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  • From: Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 45, Issue 16, The Name
  • Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 07:59:22 +0200

----- Original Message ----- From: <thebodyofjesusthenazoraion AT juno.com>
Why is this not Yehshua? instead Iesous?
Eva Ritsema


Are you asking why Yeshua is rendered Iesus in Greek and Latin, thus "Jesus"
in English etc.?

Because Greek does not have the letters to represent the Y, Sh and (Ayin
sounds, and used the closest Greek equivalents. This is also how "Xawah"
became "Eve" and "Moshe" became "Moses".

Yigal Levin





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