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  • From: Stephen Goranson <goranson AT duke.edu>
  • To: "b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Etymology of Nazarene or Nazareth ?
  • Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:54:57 +0000

Uri, Can you (or anyone) give one example where "their name appears" so
spelled earlier than modern times?

Stephen
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on behalf of Uri Hurwitz [uhurwitz AT yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:45 AM
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Subject: [b-hebrew] Etymology of Nazarene or Nazareth ?

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



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