 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋