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Re: [AUXLANG] We do but jest, poison in jest,

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, July 27, 2000, 21:32
Cathy Whitlock wrote:
> Wasn't Jesus such a common name at that time that Jesus Christ was refferred > to as "Jesus of Nazareth" as to distinguish Him from all the others?
It was a moderately common name, I think. It was common to use an additional "nickname", as with Judas Iscariot (my spell-checker suggested Escargot for that!) or Simon Peter, or "Brian That is Called Brian". ;-) Actually, Jesus probably didn't call himself that, it's the Greek form of the name Yeshua (I think that's the spelling), or Joshua, and his native language was Aramaic.
> course, you never see a Jewish person named Christopher/Christna
Well, of course, because the Jews are still waiting for the Messiah/Christ, while we Christians believe he has come as Jesus of Nazareth.
> but I think > the trend of naming your child Jesus ended for the Jews when the belief that > Jesus was the Messiah spread and became more popular in the early years of > the Church. (Of course, I could be totally wrong)
I'm not sure, but I don't think that Yeshua became any less popular, or at least not that much less popular. -- "Life is a harder state to achieve than death" - Kai ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor