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[b-hebrew] Etymology of Nazarene or Nazareth ?

From: Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Etymology of Nazarene or Nazareth ?
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:45:55 -0700 (PDT)

Well, this is disputed. Their name appears often with an Aleph from the
root Aleph Samkh Aleph, 'to heal', Aramaic.

Uri Hurwitz

And Essenes (and Ossenes) from the Hebrew root 'asah, in the self-designation
'osey hatorah, observers of torah, as known by Melanchthon in 1532 and by
others (as factores legis in Latin) before being confirmed in Qumran pesharim:
http://www.duke.edu/~goranson/Essenes_&_Others.pdf
especially page 539.

Stephen Goranson

[b-hebrew] Etymology of Nazarene or Nazareth ?, Uri Hurwitz, 08/14/2012
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