Corpus-Paul

["John Brand" <jbrand AT gvsd.mb.ca>]

George wrote:
> I fail to see how you find any connection between Maitreya and
> Mashiach either as cognate words or as having the same semantic
> domain.  Perhaps you could enlighten me? 

Hi, George. I go into more detail on the connection in the first post 
that I sent to the list this morning. But I'll pull out part of that 
discussion to answer your question:

There is a closer relationship between the Aramaic 'meshia' and the 
Aryan Maitreya. And this is where there is overlap between Isaiah's 
'anointed' and the Zoroastrian Maitreya. Maitreya means 'friendly, 
loving' and is derived from maitri which is the Sanskrit form of 
Mithras. 

Semantics is all about 'pointing to' as a means of communicating 
concepts. Maitreya points to the same concept as Mashiach: An 
anointed manifestation of Atman or the life principle.

Hope this helps..

John Brand