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

From:Cathy Whitlock <cprincessw@...>
Date:Thursday, July 27, 2000, 16:59
In a message dated 7/27/2000 12:58:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
draqonfayir@JUNO.COM writes:

<< ¿ever heard of a Jew named Jesús?  >>

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? Now, of
course, you never see a Jewish person named Christopher/Christna, 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)