If Yeshua ben Yoseph translates to Joshua son of Joseph does that mean that the real name that brings about salvation is Joshua and not Jesus? So does that mean that name we should seek for our salvation is Joshua Christ instead of Jesus Christ? This question is due in part to this question right here:
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2007-09-04 11:25:37 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Whatever you call Him: Yeshua, Joshua, Jesus, Ieusus...
He's still Lord...and He doesn't much care WHAT you call Him...only that you DO!
2007-09-04 11:40:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Jesus is not his name and never was. Iesus was a pagan rendition, imo.
Yeshua is his real name, and that will always translate as Joshua, since no J exist in Hebrew that would then be Yeshua/ Y'Shua. I believe they changed it because OF Joshua in the OT. To be honest though... its allegorical which is what Paul was talking about when he referred to the old school master. Consider this, Moses (the Law) frees the tribes from Egypt (physical bondage) but can't take them into the promise land (seen in the fact that he dies before reaching there). HOWEVER Joshua/Yeshua is the only pattern that can bring the lost tribes into a singularity in the promise land. See?
2007-09-04 18:37:51 · answer #2 · answered by Automaton 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's Yeshua, not Joshua. Joshua is an Anglicized named like Jesus. Jesus is taken from the Latin Iesus, which was taken directly from Yeshua. Our romantic languages turned the I into a J, and we pronounced the J. So praying to Joshua Christ, Isu ibn Marayam, and Jesus Christ are all praying to a mispronunciation of the name.
2007-09-04 18:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yashua and Yoshua were basically pronounced the same way. Yoshua means 'salvation'. Yashua brought salvation. You can find a part of Jesus Christ in every OT person you read about. Adam, David, Moses, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. Everyone knows Jesus wasn't His real name. We also know that the name Yashua was derived from Yaweh, also that there were no vowels in any names. In ancient Hebrew Ya means God. They are just translations...they could've called him Sam and His character would've been the same. Also, the bible tells us that after Jesus ascended, he was given a new name..Yahoshua. There are very important meanings to all the biblical names, but none that means that Jesus Christ is not our savior that brought us all salvation. Look at it like this, if You and I are in a room together and I'm looking straight at you, talking to you, but call you by a different name, you still know I'm talking to you. That's not to say that you should go around praying to Jesus using a different name...I would surely use a biblical name. Emmanuel, Yashua, Jehovah....etc.
2007-09-04 18:40:22 · answer #4 · answered by pondering 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first you have to understand origins of names. Yeshua is Hebrew, Jesus comes from Greek Iesoos (Ye-soos), and Joshua is english. Christ comes from Greek Christos, Hebrew form is Hamasheik, english is Messiah. The name we use "Jesus Christ" is a direvitive from Greek Iesoos Christos. When you say "Joshua Christ" you are mixing English with Greek.
2007-09-04 18:47:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus Christ is all a Greek name. Joshua is the English translation. If you wanted to make Jesus an Englishman you would call him Josh Messiah. But since the New Testament was written in Greek, I like to keep it in Greek. I dont think it is foolish to call him Yeshua, but I think it is somewhat redundant to think of him as ONLY Yeshua.
2007-09-04 18:36:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is the Greek version of the Hebrew name, Yeshua. It is also transliterated other places in the Bible as Joshua and Hosea.
2007-09-04 18:35:32 · answer #7 · answered by Don't Try This At Home 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
no, we should stick with Yeshua in my opinion. Why do we westerners insist on changing everyones names so that we can more easily pronounce it. I'd be peeved if everyone started calling me Yamie instead of Jamie, and I'd be even more peeved if they up and started calling me Yemua or something completely off like Jesus is from Yeshua.
2007-09-04 18:36:25 · answer #8 · answered by A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is "Yeshua", which many presume translates to Joshua because Yusuf or "Yosuf" translates to Joseph, the father. But that is not the case.
The Hebrew-Aramaic name "Yeshua" in Arabic is "Essa" or "Issa" as it is recorded in the Quran... which name later translates to the Greek-Roman name "Iesus" ["IESVS" in Latin] in the Vulgate... and subsequently to "Jesus" in its Anglicized form.
Hope that helps.
Peace be with you.
2007-09-04 18:53:51 · answer #9 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't give any helpful information on this topic, but it is one of the most interesting questions that I have read on YA.
I find it a little funny to that my Husbands name is Joshua.
2007-09-04 21:04:22 · answer #10 · answered by Soulshine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋