The key phrase "I think it has a Yah in it.." There is no proof Jesus had a Hebrew name. In the bible Paul calls Peter "Cephas" (Gal 2:11-21). This is strong proof that Pater's true name is an Aramaic name, not Hebrew.
All of Israel was Hellenized for 300 years before the birth of Christ. The Romans also brought their influence to Israel (Greco-Roman influence). The bible even mentions Hellenized Jews (Acts 6:1 They are Jews who lived outside of Israel) and the vast majority of them did not speak Hebrew. Prior to the Hellenistic period the Jews returned from Babylon speak Aramaic, not Hebrew. Certainly some did speak Hebrew but not all. The Jews did react to some degree against the Hellenistic advances on their culture. Hebrew was taught by some teachers in an effort to reverse the trend, but those efforts were a spite in the bucket.
Those in the HRM assume all Jews spoke Hebrew, all of the time and this is pipe dream. They assume all the names listed have been altered from Hebrew names and their is no evidence to support this claim. Especially when you consider Paul referred to Peter by an Aramaic name. Those in the HRM are enamored by all things Jewish and are even willing to stoop to revising history. Their is a bible where they have changed the names to Hebrew names. They even even change the Greek words kurios (Lord) and theos (God) to Hebrew names in a very capricious manner and with no evidence to support such alteration. The names of books in the Greek scriptures are even changed to Hebrew.
So you be the judge. What was Jesus' real name? We can only guess or assume, as their is no evidence of any other name than the name listed in scripture, Iesous (EE-AY-SOOS). Does it really matter?
The key phrase "I think it has a Yah in it.." There is no proof Jesus had a Hebrew name. In the bible Paul calls Peter "Cephas" (Gal 2:11-21). This is strong proof that Pater's true name is an Aramaic name, not Hebrew.
All of Israel was Hellenized for 300 years before the birth of Christ. The Romans also brought their influence to Israel (Greco-Roman influence). The bible even mentions Hellenized Jews (Acts 6:1 They are Jews who lived outside of Israel) and the vast majority of them did not speak Hebrew. Prior to the Hellenistic period the Jews returned from Babylon speak Aramaic, not Hebrew. Certainly some did speak Hebrew but not all. The Jews did react to some degree against the Hellenistic advances on their culture. Hebrew was taught by some teachers in an effort to reverse the trend, but those efforts were a spite in the bucket.
Those in the HRM assume all Jews spoke Hebrew, all of the time and this is pipe dream. They assume all the names listed have been altered from Hebrew names and their is no evidence to support this claim. Especially when you consider Paul referred to Peter by an Aramaic name. Those in the HRM are enamored by all things Jewish and are even willing to stoop to revising history. Their is a bible where they have changed the names to Hebrew names. They even even change the Greek words kurios (Lord) and theos (God) to Hebrew names in a very capricious manner and with no evidence to support such alteration. The names of books in the Greek scriptures are even changed to Hebrew.
So you be the judge. What was Jesus' real name? We can only guess or assume, as their is no evidence of any other name than the name listed in scripture, Iesous (EE-AY-SOOS). Does it really matter?
well, i agree that it doesn't matter... as long as we mean the same person in history... in english, we put a soft 'g' at the start of 'jesus'... which is done pretty much only by english speakers, imo... but we all know who we mean, i think...
in hebrews 4
8 For if Joshua had given them rest,
that name 'joshua'... in the greek text, it's the same greek characters as the name 'jesus'... the lxx has the same when talking about the josh that lead the people into canaan... so i think it could be called a greek name, or a hebrew name... imo it's no big deal...
when the angel tells mary to name him 'jesus, for he will save his people'... there may be a connection to the ot josh... or maybe to the hebrew meaning of the 'josh' name... i think it's 'the lord (4 letter name) is salvation'...
about using hebrew names for nt translations... for me, there's a great deal of freedom... imo the bible doesn't tell us how to translate it... i think everything from 'the message' to an interlinear is ok...
peace to you!