2007-12-19 05:43:07 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Holy (weren't they known as the 'Holy' family).
2007-12-19 06:02:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that Mary, Joseph, and Jesus did not have a surname because there were not any of them back in the day.
2007-12-19 05:48:12 · answer #2 · answered by fantasywriter2025 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think people had surnames in those days
Joseph was probably known as Joseph the carpenter
Everyone knew each other so there would be no need for a surname
2007-12-19 05:46:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surnames as we know them were not used in Israel at the time. A man was known as, say "Joseph ben Daniel" (Joseph son of Daniel.) Several times Jesus is called the Son of David, which might have been rendered Joshua ben David.
2007-12-19 08:31:15 · answer #4 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were no surnames then. Jesus would have been referred to as Jesus bar-Joseph, which means "Son of Joseph". That's as close to surnames as they had in that culture.
2007-12-19 05:47:30 · answer #5 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People often didn't have surnames in those days. Mary of Magdala did because she was a person with money. He would have been "Jesus of Nazareth" if anything. You were associated with the area where you family lived, and you rarely moved around Judea in those days.
2007-12-19 05:47:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anna P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
indiviuals surnames often come from their fathers
or their birthplace or even their occupations.
this is how everyones surnames came into existence.
mary could have been mary of nazareth.
Joseph could have been Joseph bar heli
or even Joseph carpenter
2007-12-19 05:55:45 · answer #7 · answered by ktbug3335 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The idea of surnames was not around at the time.
If necessary, people would be identified by their place of origin. Hence "Jesus of Nazareth".
"Christ" is not a last name, but a title. He is "Jesus, The Christ".
2007-12-19 05:47:21 · answer #8 · answered by juicy_wishun 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe families at the time used surnames. If they did, it was usually Ben (that means son of) and the father's name - so Jesus Ben Joseph.
2007-12-19 05:46:01 · answer #9 · answered by ssmesq 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I would say one of these three
Jesus the Fisherman
Jesus of Nazareth or the Nazarene
Jesus son of Joseph
2007-12-22 21:29:40 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were no surnames. Jesus would have been called "Yehoshua ben Yoseph", meaning "Jesus son of Joseph".
2007-12-19 05:48:21 · answer #11 · answered by neil s 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋