09-29-2003, 11:28 AM
Quote:Guys, the names Yehoshua and Yeshua are equivalent. The first is Hebrew, the second Aramaic.
I have to disagree here. 'Yahu-shua' is 'Yah saves' and 'Yeshua' is the third person of 'safety' or 'to be safe'. Yah is not included here. I don't think the differing dialect of the proto-language matters in this respect.
However I am curious as to why Nestorians to this day do not even pronounce the 'Y' at all, and instead refer to 'ee'. Marcionites called him 'eeso'. According to Mingana, south Syrians called him 'eesa'. Hence many 'Semites' didn't pronounce the 'Y' at all.
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