Hellfire103@lemmy.ca to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoFindings cast doubt on the existence of Jesus Christwww.alternet.orgexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down139
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minus-squareCosmicomical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoWeird, I read that jesus was not a common name at the time and that it would have been something like yusuf in reality if he was real
minus-squareTinidril@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months ago“Jesus” is a Latin translation of a Greek translation of the Hebrew name Yeshua so, yes, “Jesus” wasn’t literally a common name in Israel. It was actually Yeshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ,) that was a common name.
Weird, I read that jesus was not a common name at the time and that it would have been something like yusuf in reality if he was real
“Jesus” is a Latin translation of a Greek translation of the Hebrew name Yeshua so, yes, “Jesus” wasn’t literally a common name in Israel. It was actually Yeshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ,) that was a common name.